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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott M. DellAngelo, Plainfield, IL (US);
Robert Wykoff, Reno, NV (US);
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling a line speed of a conveyor belt of a conveyor system during product changeovers in a wallboard production line includes a computer processor, a calculation module for calculating a predetermined mass rate of a supply of ingredients transported on the conveyor belt and deposited into a mixer during a product changeover period, and a speed adjustment module for adjusting the line speed of the conveyor belt, using the processor, based on at least one of the predetermined mass rate and the line speed of the conveyor belt for reducing an overshoot during said product changeover period.