A method of sampling solid materials and sampling system to execute the method.

摘要

A method and the related system for sampling solid materials. Materials as continuously manufactured from a compression molding machine (1) (e.g. medical tablets) are sampled at fixed intervals and the materials (M) thus sampled are fed into a transport pipe (4) so as to be transferred by being accompanied by a transport plug (5) into an inspecting station at low speed from its stand-by position in the pipe (4) when a gas control means (GC) is set in a feed mode. After transferring sampled materials (M), the transport plug (5) left at its terminal position in the transport pipe (4) is automatically returned to the stand-by position through the transport pipe (4) when the gas control means (GC) is set in a suction mode. By executing the above steps repeatedly, sampled materials (M) are successively transferred into the inspecting station by being accompanied by the transport plug (5) under unmanned operation.