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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Gruppo Cimbali S.p.a., Binasco, IT;
UniversitĂ Degli Studi Di Bergamo, Bergamo, IT;
Maurizio Santini, Bergamo, IT;
Stefano Paleari, Bergamo, IT;
Alberto Galimberti, Binasco, IT;
Guido Quaratesi, Binasco, IT;
GRUPPO CIMBALI S.P.A., Binasco, IT;
UNIVERSITĂ€ DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO, Bergamo, IT;
Abstract
Method for analyzing the structure of a sample of ground coffee, and in particular for determining the grain size curve, by means of computed X-ray tomography, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of two-dimensional radiographic images while the sample is in rotation, processing the plurality of two-dimensional radiographic images performing a tomographic reconstruction to generate a reconstructed image of volume, processing the reconstructed volume image to identify a plurality of coffee particles of the sample of ground coffee separated from one another and determining at least one dimensional magnitude for each particle of ground coffee of the plurality.