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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Kobe, JP;
Ryo Tabuse, Kobe, JP;
Kaname Araki, Kobe, JP;
Chitaka Manabe, Kobe, JP;
Shin Iwasaki, Takasago, JP;
Tatsuru Miyamoto, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A resin pelletizer apparatus () is provided with: a die () that has a die surface () having a die hole () formed therein; a rotary blade () that cuts a resin extruded from the die hole () into a pellet shape in water when being rotated on the die surface () in the water; a sensor () that detects elastic waves generated by the rotary blade () during the rotation on the die surface (); and a determination unit () that monitors the output value of the sensor () and determines that an abnormality has occurred when the output value of the sensor () is outside a predetermined range (R).