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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Peter Carlo Rem, Rijswijk, NL;
Simon Peter Maria Berkhout, Delft, NL;
Jacques Rene Alphons DE Koning, Dinteloord, NL;
Peter Carlo Rem, Rijswijk, NL;
Simon Peter Maria Berkhout, Delft, NL;
Jacques Rene Alphons De Koning, Dinteloord, NL;
Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, NL;
Western Seed International B.V., Naaldwijk, NL;
Abstract
A method for separating seeds of different densities in a process stream, wherein the seeds are introduced into a magnetic process fluid for the formation of the process stream, which process stream is subjected to a magnetic field for the realization of a density stratification in the process stream, such that the individual seeds in the process stream assume a density-dependent position, after which the seeds located in or near a predetermined position or positions in the process stream, are separated from the remaining seeds in the process stream.