Andritz Inc.

Benjamin Michael Schappell

Timothy Edward Duncan

Fred Matthew Delany

A roll assembly temperature sensing system for a pellet mill includes: a thermal sensor (); and a pellet mill roll assembly rotatably disposed in a rotor assembly. The pellet mill roll () assembly includes: a roll shaft; a bearing disposed circumferentially around the roll shaft; and a seal () disposed between an end of the bearing and the rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an area defining a die cavity adjacent to the seal (). The thermal sensor () is disposed within the die cavity, and is configured to detect a temperature of the seal resulting from heat conducted from the bearing.

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Alpharetta, GA, United States of America

Benjamin Michael Schappell