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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Stefan Schlichter, Viersen, DE;
Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG, Monchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A method of processing fiber includes the following steps: removing fiber tufts from a series of fiber bales by a tuft removing device of a bale opener traveling along the bale series; pneumatically conveying the removed fiber tufts in a duct in a direction of conveyance; detecting foreign substances by forming images of the conveyed material by an optical sensor device as the material passes through a location of the duct downstream of the bale opener as viewed in the direction of conveyance; determining the location of each fiber bale in the bale series; determining the degree of lightness, the degree of contamination or the color of the fiber tufts by an image processing device analyzing the generated images; and associating the degree of lightness, the degree of contamination or the color of the fiber tufts with the fiber bale from which the material passing through the duct location originates.