A plant or pickled plant processing device suitable for processing a variety of materials

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of processing, and particularly discloses a plant or pickled plant processing device suitable for processing various materials, which comprises a feeding module, a processing module, a waste separation module arranged on the movement path of each cutting tool in the processing module, a finished product discharging module and a cleaning module, and a control module, wherein the feeding module adopts a rotary table type feeding structure, the processing module adopts a multi-cutting-tool alternating type mode and cooperates with an extrusion mechanism to perform extrusion processing, and two cleaning modes of the waste separation module and the cleaning module are combined, so that the working tempo can be adjusted according to the process requirements of different materials to be processed; the device can not only avoid the problem of frequent production line shutdown caused by cleaning after each processing, thereby causing time waste or efficiency reduction and increasing the cost, but also can adapt to different materials to be processed with different processing requirements, improves the application range of the whole device, and improves the universality of the device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of processing equipment, and particularly relates to a plant or pickled plant processing device suitable for processing various materials. BACKGROUND

[0002] Vegetables, fruits, medicinal materials and other irregularly shaped plants, or pickled plants, such as preserved radish, need to be processed in different ways according to the appearance of the products sold, such as slicing, shredding, shaping, etc. However, since most of these materials have a peel, and even the peel has a tendon, they usually need to be peeled before being sliced, shredded, or shaped. For example, the Chinese patent application CN109619606A discloses a ring-shaped preserved radish peeling device, which loads preserved radish by setting a guide cylinder, then positions the preserved radish by using the top pressure vegetable positioning block, and tears the peel by setting multiple peel tearing mechanical hands around the guide cylinder. For another example, the Chinese patent application CN110522046A discloses a preserved radish peeling device, which positions preserved radish by setting a positioning needle and a clamping jaw, then cuts the preserved radish longitudinally by using a cutting blade on the production line, and peels the cut preserved radish by using a peeling assembly.

[0003] However, with the development of extrusion processing technology, processes such as peeling and shredding can be realized at the same time, such as guillotine cutting and extrusion cutting. Among them, extrusion cutting is widely used because of its high cutting efficiency and one-time cutting forming advantage. Extrusion processing is to push the material to be processed into contact with the processing blade, so that the processing blade cuts the material to be processed.

[0004] For example, the Chinese patent application CN116277182A discloses a full-automatic processing equipment for irregularly shaped biological materials, which loads biological materials by setting a containing tube, fixes the materials by setting an extrusion assembly and a side pressure limiting assembly, and then peels and cuts the materials by using the extrusion assembly to press the materials towards the cutting tool.

[0005] However, the above device can only place one material at a time, which greatly reduces the work efficiency. Usually, in order to increase the work efficiency, a straight-line type assembly line can be used, for example, a conveying belt is used for transportation from feeding to final cleaning, and multiple material barrels are placed on the conveying belt, so that materials can be continuously transported to the processing station. However, this method has the following problems:

[0006] 1) Since the time required for processing a single material to a finished product is relatively short, the feeding worker needs to continuously feed the conveying belt, which increases the labor intensity of the worker; and once there is no material in any material barrel, the whole process may stop or run empty, causing great loss;

[0007] 2) During the operation of the device, additional personnel need to be dispatched to check the operating status of the device and whether there are any abnormalities in each link;

[0008] 3) The entire process uses a conveyor belt for feeding, but the cutting tool is also in motion throughout the process. That is, the two moving mechanisms need to move synchronously. On the one hand, the installation position between the two moving mechanisms needs to be set precisely; on the other hand, to ensure the synchronous movement between the two moving mechanisms, a high-precision control algorithm is required, which greatly increases the cost of the entire system. Furthermore, if any material cylinder is left empty, the system will run idle. Summary of the Invention

[0009] The purpose of this invention is to provide an apparatus and method for processing various materials, including plants or pickled plants, which partially solves or alleviates the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art and can adapt to the processing of materials with different characteristics and / or different working rhythms.

[0010] To solve the aforementioned technical problems, the present invention specifically adopts the following technical solution:

[0011] This invention provides a processing device suitable for processing various materials, including plants or pickled plants. The device comprises: a feeding module, a processing module, and a waste separation module, a finished product discharge module, and a cleaning module arranged along the movement path of each cutting tool in the processing module. It also includes a control module for controlling the feeding module, the processing module, the waste separation module, the finished product discharge module, and the cleaning module. The feeding module includes: a turntable with multiple material cylinders evenly distributed along its circumference for loading materials to be processed; and a turntable drive mechanism connected to the control module. The turntable drive mechanism drives the turntable to rotate, thereby switching the material cylinders between a feeding station and a processing station.

[0012] The processing module includes: an extrusion mechanism for extruding the material to be processed in the barrel at the processing station; at least two cutting blades that cooperate with the extrusion mechanism to extrude the plant; and a blade drive mechanism for driving the cutting blades to reciprocate along their respective movement paths between the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, and the cleaning station; the blade drive mechanism is connected to the control module; the movement paths of the at least two cutting blades are distributed circumferentially along the turntable, and the at least two cutting blades move alternately to the processing station to cooperate with the extrusion mechanism for extrusion processing;

[0013] The waste separation module comprises a shovel knife for separating the waste material processed and moving to the waste separation station following the cutting knife, and a scraper for removing the separated waste material from the cutting knife;

[0014] The cleaning module comprises a blowing mechanism for providing a high-pressure air flow to the cutting knife moving to the cleaning station, and a spraying mechanism for providing a high-pressure water flow to the cutting knife moving to the cleaning station, and the blowing mechanism and the spraying mechanism are connected to the control module respectively;

[0015] The control module is used to control the rotation of the rotating disc driven by the rotating disc driving mechanism, so that a plurality of the barrels are periodically rotated to the feeding station and the processing station for feeding and extrusion processing in sequence; and each cutting knife reciprocates between the processing station, the corresponding waste separation station, the corresponding waste discharge station, and the corresponding finished product discharge station, and at least two cutting knives are alternately moved to the processing station; and it is determined whether the number of all materials to be processed that have completed extrusion processing in a preset number Q of processing cycles is greater than or equal to a preset processing threshold L, if so, it is determined that the current cleaning cycle is reached, and after each cutting knife alternately moves to the processing station to complete the last extrusion processing, it is sequentially moved to the corresponding waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, and the cleaning station, and each cleaning module simultaneously sprays a high-pressure air flow and a high-pressure water flow to the corresponding cutting knife;

[0016] Wherein, the completion of extrusion processing and finished product discharge of the material to be processed in the preset number N of barrels on the rotating disc is one processing cycle, the preset number N of barrels is greater than or equal to the total number P of cutting knives, and less than or equal to the total number of all barrels on the rotating disc; the preset processing threshold L = N × Q - P.

[0017] In some embodiments of the application, the control module specifically comprises:

[0018] A judging unit is used to determine whether the number of barrels loaded with materials to be processed on the rotating disc is greater than or equal to a preset loading number, and the arrangement structure of each barrel loaded with materials is a preset arrangement structure;

[0019] The cutter control unit is used for controlling the rotation of the rotating disc when the judgment unit judges that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed on the rotating disc is greater than or equal to the preset loading number and the arrangement structure of each material barrel is the preset arrangement structure, so that the preset loading number of each material barrel is sequentially moved to the processing station, and at least two cutting knives are alternately moved to the processing station, and each cutting knife is sequentially and reciprocally moved along a respective movement path between the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, until a cleaning cycle is reached, and then the multiple cutting knives are alternately moved to the processing station to complete the last extrusion processing, and then sequentially moved to the corresponding waste separation station, waste discharge station, finished product discharge station and cleaning station.

[0020] The feeding control unit is used for controlling the rotation of the rotating disc when the judgment unit judges that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed on the rotating disc is less than the preset loading number, so that the material barrels on the rotating disc that have not been fed are moved to the feeding station and fed according to the preset arrangement structure, until the control unit judges that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed is greater than or equal to the preset loading number and the arrangement structure is the preset arrangement structure.

[0021] In some embodiments of the present application, the number of the material barrels on the rotating disc is eight, and the preset arrangement structure includes: at least one empty material barrel between two adjacent material barrels loaded with the materials; or all the material barrels loaded with the materials are arranged adjacently.

[0022] In some embodiments of the present application, the cleaning module further includes a mounting bracket, the air knives of the air blowing mechanism and the water outlet nozzles of the spraying mechanism are respectively arranged on two sides of the mounting bracket, and a partition plate is arranged between the air knives and the water outlet nozzles; and / or, a limiting mechanism for clamping the materials to be processed is arranged in the material barrel.

[0023] In some embodiments of the present application, the discharging module includes: a ejector mechanism for separating the processed products following the cutting knives to the discharging station from the cutting knives; and an ejector driving mechanism for driving the ejector mechanism to move up and down; the ejector driving mechanism is connected with the control module.

[0024] In some embodiments of the present application, the cutting tool comprises a sliding knife seat, a plurality of first blades arranged equidistantly and side by side on the sliding knife seat along a first direction, and a plurality of second blades arranged equidistantly and side by side on the sliding knife seat along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the sliding knife seat comprises a bottom plate and a side wall arranged on the bottom plate, and the bottom plate is provided with a discharging hole penetrating through the bottom plate; a plurality of clamping grooves are arranged on the first blade along the length direction thereof, and the second blade is detachably clamped in the clamping groove, so that a plurality of cutting cavities are formed between the plurality of first blades and the plurality of second blades, and the length of the plurality of first blades at the edge and the length of the plurality of second blades at the edge gradually decrease, so that all the first blades and all the second blades form a blade group with a hexagonal cross section.

[0025] In some embodiments of the present application, the cutting tool further comprises a knife clamp block at each end of the second blade, and a knife cover at each end of the first blade, wherein the side wall of the knife clamp block is provided with a plurality of mounting clamping grooves matched with the blade head of the second blade, and the side wall of the knife cover is provided with a plurality of mounting clamping grooves matched with the blade head of the first blade; four blade corner clamps are arranged on the bottom plate for clamping the end portions of the first blade at the edge and the second blade at the edge, and the four blade corner clamps are respectively located at the four corners of a square limiting frame formed by the two knife covers and the two knife clamp blocks; the incircle of the square limiting frame is coaxial with the discharging hole, and the diameter of the incircle is less than or equal to the diameter of the discharging hole.

[0026] In some embodiments of the present application, the height of the second blade is less than the height of the first blade, and a blade pad is arranged below the blade head at each end of the second blade, and the height of the blade pad is greater than or equal to the height difference between the first blade and the second blade, so that the upper surface of the knife clamp block above the blade pad and the upper surface of the knife cover are flush after installation.

[0027] In some embodiments of the present application, the blade corner clamp group comprises an upper blade corner clamp and a lower blade corner clamp, wherein the upper blade corner clamp comprises a first clamping arm extending along a first direction and a second clamping arm extending along a second direction, and the bottom of the first clamping arm is provided with an upper clamping groove matched with the blade head of the plurality of second blades at the edge; the upper surface of the lower blade corner clamp is provided with a lower clamping groove extending along the second direction and matched with the blade head of the plurality of first blades at the edge.

[0028] In some embodiments of the present application, the plant or pickled plant processing device further comprises: a waste transport mechanism arranged below the waste discharge station; and a finished product transport mechanism arranged below the finished product discharge station; and / or a safety / feeding detection mechanism for detecting whether the material cylinder on the turntable is loaded with material to be processed; and for detecting whether a person's limbs appear in a specific area.

[0029] Beneficial effects: the straight-line type of pipeline is only considered from the perspective of work efficiency, but in actual work, it also needs to be considered comprehensively in terms of labor intensity of workers, cost, safety during operation, and work rhythm, etc. Therefore, the present application comprehensively considers labor intensity of workers, cost, and work rhythm determined by characteristics of the material to be processed (for example, according to the viscosity during processing, which leads to the amount of residue on the cutting tool), etc. to propose a new processing device which adopts turntable feeding, multiple cutting tools arranged along the circumference, and the combination of the radial radiation of the movement path along the turntable and the double-mode cleaning method (i.e. the coarse cleaning mode of the waste separation module and the fine cleaning mode of the combination of high-pressure gas flow and high-pressure water flow), so that the cutting tool can be thoroughly cleaned after one processing cycle (i.e. the same batch of material on the turntable completes finished product discharge) or even two processing cycles (for example, for materials with low or no viscosity). Through the coordination between the turntable feeding rhythm, the alternating switching of the cutting tool rhythm, and the cleaning rhythm, the production efficiency is improved, and the problem of stopping production of the entire production line to clean the cutting tool after completing the processing and discharge of each material, which leads to time waste and low work efficiency (indirectly increases manufacturing cost) is avoided.

[0030] In practice, it is found that, on the one hand, due to the different characteristics of the material to be processed, such as the viscosity (usually, the viscosity of the pickled material is higher than that of the unprocessed material), and the different basic time length from processing to finished product discharge of each material to be processed; on the other hand, due to manual feeding, the labor intensity of the feeding workers needs to be considered, and whether there is spare time to check the time allowance of other work in the processing flow; and the time from the feeding station to the finished product discharge station and the cleaning station, etc., therefore, the processing rhythm corresponding to different materials to be processed is different. For example, for some materials to be processed with low viscosity and small size, the processing rhythm may need to be compact; and for some materials to be processed with high viscosity and large size, the processing rhythm may need to be slow. In order to adapt to the needs of different processing rhythms, the present application adopts the combination of turntable feeding structure, multiple cutting tools alternating work, and double cleaning mode, so that the user can set different processing cycle parameters and cleaning cycles according to different materials to be processed, thereby realizing the adjustment of work rhythm.

[0031] Further, in the traditional straight-line type pipeline working mode, once there is a vacancy on the conveyor belt, the whole system will run empty (if the vacancy is checked by a person, the whole system may even stop), thereby causing certain losses. In the present application, the rotary table type feeding module is adopted, so that the adjustment of the rotary table can complete any division (the division refers to the angle between the two adjacent material barrels loaded with materials when a plurality of material barrels are arranged on the rotary table, that is, the adjustment of the number and arrangement structure of the material barrels), the alternating speed of the plurality of cutting tools, and the cleaning period, thereby realizing the adjustment of the processing period and the adjustment of the cleaning period, and further realizing the adjustment of the process beat to adapt to the needs of different product processing processes, greatly improving the application range of the whole device, that is, improving the universality of the device. That is, in order to avoid the situation of empty running or production line shutdown, the traditional pipeline working mode does not allow the presence of vacancies (i.e. material barrels without loading materials); in the present application, in order to adapt to the cleaning period in different material processing processes, the rotary table is allowed to have vacancies, and even the positions and / or numbers of the vacancies are adjusted to realize different arrangement structures, thereby realizing the adjustment of the processing period, the cleaning period of different materials to be processed, and further realizing the adjustment of different processing beats.

[0032] The feeding module of the present application adopts a rotary table type feeding structure, which can complete the feeding of a plurality of material barrels at a time, thereby allowing the workers performing the feeding operation to have sufficient free time for rest or safety inspection. At the same time, the rotary table type feeding structure simplifies the mechanical structure and the floor space, and avoids the above-mentioned defects of the conveyor belt type feeding device.

[0033] The application adopts a rotary table feeding mode and multiple cutting tools arranged along the circumference thereof, and can complete the adjustment of multiple indexing and time beats (including processing period and cleaning period) by controlling the cooperation between the material rotary table and the multiple cutting tools, so as to adapt to different requirements of various process procedures on working beats. Generally, in order to simply improve production efficiency, a corresponding number of cutting tools can be arranged for each barrel on the material rotary table; however, if one cutting tool is arranged for each barrel, the multiple barrels or the multiple cutting tools work independently of each other, so that any barrel is idle, which causes the corresponding cutting tool and each module on the movement path thereof to be in an idle state, thereby wasting productivity (or the equipment utilization rate is low); in addition, since it is a rotary table feeding mode, one cutting tool is arranged for each barrel distributed along the circumference, which undoubtedly greatly increases the structural complexity of the device and the cost of the device. As described above, the application considers that different materials have different characteristics (for example, different viscosity), so that the cleaning period (for example, the number of times of completing cutting) required by each cutting tool is different, and different working beats are required, so that the efficiency is improved while avoiding idle running, and the rotary table feeding mode and the multiple cutting tool alternating cooperation mode improve the adjustable range of working beats and processing periods, thereby increasing the flexibility of the system, so that the system can adapt to materials with different characteristics.

[0034] The combined extrusion sleeve structure in the application can ensure the replaceability and quickness of the pressure head and the barrel to adapt to different product scales.

[0035] Compared with the traditional stainless steel integrated tool structure, the blade combination structure embedded in the two-way cross structure in the application reduces the tool manufacturing cost (the integrated tool structure costs about 20,000 yuan, and the blade combination structure made of the same material costs about 2,000 yuan, and the finished product is greatly reduced), and even if a blade is damaged, any blade unit can be disassembled due to the embedded structure, so that any damaged blade can be replaced individually without the need for overall replacement, which greatly reduces the maintenance cost and improves the reusability of the tool. Among them, the two groups of blades in the two-way cross embedded blade combination structure can be vertically embedded or set at a certain angle, so that the angle or spacing between the two groups of blades can be set according to different shaped products, so as to obtain different shaped cutting cavities, thereby greatly improving the application range of the blade combination structure.

[0036] Further, since the blade combination structure is adopted, in order to remove the foreign matters such as residual sinews between the blade fitting gaps, the finished product and waste are separated by combining the waste separation module (for example, a shovel blade), and the waste is discharged, and the cleaning module is used to provide high-pressure airflow and high-pressure water flow to clean the cutting tool to remove the residual matters and corrosive components on the cutting tool, that is, the first cleaning of the cutting tool is realized by the waste separation module, and the second cleaning of the cutting tool is realized by the cleaning module to remove the residual matters and corrosive components on the cutting tool, so that the service life of the cutting tool is greatly improved.

[0037] Secondly, since the high-pressure airflow and high-pressure water flow are combined, the cleaning strength is higher than that of the single high-pressure water flow mode, so that when processing some low-viscosity materials, cleaning is not required after each processing, but cleaning is required after one processing cycle or two processing cycles (for example, for processing of some viscous materials or processing of very low-viscosity materials), so that the time waste and cost loss caused by stopping the whole production line for cleaning the cutting tool are greatly saved.

[0038] Further, the safety and feeding detection system is provided, and the corresponding process is performed only when the material cylinder is detected to have materials, so that time waste caused by empty running of the station when there is no material is avoided. The safety detection ensures the safety of personnel operation and the safety of equipment operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0039] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. In all the drawings, similar elements or parts are generally identified by similar reference numerals. In the drawings, each element or part is not necessarily drawn according to the actual proportion. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without any creative labor.

[0040] Figure 1a is a perspective view of a plant or pickled plant processing device suitable for processing various materials according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0041] Figure 1b is Figure 1a is a first perspective view of the plant or pickled plant processing device shown;

[0042] Figure 1c is Figure 1a is a top view of the plant or pickled plant processing device shown;

[0043] Figure 1d is Figure 1aThe diagram shows the arrangement of the feeding module and other modules in the plant or pickled plant processing device.

[0044] Figure 2a and Figure 2b This is an assembly diagram of the limiting mechanism inside the material cylinder in a plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[0045] Figure 3 An exploded view of the extrusion mechanism in a plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 4a An exploded view of a cutting tool in a plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 4b To reflect Figure 4a A schematic diagram of the blade assembly of a medium-sized cutting tool;

[0048] Figure 4c To reflect Figure 4b A schematic diagram showing two sets of blades interlocked together to form a cutting cavity array;

[0049] Figure 4d reflect Figure 4a A schematic diagram showing the engagement of the upper and middle blade angle clamp with the cutting heads of the three second blades located at the edge;

[0050] Figure 4e for Figure 4a Top view of the cutting tool;

[0051] Figure 4f for Figure 4b A schematic diagram of the first blade in the middle;

[0052] Figure 5a To reflect Figure 1a A schematic diagram of the assembly relationship between the cleaning module, finished product output module, and waste separation module on the motion path of the cutting tool in Zhongyi.

[0053] Figure 5b To reflect Figure 1a A schematic diagram showing the assembly relationship between the cleaning module, finished product output module, and waste separation module along the movement path of another cutting tool;

[0054] Figure 6 To reflect Figure 1a A schematic diagram of the motion paths of two cutting tools symmetrically distributed radially in the middle;

[0055] Figure 7a This is an assembly diagram of the air blowing mechanism in the cleaning module of a plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[0056] Figure 7b Assembly view of high pressure spray mechanism in cleaning module of plant or post-curing plant processing apparatus of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[0057] Figure 7c Exploded view of cleaning module of Figure 7a or Figure 7b ;

[0058] Figure 8a Block diagram of finished product discharge module of plant or post-curing plant processing apparatus of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[0059] Figure 8b and Figure 8c Exploded view of top pin array of Figure 8a ;

[0060] Figure 9 Flowchart of plant or post-curing plant processing method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[0061] Figures: 1 loading module: 11 rotary table, 12 barrel, 13 rotary table driving mechanism, 141 clamping block, 142 elastic component, 143 mounting bracket, 144 guide sleeve; 2 processing module: 21 cutting tool, 211 sliding tool holder (bottom plate 2111, side wall 2112, discharge hole 2113), 212 first blade, 213 second blade, 214 blade edge, 215 blade clamping groove, 216 blade cover, 217 blade clamping block, 218a upper blade corner clamp (2181 first clamping arm, 2182 second clamping arm, 2183 upper clamping groove), 218b lower blade corner clamp (lower clamping groove 2184), 219 mounting clamping groove, 210 cutting cavity, 2120a first guide positioning pin, 2120b second guide positioning pin, 2121 blade pad; 22 extrusion mechanism: 221 driving motor, 222 electric cylinder, 223 guide column, 224 extrusion component, 225 mounting bracket; 231 tool driving motor, 232 tool sliding table, 233 water pan, 234 sliding rail, 235 rail organ case, 236 tool reciprocating motion driving module; 3 waste separation module: 31 spade, 32 scraper, 311 first mounting beam, 313 right angle mounting block, 314 notch, 321 second mounting beam; 4 cleaning module: 41 air blowing mechanism, 411 air knife, 412 air pipe joint, 42 spraying mechanism, 422 isolation plate, 423 water pipe joint, 424 water inlet pipe, 425 water baffle, 426 pressing strip, 43 mounting bracket, 44 transparent protective cover, 45 water tank, 46 water supply pipeline; 6 finished product discharge module: 61 array of thimbles: 611 thimble base plate, 612 thimble pad, 613 thimble mounting plate, 614 thimble unit, 615 scraping plate, 616 linear bearing, 617 guide rod, 62 thimble driving mechanism, 63 thimble driving mechanism mounting plate, 64 reinforcing plate; 7 detection mechanism; 8 finished product transportation mechanism; 9 waste transportation mechanism; 101a waste receiving barrel, 101b finished product receiving barrel, 101c discharge hole at the processing station, 8 finished product transportation mechanism, 9 waste transportation mechanism, 10 safety grating, 11 water pan. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will be combined with the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present application to make a clear and complete description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0063] Herein, the suffixes such as "module", "part", or "unit" used for components are merely intended for facilitating explanation of the present application, and have no specific meaning by themselves. Thus, "module", "part", or "unit" can be mixedly used herein. Herein, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "one side", "the other side", and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely intended for facilitating the description of the present application and simplifying the description, and thus cannot be understood as indicating or implying that a specific orientation is required for the device or component pointed by the terms. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance. Herein, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mount", "provided with", "connected", and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, "connected" can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral connection; can be mechanical connection, or direct connection, or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or internal connection of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances. Herein, "and / or" includes any and all combinations of one or more listed related items. Herein, "plurality" means two or more, that is, it includes two, three, four, five, and the like.

[0064] Herein, "plant" refers to a material that needs to be peeled (including stems) and cut into a certain shape (such as strips or pieces) during processing, such as irregularly shaped vegetables, fruits, medicinal materials, and the like. Herein, "pickled plant" refers to a material that has been pickled and needs to be peeled (including stems) and cut into a certain shape (such as strips or pieces) during processing, such as irregularly shaped preserved vegetables and the like. For the purpose of description, "plant" and "pickled plant" are collectively referred to as "material to be processed" herein.

[0065] Embodiment 1: Referring to FIG. 1 Figure 8c , a structural diagram of a plant or pickled plant processing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application and structural diagrams of various modules. Specifically, the plant or pickled plant processing device includes a feeding module 1, a processing module 2, and a waste separation module 3, a finished product discharge module 6, and a cleaning module 4 arranged on the movement path of each cutting tool 21 in the processing module 2, and a control module for controlling the feeding module 1, the processing module 2, the waste separation module 3, the finished product discharge module 6, and the cleaning module 4.

[0066] In some embodiments, the feeding module 1 comprises a rotary disc 11 mounted on a rack, a plurality of material barrels 12 for the material to be processed (for example, pickled and sticky preserved mustard tuber) are uniformly spaced on the rotary disc 11 in the circumferential direction, and a rotary disc driving mechanism 13 connected with the control module is used to drive the rotary disc 11 to rotate, so that each material barrel 12 on the rotary disc 11 is switched between the feeding station and the processing station.

[0067] In some embodiments, at least one material barrel is located at the feeding station in the initial state. Preferably, eight material barrels 12 are uniformly distributed on the rotary disc 1 in the circumferential direction, and three material barrels 12 are located at the feeding station in the initial state.

[0068] In some embodiments, the rotary disc driving mechanism 13 adopts a motor, and the output shaft of the motor is connected with the rotating shaft of the rotary disc 11.

[0069] In some embodiments, the material barrel 12 is provided with a limiting mechanism for clamping the material to be processed, and the limiting mechanism comprises a plurality of clamping blocks 141 uniformly spaced in the circumferential direction of the barrel wall of the material barrel 12, and the clamping blocks 141 are arranged on the barrel wall of the material barrel 12 in a rotatable manner. Specifically, a plurality of mounting holes are uniformly spaced in the circumferential direction of the material barrel 12, the top end of the clamping block 141 is rotatably connected with the mounting hole through a rotating shaft, the clamping end 1411 of the clamping block 141 extends into the material barrel 12 for clamping the material, and the outer side protruding limiting part 1412 is connected with an elastic member 142 (for example, a spring), and the other end of the elastic member 142 is connected with a mounting bracket 143 fixed on the outer side of the mounting hole. When the clamping end 1411 is subjected to external force (for example, the extrusion of the material to be processed in the material barrel), the elastic member 142 provides tension, so that the bottom of the clamping block 141 is always in a clamping state, thereby being capable of clamping the material.

[0070] In some embodiments, the processing module 2 comprises an extrusion mechanism 22 for extruding the material to be processed in the material barrel 12 at the processing station, at least two cutting tools 21 for extrusion processing of the material to be processed under the extrusion of the extrusion mechanism 22, a sliding rail 234 providing a movement path, and a tool driving mechanism 23 for driving the cutting tools 21 to reciprocate between the processing station, the waste separation station and the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station and the cleaning station on the movement path; the tool driving mechanism 23 is connected with the control module.

[0071] In some embodiments, the movement path of the at least two cutting tools 21 is distributed in the circumferential direction of the rotary disc 11, and the at least two cutting tools 21 are alternately moved to the processing station to cooperate with the extrusion mechanism 22.

[0072] Preferably, referring to Figure 6, the cutting tool 21 is two, and the movement paths of the two cutting tools 21 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the turntable 11 or the machining station (extrusion mechanism). For example, the two movement paths extend along both ends of any diameter of the turntable.

[0073] In some embodiments, referring to Figures 4a to 4f , the cutting tool 21 comprises a sliding tool seat 211 and a blade group arranged in the sliding tool seat 211.

[0074] Wherein, the sliding tool seat 211 comprises a bottom plate 2111 and a side wall 2112 arranged on the bottom plate 2111, and the bottom plate 2111 is provided with a discharging hole 2113 penetrating through the bottom plate 2111; preferably, the base is annular, and the side wall extends vertically upward from the outer edge of the base to form an annular wall around the top of the base, and forms a containing space for mounting the blade group with the base.

[0075] Wherein, the blade group comprises a plurality of first blades 121 arranged equidistantly and side by side on the bottom plate 2111 along a first direction, and a plurality of second blades 213 arranged equidistantly and side by side on the bottom plate 2111 along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first blade 212 is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves 215 arranged equidistantly along the length direction at the upper end of the first blade 212, and the second blade 213 is detachably clamped in the clamping groove 215, so that a plurality of cutting cavities 210 are formed between the plurality of first blades (212) and the plurality of second blades (213), and the length of the plurality of first blades located at the edge and the plurality of second blades located at the edge gradually decreases, so that all the first blades and all the second blades form a blade group with a hexagonal cross section; preferably, there are three blades (first blades or second blades) respectively located at the four side edges of the blade group, wherein the lengths of the two blades close to the edge are the same and smaller than the length of the other blade, and the length of the other blade is smaller than the length of the blade in the non-edge region, referring to Figure 4b and Figure 4c ;

[0076] The blade clamping blocks 217 respectively located at both ends of the second blade 213, and the blade covers 216 respectively located at both ends of the first blade 212, wherein the side wall close to the blade group in the blade clamping block 217 is provided with a plurality of mounting clamping grooves 219 matched with the blade head of the second blade 213, and the side wall close to the blade group in the blade cover 216 is provided with a plurality of mounting clamping grooves 219 matched with the blade head of the first blade 212;

[0077] Four blade corner clamps are arranged on the bottom plate 2111 for clamping the end portions of the first blades 212 and the second blades 213 located at the edges, and the four blade corner clamps are respectively located at the four corners of the square limiting frame formed by the two blade covers 216 and the two blade clamping blocks 217, referring to Figure 4a and Figure 4e .

[0078] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4b The first blade length extension direction is the X axis, the second blade length extension direction is the Y axis, and the coordinate system is established with the first blade or the second blade height direction as the X axis, wherein the Y axis is the first direction, and the X axis is the second direction.

[0079] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4e The above-mentioned square limiting frame (with a side length of L1) is coaxial with the discharge hole, and the diameter D1 thereof is less than or equal to the diameter of the discharge hole (the diameter D2 of the bottom plate is the largest). The inscribed circle of the square limiting frame is actually the actual cutting area of the machining tool. Although the shapes of various materials are irregular, it is found in actual application that only the cutting area actually plays a cutting role, and the four corners of the rectangular limiting frame are actually idle in most cases, and long-term idling may deposit dust and the like. Therefore, in the embodiment, the blade group in the form of a hexagon is designed, and the four blade corners are used to install and fix the blade group while shielding the idle four corner areas, which is more sanitary and easier and more convenient for cleaning the tool, and of course, saves materials. In some embodiments, L1 is 120 mm, D1 is 120 mm, and D2 is 200 mm.

[0080] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4b Since the clamping groove is only arranged at the upper end of the first blade 212 to cooperate with the second blade, the height of the second blade 213 is less than that of the first blade 212, and preferably, the height thereof is the same as that of the upper clamping groove of the first blade, so that when the second blade is clamped on the first blade, the blade edges between the second blade and the first blade are flush. Further, since the height of the second blade is lower than that of the first blade, in order to fix the blade group, the tool pad 2121 is arranged below the tool head at both ends of the second blade 213, that is, by arranging the tool pad between the bottom plate and the tool clamping block and arranging the installation clamping groove on the tool clamping block to cooperate with the tool head of the second blade, the second blade is firmly installed above the discharge hole (that is, the inscribed circle of the blade group is coaxial with the discharge hole).

[0081] In some embodiments, the height of the tool pad 2121 is greater than or equal to the height difference between the first blade 212 and the second blade 213, so that the upper surface of the tool clamping block 217 located above the tool pad 2121 after installation is flush with the upper surface of the tool cover 216.

[0082] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4a, the blade angle clip set includes an upper blade angle clip 218a and a lower blade angle clip 218b, wherein the upper blade angle clip 218a includes a first clamping arm 2181 extending in a first direction and a second clamping arm 2182 extending in a second direction, wherein the first clamping arm 2181 is provided with an upper clamping groove 2183 (extending in the first direction) at the bottom of the first clamping arm 2181, which is adapted to cooperate with the cutting head of the second blade 212 located at the edge, see Figure 4d ; the upper surface of the lower blade angle clip 218b is provided with a lower clamping groove 2184 (extending in the second direction) extending in the second direction and adapted to cooperate with the cutting head of the first blade 212 located at the edge.

[0083] In some embodiments, the machining tool assembly further includes a first guide positioning pin 2120a located on the bottom plate and disposed on both sides of the blade angle clip set and penetrating the mounting hole coaxially provided on the blade clamp block 217 and the blade pad 2121, and a second guide positioning pin 2120b penetrating the mounting hole provided on the blade cover 216, see Figure 4a .

[0084] In some embodiments, the cutting cavity 210 formed between the first blade and the second blade is a square. Preferably, the spacing between the plurality of first blades 212 is 6 mm, and the spacing between the plurality of second blades 213 is 6 mm, i.e., a square cutting cavity with a side length of 6 mm is formed, see Figure 4c .

[0085] In some embodiments, the cutting head height of the plurality of first blades 212 located at the edge is less than the cutting head height of the remaining (i.e., located at the non-edge) first blades 212.

[0086] In some embodiments, the length L3 of the first blade 212 is greater than the length L4 of the second blade 213. Preferably, the length of the second blade 213 is 130-140 mm (preferably, 136 mm); the maximum length of the first blade 212 is 140-145 mm (preferably, 143 mm), and the height H1 of the first blade 212 is 10-15 mm (preferably, 13.5 mm), and the height H2 of the second blade 213 (i.e., the height of the upper clamping groove of the first blade) is 6-7 mm (preferably, 6.5 mm).

[0087] Of course, in other embodiments, the angle between the above-mentioned first direction and the second direction can also be adjusted (for example, the first direction and the second direction form an acute angle), so that the shape of the cutting cavity formed between the first blade and the second blade is adapted to the cutting of different shapes of finished products. Of course, the spacing between the blades can also be adjusted to adapt to the cutting of more different shapes of finished products.

[0088] In some embodiments, the pressing mechanism 22 comprises an electric cylinder 222 installed on the support through a mounting bracket 225, the bottom of the electric cylinder 222 is provided with a pressing component 224, the electric cylinder 222 is driven by a driving motor 221 to drive the pressing component 224 to reciprocate vertically, correspondingly, the lower part of the pressing component 224 is the processing station, thus, when the cutting tool moves to the lower part of the pressing component (i.e. moves to the processing station), the peeling and cutting can be simultaneously completed by cooperation between the pressing mechanism and the cutting tool.

[0089] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 6 the tool driving mechanism 23 comprises a sliding rail 234 providing a movement path for the cutting tool, a tool sliding table 232 installing the cutting tool 21 and driving the cutting tool 21 to move on the sliding rail 234, a tool reciprocating driving module 236 driving the tool sliding table 232 to move on the sliding rail 234, and a tool driving motor 231. Further, the sliding rail 234 is provided with an organ case 235, the top surface of the organ case 235 is inclined to facilitate water drainage.

[0090] In some embodiments, a water receiving tray 233 is further provided below the cleaning station to receive water.

[0091] In some embodiments, the waste separation module 3 comprises a spade 31 separating the waste (at this time, the waste is connected with the strip or sheet product) moving to the waste separation station along with the cutting tool 21, the blade of the spade 31 is opposite to the moving direction of the cutting tool 21 to the cleaning module, and a scraper 32 removing the waste moving to the waste discharge station after separation.

[0092] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 5a and Figure 5b the first mounting beam 311 for installing the spade 31 is fixed on the rack of the processing device through a mounting plate, the two ends of the spade 31 are respectively provided on the bottom of the first mounting beam 311 through a right-angle mounting block 313, and the bottom of the first mounting beam 311 is provided with a notch 314 corresponding to the position of the spade 31, so that the waste separated by the spade 31 can pass out through the notch 314. Preferably, the height and inclination of the spade 31 can be adjusted by adjusting the height and inclination of the mounting bracket on the rack.

[0093] In some embodiments, referring to Figure 5a and Figure 5bThe second installation beam 321 for installing the scraper 32 is fixed on the frame, and the bottom of the scraper 32 protrudes to form an operation part for scraping off the waste material with the bottom of the second installation beam 321. After most of the material is cut by the cutting tool 21, the waste material (such as the sinew) is actually still connected with the finished product (such as the silk-like or sheet-like finished product), and therefore, the waste material cannot be well separated from the cutting tool 21 by the scraper alone, so that a large amount of waste material remains on the cutting tool 21, and the waste material is separated by scraping, which greatly shortens the service life of the scraper and causes a large amount of residual waste material to accumulate on the scraper. Therefore, in the embodiment, the shovel is used to separate the waste material from the finished product first, and then the scraper is used to scrape the separated waste material from the surface of the cutting tool 21, so that the waste material can be successfully separated and the residual waste material on the cutting tool 21 can be greatly reduced.

[0094] In some embodiments, the scraper 32 is arranged between the waste material separation station at the shovel and the finished product discharge station, and the scraper is located at the waste material discharge station. Correspondingly, a waste material receiving cylinder 101a is arranged below the scraper 32 to convey the waste material scraped off from the cutting tool 21 to the waste material conveying mechanism 9. Specifically, when the cutting tool 21 moves to the finished product discharge station and passes through the waste material discharge station, the waste material is separated from the finished product, and under the action of the scraper 32, the waste material is scraped off from the cutting tool 21 and enters the waste material conveying mechanism 9 through the waste material receiving hopper 101a to be conveyed out.

[0095] In some embodiments, referring to Figures 7a to 7c The cleaning module 4 comprises an installation support 43, a blowing mechanism 41 for providing a high-pressure air flow to the cutting tool 21 moving to the cleaning station, and a spraying mechanism 42 for providing a high-pressure water flow to the cutting tool 21 moving to the cleaning station, and the blowing mechanism 41 and the spraying mechanism 42 are respectively connected with the control module.

[0096] In some embodiments, the air knife 411 of the blowing mechanism 41 and the water outlet nozzle of the spraying mechanism are respectively arranged on both sides of the installation support 43, and the air knife 411 and the water outlet nozzle are located above the cutting tool 21 when the cutting tool 21 moves to the cleaning station. Further, in order to avoid mutual interference, a partition plate 422 is arranged between the water outlet nozzle and the air knife 411. Preferably, the air knife and the water outlet nozzle are integrated in one cabin and are separated by the partition plate 422.

[0097] In some embodiments, the cleaning module 4 further comprises a water tank 45 and a water supply pipeline 424 connected with the water tank 45 and the spraying mechanism.

[0098] In some embodiments, the discharging module 6 arranged at the finished product discharging station specifically comprises: a pin array 61 for separating the finished product following the cutting tool 21 moving to the finished product discharging station from the cutting tool 21; and a pin driving mechanism 62 for driving the pin array 61 to move up and down; the pin driving mechanism 62 is connected with the control module. Specifically, referring to Figures 8a-8c The pin array 61 comprises an array in a circular shape formed by a plurality of pins, and each pin corresponds to a cutting cavity 210, and specifically the diameter of the circular pin array is the same as the diameter of the circular cutting area (or the inscribed circle of the square limiting frame) in the cutting tool.

[0099] In some embodiments, each array unit of the pin array 61 matches the shape of the cutting cavity in the cutting tool described above, so that when the pin driving mechanism 62 drives the pin array to move to the cutting tool, each array unit on the pin array 61 pushes the finished product into the corresponding cutting cavity to push the finished product away from the cutting tool, thereby achieving automatic discharging. Of course, the finished product discharging station is below the pin array, and a finished product receiving cylinder 101b is arranged below the finished product discharging station, so that the finished product separated from the cutting tool enters the finished product receiving cylinder 101b under the action of gravity, and is guided into the finished product conveying mechanism 8 by the finished product receiving cylinder 101b.

[0100] In some embodiments, the waste conveying mechanism and the finished product conveying mechanism both adopt a conveying belt driving mechanism.

[0101] In some embodiments, the pin driving mechanism adopts a cylinder with adjustable stroke; each array unit adopts a T-shaped pin, and the end thereof is spherical-shaped, thereby preventing material sticking.

[0102] In some embodiments, the pin array 61 is installed on the output end of the pin driving mechanism 62 through a pin base 611, the pin base 611 is connected with a pin mounting plate 613 through a connecting piece, and a scraping plate 615 is further arranged on the pin mounting plate 613, the scraping plate 615 is in sliding connection with the pin base 611 and the pin mounting plate 613, and when the pin base 611 rises, the scraping plate 615 will not rise synchronously under the action of gravity, thereby moving relative to the pin array, and stripping the plant material adhered to the surface of the pin unit 614 or between the pin units 614.

[0103] In some embodiments, the plant or pickled plant processing device further comprises: a safety / feeding detection mechanism 7 for detecting whether the material cylinder 12 on the rotating disc 11 is loaded with material.

[0104] For example, after the device is initialized, the detection mechanism detects whether there is material in all the barrels on the turntable 11, and when it is detected that all the barrels on the turntable 11 are loaded with material, the control module is triggered to start the processing flow. Alternatively, when it is detected that a preset number of barrels are loaded with material to be processed and arranged in a preset arrangement, the control module is triggered to start the processing flow.

[0105] In some embodiments, the safety / loading detection mechanism can use a plurality of visual sensors, such as cameras, arranged along the circumference of the turntable at the loading station / processing station. Of course, a corresponding material sensor, such as a pressure sensor, can also be arranged in each barrel.

[0106] In some embodiments, the control module is configured to control the turntable driving mechanism 13 to drive the turntable 11 to rotate so that the plurality of barrels 12 are periodically rotated to the loading station, the processing station for loading and extrusion processing; and control the cutting tool 21 in the processing module 2 to reciprocate in the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, and the cleaning station; and at least two cutting tools 21 are alternately moved to the processing station.

[0107] Preferably, in order to save space and simplify the control algorithm, the movement path of the cutting tool is a straight line, and the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, and the cleaning station are arranged in sequence on the straight line, and the processing station is arranged between each movement path, i.e., the plurality of cutting tools share one processing station (and extrusion mechanism).

[0108] Specifically, each time the cutting tool 21 returns to the processing station, the turntable 11 is controlled to rotate so that the next barrel 12 moves to the processing station; and when a cleaning cycle is reached (i.e., after a preset number of processing cycles, such as one processing cycle or two processing cycles), the cutting tool 21 is controlled to move to the cleaning station, and the cleaning module 4 is controlled to simultaneously spray high-pressure air and high-pressure water onto the cutting tool 21 in the cleaning station. Wherein, the completion of processing of the material to be processed in all the barrels on the turntable 11 is one processing cycle, and the finished product is discharged.

[0109] In some embodiments, the control module specifically includes:

[0110] The human-computer interaction module is configured to allow the user to set a corresponding cleaning cycle (i.e., set the number of preset processing cycles) and preset processing cycle parameters, such as a preset number of barrels and an arrangement of the barrels, according to different materials to be processed.

[0111] The judgment unit is configured to receive detection data detected by the safety / loading detection mechanism, and determine whether the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed on the turntable is greater than or equal to a preset loading number, and whether the arrangement structure of each material barrel loaded with the materials is a preset arrangement structure.

[0112] The cutter control unit is configured to control the rotation of the turntable when the judgment unit determines that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed on the turntable is greater than or equal to the preset loading number, and the arrangement structure of each material barrel is the preset arrangement structure, so that each of the preset number of material barrels is sequentially moved to the processing station, and at least two cutting tools are alternately moved to the processing station, and each cutting tool is sequentially moved along a respective movement path between the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, the finished product discharge station, and back to the processing station until a preset cleaning period is reached, and then the cutting tool is moved to the cleaning station for cleaning.

[0113] The loading control unit is configured to control the rotation of the turntable when the judgment unit determines that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed on the turntable is less than the preset loading number, so that the material barrels on the turntable that have not been loaded are moved to the loading station and loaded according to the preset arrangement structure until the control unit determines that the number of the material barrels loaded with the materials to be processed is greater than or equal to the preset loading number and the arrangement structure is the preset arrangement structure.

[0114] In some embodiments, the control module further includes a safety detection unit configured to determine, before the loading control unit or the cutter control unit controls the rotation of the turntable, whether a body part of a person is located in a specific area according to the detection data detected by the safety / loading detection mechanism, and if so, stop controlling the rotation of the turntable; if not, control the rotation of the turntable.

[0115] In some embodiments, the specific area includes an area where the loading station is located and an area where the processing station is located.

[0116] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned cutter control unit is specifically used to determine whether the current material cylinder currently located at the machining station is loaded with the material to be processed according to the detection data; if the material to be processed is loaded, the control system controls at least two cutting knives to move to the machining station alternately (i.e., only one cutting knife is located at the machining station at the same time, cooperating with the extrusion mechanism to perform cutting), and controls the extrusion mechanism to move downward to cooperate with the cutting knife to perform extrusion processing on the material to be processed; and when the extrusion processing is completed, the current cutting knife that has completed cutting moves through the waste separation station, the waste discharge station in sequence, so as to complete the automatic separation and discharge of waste, and then moves to the finished product discharge station; and when the current cutting knife moves to the finished product discharge station, the control system controls the array of ejector pins to discharge the finished product, and when the finished product discharge is completed, it is determined whether the preset cleaning period (i.e., a preset number of processing periods are completed) is reached, if yes, the current cutting knife is controlled to move to the cleaning station, and the blowing mechanism and the spraying mechanism are controlled to provide high-pressure gas flow and high-pressure water flow to the current cutting knife at the same time to clean the current cutting knife; if the cleaning period is not reached, the current cutting knife is controlled to return to the machining station to process the next material to be processed, and the cycle is repeated until the preset cleaning period is reached, and the current cutting knife is controlled to move from the finished product discharge station to the cleaning station for cleaning.

[0117] When the cutting knife needs to be matched with the extrusion mechanism for cutting, the cutter control unit first determines whether there is another cutting knife located at the machining station and whether the current cutting knife is in an idle state (i.e., the current cutting knife has completed the waste separation and finished product discharge processes) before controlling the current cutting knife to enter the machining station.

[0118] If there is no other cutting knife in the machining station and the current cutting knife is in an idle state, the current cutting knife is controlled to enter the machining station.

[0119] Of course, in some embodiments, if there are three or more cutting knives, when multiple cutting knives in an idle state are identified, the most recent one can be specified and controlled to move to the machining station. Of course, if there are only two cutting knives, the two cutting knives automatically alternate to move to the machining station to cooperate with the extrusion mechanism.

[0120] Specifically, an initial variable barrel count is set and assigned an initial value i=0; when each time a finished product of a material is discharged, the initial variable barrel count is accumulated by one, until the value of the initial variable barrel count is equal to the product of the preset loading quantity N and the preset processing period number M, i.e. i=N×M-P (P is the total number of cutting tools), it is determined that the current reaches the cleaning period, i.e. when the [(N×M-P)+1]th material completes the finished product discharge, the corresponding cutting tool is controlled to move to its cleaning station for cleaning, correspondingly, when the [N×(N×M-P)+2]th material completes the finished product discharge, the corresponding cutting tool is controlled to move to its cleaning station for cleaning, and the cycle is repeated until the N×Mth material completes the finished product discharge, the corresponding cutting tool is controlled to move to its cleaning station for cleaning, and the initial variable barrel count is set to 0 to start counting again; otherwise, it is determined that the current does not reach the cleaning period.

[0121] That is, since multiple cutting tools are alternately worked with the extrusion mechanism, and the cleaning station is very close to the finished product discharge station, when it is determined that the cleaning period is reached, the cutting tools are cleaned, which is not to clean all cutting tools at the same time, but when there are only the same number of cutting tools as the number of cutting tools among all the materials to be processed in the preset number of processing periods, the control module controls all cleaning modules to be on standby, and when each cutting tool completes the last processing in the preset number of processing periods, it can move to the cleaning station along its movement path to be cleaned, and then return to the processing station for the next preset number of processing periods.

[0122] Embodiment 2: see Figure 9 Based on the above plant or pickled plant processing device, the application also provides a plant or pickled plant processing method, which comprises the steps of:

[0123] S101, the control module receives the detection data fed back by the safety / loading detection mechanism, and determines whether the number of barrels loaded with materials to be processed on the turntable in the loading module is greater than or equal to the preset loading quantity according to the detection data, and the arrangement structure of each barrel loaded with materials is the preset arrangement structure, if yes, execute step S102, otherwise, execute step S103.

[0124] In some embodiments, the user sets the corresponding preset processing period parameters (preset loading quantity and preset arrangement structure) and cleaning period on the human-computer interaction interface of the control module according to the current working tempo of the materials to be processed.

[0125] In some embodiments, the carousel is preset with a loading quantity, and the completion of processing, waste separation, waste discharge and finished product discharge of the materials in the plurality of barrels arranged in the preset arrangement structure is a processing cycle. The preset arrangement structure includes adjacent arrangement or interval arrangement; the preset loading quantity is greater than or equal to the total number of cutting tools, and less than or equal to the total number of barrels on the carousel.

[0126] For example, two cutting tools are set, and eight barrels are uniformly arranged along the axial direction of the carousel. For the material with a long cleaning cycle (for example, four materials processed by each cutting tool need to be thoroughly cleaned) and a fast processing rhythm, a processing cycle parameter is set in advance on the user interface of the control module: eight (that is, all barrels are loaded with materials, that is, the preset loading quantity 8 is four times the total number of cutting tools 2) barrels, the preset arrangement structure is adjacent arrangement, and the cleaning cycle is once every processing cycle.

[0127] For example, two cutting tools are set, and eight barrels are uniformly arranged along the axial direction of the carousel. For the material with a long cleaning cycle (for example, four materials processed by each cutting tool need to be thoroughly cleaned) and a fast processing rhythm, a processing cycle parameter is set in advance on the user interface of the control module: eight (that is, all barrels are loaded with materials, that is, the preset loading quantity 8 is four times the total number of cutting tools 2) barrels, the preset arrangement structure is adjacent arrangement, and the cleaning cycle is once every processing cycle.

[0128] Of course, in other embodiments, when the second-to-last material in the preset loading quantity is completed, the cutting tool that processes the second-to-last material can be controlled to move to the corresponding cleaning station for cleaning.

[0129] S102, the control module controls the rotation of the carousel, so that each barrel of the preset loading quantity moves to the processing station in turn, and the plurality of cutting tools are controlled by the tool driving mechanism to move to the processing station alternately, and S104 is executed.

[0130] In some embodiments, before the plurality of cutting tools are controlled to move to the processing station alternately, the method further includes the steps of:

[0131] According to the detection data detected by the safety / detection mechanism, it is determined whether the material cylinder currently located at the processing station is loaded with the material to be processed. If yes, the control system controls the cutting tool to move to the processing station. Otherwise, the control system controls the rotation of the rotating disc so that the next material cylinder moves to the processing station, and it is determined again whether the material cylinder is loaded with the material to be processed. The above process is repeated until it is determined that the material cylinder located at the processing station is loaded with the material to be processed, and then the control system controls the cutting tool to move to the processing station.

[0132] In S103, the control module controls the rotating disc driving mechanism to drive the rotating disc to rotate, so that the material cylinder not loaded with the material moves to the feeding station, and the feeding is performed according to the preset arrangement structure. Then, the step S101 is executed.

[0133] In S104, the control module controls the extrusion mechanism to cooperate with the cutting tool currently moving to the processing station, so that the material to be processed is synchronously subjected to the extrusion processing (including peeling and cutting). Then, the step S105 is executed.

[0134] In S105, the control module determines whether the preset cleaning period is reached. If yes, the step S106 is executed. Otherwise, the step S108 is executed.

[0135] In some embodiments, an initial variable cylinder count is preset, and an initial value of 0 is assigned. After the extrusion processing of the material to be processed is completed (for example, the step S104 is completed), the initial variable cylinder count is accumulated by one. Therefore, the initial variable cylinder count N0 is compared with the product of the preset number Q of processing periods in each cleaning period and the preset loading number N corresponding to each processing period, that is, Q×N. If N0=Q×N-P+1 (P is the total number of cutting tools in the processing module), it is determined that the cleaning period is reached. Otherwise, it is determined that the cleaning period is not reached.

[0136] In some embodiments, one processing period refers to that the preset loading number N of materials to be processed on the rotating disc are subjected to the extrusion processing to complete the finished product discharging. The cleaning period refers to that all the materials to be processed (that is, Q×N materials to be processed) in the preset Q processing periods are subjected to the cleaning. The cleaning starts from the i=1 material to be processed and ends until the last P materials to be processed complete the finished product discharging. M=(Q×N) / P, and P is the total number of cutting tools.

[0137] Since the multiple cutting tools are in an alternating working mode, the multiple cutting tools are cleaned in the present disclosure, but not simultaneously. Instead, when each cutting tool completes the extrusion processing of M materials to be processed and moves to the finished product discharging station to complete the finished product discharging, the control module controls the cutting tool to move to the corresponding cleaning station for cleaning. That is, the cleaning of each cutting tool is also alternating.

[0138] As mentioned above, different materials have different characteristics and processing cycles, so the cleaning timing of the cutting knives is different. For example, some materials with high viscosity need to be cleaned once after one processing cycle (i.e., Q = 1), while some materials with very low viscosity or no viscosity need to be cleaned once after two or three processing cycles (i.e., Q = 2 or 3). Therefore, the cleaning cycle needs to be set in advance according to the actual needs of different materials during processing (for example, for low-viscosity materials, cleaning can be performed after two or more processing cycles; for high-viscosity materials, cleaning can be performed after one processing cycle).

[0139] In some embodiments, the control module receives a feedback signal from the knife driving mechanism indicating that the cutting knife is in place, and then activates the extrusion mechanism to work with the cutting knife.

[0140] S106, the control module controls the current cutting knife to move to the waste separation station, the waste discharge station and the finished product discharge station in turn through the knife driving mechanism to perform waste separation, waste discharge and finished product discharge, executes step S107, and controls the remaining cutting knives to move to the processing station alternately, and executes steps S104, S106-S107 and S109 in turn.

[0141] In some embodiments, when it is determined in step S105 that the cleaning cycle is reached, i.e., only the same number of cutting knives as the number of materials to be processed remain.

[0142] In some embodiments, the control module receives a feedback signal from the extrusion mechanism indicating that the processing is complete, and then controls the current cutting knife to move to the waste separation station, the waste discharge station and the finished product discharge station to perform waste separation, waste discharge and finished product discharge.

[0143] S107, the control module controls the ejector pin array to discharge through the lifting mechanism in the finished product discharge module corresponding to the current cutting knife, and executes step S108.

[0144] In some embodiments, the control module receives a feedback signal from the processing module indicating that the current cutting knife is in place at the finished product discharge station, and then controls the ejector pin array to descend to discharge the finished product.

[0145] S108, the control module controls the current cutting knife to return to the processing station through the knife driving mechanism, and executes steps S104, S106-S107 and S109 in turn.

[0146] In some embodiments, the control module can receive a feedback signal from the lifting mechanism indicating that the discharge is complete, and then control the cutting knife to return to the processing station.

[0147] Of course, in some embodiments, when the next barrel rotates to the processing station, it is also necessary to first determine whether the barrel is loaded with material to be processed, if so, step S104 is executed, otherwise, the control of the rotating disc continues to rotate until it is determined that the barrel currently located in the processing station is loaded with material, and then step S104 is executed.

[0148] In some embodiments, when multiple cutting tools are provided, and multiple cutting tools return to the processing station at the same time, in order to avoid conflicts, during the return of the cutting tool to the processing station, it is determined whether the distance between the cutting tool and the processing station is less than or equal to a preset distance threshold, if so, it is determined whether there is another cutting tool that will return to the processing station at the same time (i.e., the distance between the other cutting tool returning to the processing station and the processing station is less than or equal to the preset distance threshold), if there is another cutting tool that will return to the processing station at the same time, the closest one of the cutting tools is controlled to enter the processing station, and the other cutting tools are controlled to move to the vicinity of the processing station for standby; and when the cutting tool that enters the processing station is completely extruded, the standby cutting tool is controlled to enter the processing station.

[0149] S109, the control module drives the current cutting tool to move from the finished product discharge station to the cleaning station through the tool driving mechanism, and when the current cutting tool is in place in the cleaning station (for example, a positioning signal is received from the tool driving mechanism), the blowing mechanism and the spraying mechanism are controlled to provide high-pressure gas flow and high-pressure water flow to the cutting tool at the same time to clean the cutting tool; and when the cleaning is completed (for example, the control module receives a feedback signal from the blowing mechanism and the spraying mechanism indicating that the cleaning is completed), the current cutting tool is driven to return to the processing station through the tool driving mechanism, and at the same time, the rotating disc is controlled to rotate through the rotating disc driving mechanism, so that the next barrel rotates to the processing station, i.e., step S101 is executed again.

[0150] In this embodiment, the control module controls the cutting tool to reciprocate between the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, and the finished product discharge station in sequence, until the material to be processed in all barrels on the rotating disc is processed and the finished product is discharged, and after each processing cycle is completed, the cutting tool is moved to the cleaning station for high-pressure gas flow and high-pressure water flow cleaning. Compared with the production line mode in which cleaning is performed after each processing is completed, and the entire production line is shut down during cleaning, a large amount of idle time is saved.

[0151] It should be noted that, in this text, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or apparatus that includes a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or further includes elements inherent in such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "comprising a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or apparatus including the element. Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above example method can be realized by software plus a general hardware platform, of course, it can also be realized by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes a plurality of instructions for making a computer terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, or network equipment, etc.) execute the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments, and the above specific embodiments are only illustrative, not limiting, and those skilled in the art can make many forms under the inspiration of the present application without departing from the scope of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A processing apparatus for plants or pickled plants suitable for processing various materials, characterized in that, include: The system includes a feeding module, a processing module, and a waste separation module, a finished product discharge module, and a cleaning module disposed along the movement path of each cutting tool in the processing module; as well as a control module for controlling the feeding module, the processing module, the waste separation module, the finished product discharge module, and the cleaning module. The feeding module includes: a turntable, on which multiple material cylinders for loading materials to be processed are evenly distributed along the circumference, and a turntable drive mechanism connected to the control module. The turntable drive mechanism is used to drive the turntable to rotate, thereby allowing the material cylinders to switch between the feeding station and the processing station. The processing module includes: an extrusion mechanism for extruding the material to be processed in the barrel at the processing station; at least two cutting blades that cooperate with the extrusion mechanism to extrude the plant; and a blade drive mechanism for driving the cutting blades to reciprocate along their respective movement paths between the processing station, a corresponding waste separation station, a corresponding waste discharge station, a corresponding finished product discharge station, and a corresponding cleaning station; the blade drive mechanism is connected to the control module; the movement paths of the at least two cutting blades are distributed circumferentially along the turntable, and the at least two cutting blades move alternately to the processing station to cooperate with the extrusion mechanism for extrusion processing; The waste separation module includes: a shovel for separating the processed waste that moves to the waste separation station after following the cutting tool; and a scraper for removing the separated waste from the cutting tool. The cleaning module includes: an air blowing mechanism for providing high-pressure airflow to the cutting tool moving to the cleaning station, and a spraying mechanism for providing high-pressure water flow to the cutting tool moving to the cleaning station, wherein the air blowing mechanism and the spraying mechanism are respectively connected to the control module. The control module is used to control the turntable drive mechanism to drive the turntable to rotate, so that the multiple material cylinders rotate sequentially and periodically to the feeding station and the processing station for feeding and extrusion processing; and to control each cutting tool to reciprocate between the processing station, the corresponding waste separation station, the corresponding waste discharge station, and the corresponding finished product discharge station, so that at least two cutting tools alternately move to the processing station; and to determine whether the number of materials to be processed that have completed extrusion processing within a preset number Q processing cycles is greater than or equal to a preset processing threshold L. If so, when it is determined that the cleaning cycle has been reached, the control module controls each cutting tool to alternately move to the processing station to complete the last extrusion processing, and then sequentially move to the corresponding waste separation station, waste discharge station, finished product discharge station, and cleaning station, and controls each cleaning module to simultaneously spray high-pressure airflow and high-pressure water flow onto the corresponding cutting tool; Wherein, a processing cycle is defined as the extrusion and finished product output of the materials to be processed in the preset number N material cylinders loaded on the turntable. The preset loading number N is greater than or equal to the total number P of the cutting tools and less than or equal to the total number of all material cylinders on the turntable; the preset processing threshold L = N × QP.

2. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The control module specifically includes: The judgment unit is used to determine whether the number of material cylinders loaded with materials to be processed on the turntable is greater than or equal to the preset loading quantity, and whether the arrangement structure of each material cylinder loaded with materials is the preset arrangement structure. The tool control unit is used to control the rotation of the turntable when the judgment unit determines that the number of material cylinders loaded with material to be processed on the turntable is greater than or equal to the preset loading quantity, and the arrangement structure of each material cylinder is the preset arrangement structure. This causes each material cylinder of the preset loading quantity to move to the processing station in sequence, and controls at least two cutting tools to move alternately to the processing station. It also controls each cutting tool to move along its own movement path in a cyclical manner between the processing station, the waste separation station, the waste discharge station, and the finished product discharge station until the cleaning cycle is reached. Then, it controls multiple cutting tools to move alternately to the processing station to complete the last extrusion processing, and then move to the corresponding waste separation station, waste discharge station, finished product discharge station, and cleaning station in sequence. The feeding control unit is used to control the turntable to rotate when the judgment unit determines that the number of material cylinders loaded with materials to be processed on the turntable is less than the preset loading quantity, so that the material cylinders on the turntable that have not yet been loaded are moved to the feeding station and loaded according to the preset arrangement structure, until the control unit determines that the number of material cylinders loaded with materials to be processed is greater than or equal to the preset loading quantity and is in the preset arrangement structure.

3. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that, The turntable has eight material cylinders, and the preset arrangement structure includes: material-loaded cylinders with at least one empty cylinder between two adjacent cylinders; or, all material-loaded cylinders are arranged adjacent to each other.

4. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cleaning module further includes a mounting bracket, the air knife of the air blowing mechanism and the water nozzle of the spraying mechanism are respectively disposed on both sides of the mounting bracket, and a partition is provided between the air knife and the water nozzle; and / or, a limiting mechanism for clamping the material to be processed is provided inside the material cylinder.

5. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The discharge module includes: an ejector mechanism for separating the finished product that follows the cutting tool to the discharge station from the cutting tool; and an ejector drive mechanism for driving the ejector mechanism to move up and down; the ejector drive mechanism is connected to the control module.

6. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cutting tool includes: a sliding blade holder, a plurality of first blades arranged side by side at equal intervals along a first direction, and a plurality of second blades arranged side by side at equal intervals along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sliding blade holder includes a base plate and a side wall disposed on the base plate. The base plate is provided with a discharge hole penetrating the base plate. The first blades are provided with a plurality of slots spaced apart along their length direction. The second blades are detachably engaged in the slots, thereby forming a plurality of cutting cavities between the plurality of first blades and the plurality of second blades. The lengths of the plurality of first blades and the plurality of second blades located at the edges gradually decrease, thereby forming a blade group with a hexagonal cross-section.

7. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that, The cutting tool also includes: The blade clamping blocks are located at both ends of the second blade, and the blade covers are located at both ends of the first blade. The blade clamping blocks have multiple mounting slots on their side walls that mate with the blade tips of the second blade, and the blade covers have multiple mounting slots on their side walls that mate with the blade tips of the first blade. Four blade corner clamps are provided on the base plate for clamping the ends of the first blade and the second blade located at the edge. The four blade corner clamps are respectively located at the four corners of the square limiting frame formed by the two blade covers and the two blade clamping blocks. The inscribed circle of the square limiting frame is coaxial with the discharge hole, and the diameter of the inscribed circle is less than or equal to the diameter of the discharge hole.

8. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that, The height of the second blade is less than the height of the first blade, and a blade pad is provided below the blade head at both ends of the second blade. The height of the blade pad is greater than or equal to the height difference between the first blade and the second blade, so that the upper surface of the blade clamp block located above the blade pad after installation is flush with the upper surface of the blade cover.

9. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that, The blade clamp assembly includes an upper blade clamp and a lower blade clamp. The upper blade clamp includes a first clamping arm extending in a first direction and a second clamping arm extending in a second direction. The bottom of the first clamping arm is provided with an upper slot that can cooperate with a plurality of second blade heads located at the edge. The upper surface of the lower blade clamp is provided with a lower slot that extends in the second direction and cooperates with a plurality of first blade heads located at the edge.

10. The plant or pickled plant processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: A waste transport mechanism is installed below the waste discharge station; and a finished product transport mechanism is installed below the finished product discharge station; and / or a safety / feeding detection mechanism is installed to detect whether the material cylinder on the turntable is loaded with material to be processed; and to detect whether any human limbs are present in a specific area; the specific area includes the area where the feeding station is located and the area where the processing station is located.

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