Abstract: A moisture sensing system is configured to determine the moisture level in granulate materials, such as, but not limited to, plastic resin pellets and agricultural grains. The system is configured to measure various parameters relating to the environment around the granulate material, and to determine additional characteristics of the granulate material based on these parameters. In some embodiments, the system is configured as a multi-sensor array with the computational and communicative capabilities to process the acquired measurements and provide outputs to a process device, such as a dryer, to help optimize the drying or other processes performed on the granulate material after the moisture measurements and other data are acquired.

Abstract: A game feeder cleaning device to clean a game feeder may include a shaft member including a spiral channel and a spiral projection member to clean the game feeder, and a base member to connect to the shaft member and to cooperate with the game feeder in order to prevent game feed from leaving the gamefeeder. The shaft member may include a substantially smooth surface at a proximal end of the shaft member, and the base member may include a side member. The side member may include a curved edge, and the shaft member may include a traverse arm member. The traverse arm member may be positioned at a distal end of the shaft member.

Abstract: A polishing pad having a cross-sectional open area which varies with depth from the pad surface is provided. The cross-sectional open area of the pad may increase and/or decrease moving away from the outer pad surface. In some cases, the cross-sectional open area of the pad varies uniformly with depth over the entire pad. In other cases, certain regions of the pad may define local cross-sectional open areas which vary differently. This can, for example, allow the open area of the pad to vary with pad life and improve or tailor the polishing uniformity of the pad and/or extend the useful life of the pad.