In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a cloud computer system for controlling a plurality of remote devices comprising a cloud server including a cloud based operating system comprising a data model stored in a computer memory. The data model includes commands that may be performed by a plurality of remote devices in a remote system and, for each remote device, one or more operations for triggering processes executed by the remote device. The cloud based operating system generates a set of instructions from the plurality of commands and corresponding operations to control a portion of the remote devices to perform a task.

A feeding unit for feeding a food product for a machine for making filled pasta includes at least one feed duct having an outlet and an inlet; a sleeve fitted coaxially over the duct and rotatable relative thereto about an axis of rotation R in order to regulate the cross section of the inlet; an actuator including a stem inserted in the sleeve and movable between a first, retracted operating position and a second, extracted operating position to allow the food product to enter the feed duct and to push at least one single portion of food product out of the duct through the outlet; a second sleeve, fitted between the first sleeve and the stem, the stem sliding inside the second sleeve and the first sleeve rotating on the second sleeve.

A particulate metering system includes an air flow origin and a plurality of particulate accelerators. A single particulate source is in communication with the particulate accelerators. Each of a plurality of operated conveyances can be in operable communication with the single particulate source and one of the particulate accelerators. The system includes a confluence of the air flow and the particulate within the mixing area of each of the particulate accelerators. Each of a plurality of discharges can be associated with the particulate accelerators. The operated conveyances can operate at different rates. The system can include one or more gearboxes adapted to be inverted and controlled by a second drive system. The system and controls provide variable application rates of particulate across rows in a field.

A flow control system for controlling flow of materials such as seeds or fertilizer as the materials are fed into a manifold and meter unit of an air seeder. The flow control system generally includes a flow controller which is connected between a volume of materials, such as a tank, and a manifold of an air seeder. The flow controller is adapted to control flow of the materials into the manifold to be metered by a meter unit. The flow controller includes a plurality of movable gates; with each gate being adapted to selectively open or close a corresponding opening in the flow controller. The gates may be manually adjusted, such as by a handle, or may be automatically adjusted, such as by actuators. By selectively opening or closing various gates, the volume and speed of flow of materials into the manifold may be easily and efficiently adjusted.

A dosing device for feeding infusion products including a dosing drum rotating about an axis and positioned between a continuous strip of filter material, movable along a feed direction, and a primary hopper for containing a primary infusion product; the dosing drum has a plurality of radial chambers for receiving a first dose of primary infusion product from the primary hopper and for releasing the first dose of primary infusion product above the strip of filter material; the device also includes an independent dosing unit of a secondary product including controlled release elements configured for depositing a second dose of secondary product to define a mixed dose of primary product and secondary product.

A device for dispensing and dosing materials includes a plurality of containers connected to a plurality of pumps, and a dispensing apparatus that includes a rotary table and a drive assembly for actuating each pump. A pump mechanism includes a pump screw housed in a first pump chamber having an upward facing inlet and in a second pump chamber having an outlet hole facing downwards. The actuator includes a first driver and a second driver releasably connected to heads of the pump mechanism having a first delivery capacity and a second delivery capacity, respectively, of each pump. A movable hollow cylinder having port opens and closes the outlet hole. The port is connected to a second pump chamber based on adjustment of the rotary table of the dispensing apparatus with respect to each pump and a compressed state of an elastic spring after positioning the dispensing apparatus.

A gravimetric metering device which is provided to add an additive material to a polymer material, includes: a hopper to contain the additive material, a supply member to transport the additive material discharged from the hopper towards the polymer material, and first and a second weighing elements to detect the weight of the additive material discharged from the gravimetric metering device.

A control unit determines, on the basis of the weight detected by the first weighing element, the flow rate of additive material discharged from the gravimetric metering device by regulating the supply member and controls the operation of the first weighing element by means of the second weighing element by comparing, at the start and at the end of a cycle for charging the hopper with the additive material, the weight detected by the first weighing element with the weight detected by the second weighing element.

A gravimetric metering device which is provided to add an additive material to a polymer material includes a hopper which to contain the additive material and a supply member which is provided downstream of the hopper in order to receive the additive material which is discharged from the hopper and to transport it towards a discharge opening which is connected to the polymer material, and a first and second weighing element which are provided to detect the weight of the additive material which is discharged from the gravimetric metering device.

The first weighing element is configured to detect a weight within a first maximum weighing range while the second weighing element is configured to detect a weight within a second maximum weighing range different from the first maximum weighing range.

The invention relates to a device for filling a product, comprisingat least one metering device (18) for metering a specific amount of the product that is to be filled in the packaging material tube, a sensor device (20) for detecting characteristic properties, in particular a mass and/or density and/or volume of the product, wherein the sensor device (20) is arranged such that it determines the characteristic properties of the product located in the metering device (18).

The invention relates to a screw press for separating filtrate from a feed material. It is characterised in that a sensor arrangement comprising a sensor for measuring the filtrate content is arranged in the discharge area, the feed material flowing towards and/or around the sensor. This allows simple, prompt, and accurate measurement of the filtrate content.