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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Giovanni Marco Carle, Milan, IT;
Carle & Montanari S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
An arrangement for refining a confectionery material includes a series of cylinders for pressing and stretching the confectionery material particles, driving devices for driving the cylinders, and heat removal devices for removing the refining heat. Between the freely swinging first cylinder and the second cylinder, a position transducer for measuring the spacing between the first two cylinders is arranged. The first cylinder is pressed against the second cylinder and a spreading-apart force transducer measures the force between the two cylinders. Temperature transducers for measuring the temperature near the confectionery material refined by the first two cylinders are moreover provided. The transducers are operatively coupled to a control device which provides a reference signal for the cylinder feedback driving device.