Abstract: Take-away apparatus and method for stacks of sliced bulk product in which the stack rests on a movable conveyor, which is set in rapid motion before a slower-moving pusher engages the trailing edge of the stack.
Abstract: A control system for controlling a molding machine used for exothermic curing senses the rate of change of the temperature of the material in the mold. When the rate of change of temperature has first exceeded and then fallen below a predetermined reference level, it is determined that the exothermic curing reaction has been completed, and the mold is opened after a predetermined delay.
Abstract: The motor for the conveyor which removes accumulations of sliced product is controlled in a cycle which includes gradual acceleration and deceleration and higher peak speed.