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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Philipp Hanimann, St. Gallen, CH;
Klaus Sohmer, Henau, CH;
Dirk-michael Fleck, Constance, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Buhler AG, Uzwil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 25/00 (2006.01); F25D 13/06 (2006.01); F25D 13/04 (2006.01); B02C 11/08 (2006.01); B02C 23/08 (2006.01); A23L 1/317 (2006.01); A23K 1/00 (2006.01); B02B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an installation for cooling bulk products, especially pellets or feed cubes. In order to accelerate possible product replacement, the formed pellets are cooled in two steps, a precooler () directly following the forming device (). A secondary cooling process is only carried out after sifting or breaking and sifting.