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RESEARCH NOTE ESTIMATING SHEETING ROLL CLOSING FORCES THROUGH MEASUREMENT of ROLL POWER CONSUMPTION
Author(s) -
LEVINE LEON
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of food process engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1745-4530
pISSN - 0145-8876
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4530.1996.tb00384.x
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , power consumption , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , computer science , engineering , economics , physics , thermodynamics , finance
An important factor in the design of the sheeting operation used in the snack food and bakery industries are the forces exerted on the rolls as a result of the pressure developed between the rolls. These forces can cause significant mechanical deflections that result in nonuniform products being produced across the width of the rolls. Unfortunately, measurements of closing forces on operating sheeting systems can be difficult to obtain. This note illustrates a simple method for estimating the difficult to obtain sheeter closing forces from more easily obtained power measurements. A limited quantity of data confirms the accuracy of the procedure.