Elastomer processing apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for processing elastomer including an electrical motor, means driven by said motor for mechanically working the elastomer, means responsive to the flow of electrical power to said motor to provide a continuing electrical signal indicative of the amount of said power consumed by the motor, means to compensate said signal for the power consumed by said apparatus when running empty, means to integrate the compensated signal with respect to time to thereby provide an electrical output representative of the energy consumed by the drive of said apparatus in working the elastomer, and means responsive to said output to provide a visual representation thereof.
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Abstract
An apparatus for indicating the time integral of the electrical power consumed in elastomer mixing, working, warming or other processing and for controlling the processing in accordance therewith. An electrical signal, derived from the electrical power consumed by an electrical motor driven elastomer processing apparatus, is compensated for no-load operation of the apparatus and then continuously integrated with respect to time to provide an output which is employed to produce a digital read-out of the energy consumed in the processing with control of the processing being effected in accordance therewith.
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- 1. An apparatus for processing elastomer including an electrical motor, means driven by said motor for mechanically working the elastomer, means responsive to the flow of electrical power to said motor to provide a continuing electrical signal indicative of the amount of said power consumed by the motor, means to compensate said signal for the power consumed by said apparatus when running empty, means to integrate the compensated signal with respect to time to thereby provide an electrical output representative of the energy consumed by the drive of said apparatus in working the elastomer, and means responsive to said output to provide a visual representation thereof.
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