Method in the operation of mixing or processing plants, in which samples are taken from various supplies of material, and sampling means for use in that connection

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method in the operation of mixing or processing plants, where samples are taken from various material supplies, and sampling means for use therewith. A B S T R A C T: In certain mixing or processing plants a successive dosing out of materials from various silo outlets (8) is effected to different places of a belt- or binweigher (2), and material samples are taken out at the respective outlets. For an automatic sampling it will be very expensive to arrange for sampling units at each outlet, but according to the invention use is made of a single sampler (44), which stretches all over the width of the receiving weigher and is movable longitudinally thereof, such that it can be moved into …