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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Mark D. Newcomb, Independence, MN (US);
Jason L. Shelton, Monticello, MN (US);
Julie R. Schuette, Buffalo, MN (US);
James E. Graves, Lilburn, GA (US);
Mark D. Newcomb, Independence, MN (US);
Jason L. Shelton, Monticello, MN (US);
Julie R. Schuette, Buffalo, MN (US);
James E. Graves, Lilburn, GA (US);
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for measuring starch gelatinization in a feed production system. The system includes a feed production system configured to generate an extruded feed from a feed mixture using a combination of steam and pressure to cook the feed in an extruder, a near infrared spectrometer configured to measure a degree of starch gelatinization for the extruded feed, and a starch gelatinization measurement engine configured to generate a measurement of the degree of starch gelatinization in the extruded feed.