US 11,787,722 B2
Translatably mobile batch charger
Antoine Guillet, Paris (FR); Frédéric Lopepe, Rosny Sous Bois (FR); Sébastien Chesnel, Angouleme (FR); and Andrea Ranzani Da Costa, Creteil (FR)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 16/765,747
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FR2018/053038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/106301, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1761399 (FR), filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0290912 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. C03B 3/00 (2006.01); C03B 5/04 (2006.01); F27D 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 3/005 (2013.01) [C03B 5/04 (2013.01); F27D 3/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A system for controlling a batch charger for charging a glass forming batch into a glass furnace, said batch charger including (a) a barrel defining a charging direction of the batch into the furnace, (b) a measurement device for measuring at least one value of a physical variable affected by operation of the batch charger, and (c) a mechanical assembly provided with a conveying member for conveying the batch to the furnace in the charging direction, said conveying member being at least partially arranged in the barrel, and with a first motorized unit for driving said conveying member, the system comprising a processing module suitable for:
comparing the measured at least one value of the physical variable affected by the operation of the batch charger with at least one threshold value,
sending an instruction to translate the mechanical assembly so as to translate the conveying member in the barrel to adjust, based on the measured at least one value of the physical variable, a position of the conveying member in the barrel along the charging direction,
wherein the physical variable is selected from:
a torque supplied by the first motorized unit of said conveying member,
a current intensity of a motor of said first motorized unit,
a temperature inside the barrel at an end thereof, and
a concentration of combustion gases inside the barrel.