US 11,812,765 B2
Supervisory machine intelligence controls for production of meat substitutes
Chau-Hon Ho, Lörrach (DE); Vedrana Spudic, Zürich (CH); Kim Listmann, Darmstadt (DE); Sandro Schoenborn, Basel (CH); Elsi-Mari Borrelli, Wettingen (CH); Philipp Sommer, Zürich (CH); Mehmet Mercangoez, Stein (CH); Erich J. Windhab, Hemishofen (CH); Eric Stirnemann, Zürich (CH); Lukas Böni, Zürich (CH); and Patrick Rühs, Zürich (CH)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH); Planted Foods AG, Kemptthal (CH); and ETH Zürich, Zürich (CH)
Appl. No. 18/005,840
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH); Planted Foods AG, Kemptthal (CH); and ETH Zürich, Zürich (CH)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/066987
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/012879, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20186396 (EP), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225363 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A23J 3/26 (2006.01); A23P 30/20 (2016.01); A23J 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC A23J 3/26 (2013.01) [A23J 3/227 (2013.01); A23P 30/20 (2016.08)] 15 Claims
 
1. A system comprising:
a wet extrusion process machine configured to receive, mix, and convey a plurality of ingredients to an extrusion die, the plurality of ingredients including a protein powder, an oil, and water; and
an electronic process control system (EPCS) configured to control the wet extrusion machine using a plurality of process settings effective to produce an extrusion die mixture which is forced into, passes through, and is output from the extrusion die;
wherein the system comprises a supervisory machine intelligence control system (SMICS) operatively coupled with at least one of a direct fibrosity measurement (DFM) subsystem configured to directly measure one or more physical fibrosity parameters of the extrusion die mixture, and an indirect fibrosity measurement (IFM) subsystem configured to measure one or more extrusion process parameters associated with the extrusion die mixture;
wherein the SMICS is configured to modify one or more of the plurality process settings in response to at least one of the one or more physical fibrosity parameters, and the one or more extrusion process parameters.