METHOD DETERMINING MASS OF BRIQUETTED PRODUCTS AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for automatic production lines of form-shaping or packing assignment. SUBSTANCE: bearing air interlayer is formed under transported article and auxiliary air interlayer is formed for some fixed time between side face of initially immobile article and limiting wall of conveyer, excessive pressure is measured in auxiliary air interlayer. This pressure is integrated in time and then rate of free translation of article is found and mass of article is calculated. EFFECT: enhanced reliability and accuracy of method and device. 2 cl, 2 dwg