Nv Bekaert Sa

Bart Vanlandeghem

Ann Lambrechts

Wei Shen

Erwin Vereecken

Gerhard Vitt

Ghislain Doornaert

Tom Gommers

Lei Gu

Tiehong Yang

Johan De Pontieu

Zhigao Yu

Liu Zhou

An apparatus () and a method for measuring residual torsions of an elongated structure () such as a steel cord use a pivot head (). The pivot head () comprises a wheel () adapted to guide an elongated structure (). The wheel () is mounted in the pivot head () to transmit torques exercised by the elongated structure () on the wheel () to the pivot head (). The pivot head () is mounted along a pivotal axis (). This pivotal axis () lies in a plane of the wheel () and comprises the center of the wheel (). Sensors () measure the torque on the pivot head (). The pivotal movement of the pivot head () around the pivotal axis () is limited to an angle range of &#xb1;5&#xb0;, preferably &#xb1;3&#xb0; in order to reach an improved accuracy of the torque measurement.

Apparatus and method for measuring residual torsions on an elongated element

A method includes the steps of (a) providing a flow of a flowable substance, the flow comprising bulk material and additional material; (b) determining the volume flow of the flow of the flowable substance at one or more detection points X along the flow of the flowable substance; (c) determining a signal caused by the additional material present in the flow of the flowable substance at one or more detection points Y along the flow of the flowable substance, the signal being proportional to the amount of the additional material present in the flow of the flowable substance passing the one or more detection points Y; and (d) converting the signal caused by the additional material present in the flow of the flowable substance into a signal per unit of volume of the flow of the flowable substance.

Method to determine or monitor the amount or the distribution of additional material present in a flow of a flowable substance

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