Essence batching system and method

Abstract

The invention discloses an essence batching system and method, and relates to the technical field of essence batching, an injector driver and an injector are both installed on a three-dimensional moving module, the injector driver is connected with a plunger rod of the injector to drive the plunger rod to move, a plurality of raw material storage containers are installed on a raw material station, and the raw material storage containers are connected with the three-dimensional moving module. Each raw material storage container stores a raw material, a weighing device for detecting the weight of the raw materials in the batching container is arranged at the bottom of the batching container, and the control device is connected with the three-dimensional moving module, the injector driver and the weighing device. The control device controls the three-dimensional moving module and the injector driver so as to sequentially transfer target raw materials involved in essence ingredients from the raw material storage container to the ingredient container according to a preset sequence, the convenience of the essence ingredients can be improved, mismatching and missed matching in the ingredient process are avoided, the precision requirement of the essence ingredient system is unified, and the efficiency is improved. Errors caused by different weighing precision requirements of different persons are reduced, and the weighing accuracy and consistency are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of flavor ingredients, and in particular to a flavor ingredient system and method. Background Art

[0002] The spice and flavor industry is an industry in the national economy with high technological content, strong supporting capabilities, and high correlation with other industries. Its products are widely used in flavoring products such as food, medicine, daily chemicals, tobacco, and feed.

[0003] Traditional weighable flavor batching devices require operators to manually pour the flavor raw materials into the batching box after weighing, which is not convenient to use. In the manual weighing process, different operators have different requirements for weighing accuracy (some may require an accuracy as high as 0.001, while others may only require an accuracy of 0.01), which can easily cause errors. In addition, if there are too many types of raw materials in the flavor formula during actual operation, manual batching is prone to omissions and mismatches.

[0004] Therefore, how to improve the convenience of flavor blending, avoid mismatching and missing blending during the blending process, and how to reduce the errors caused by different operators' different precision requirements for weighing are problems that technicians in this field need to solve. Summary of the invention

[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a flavor batching system and method for solving the following problems: the operator manually pours the flavor raw materials into the batching box, which is not convenient to use; during the manual weighing process, different operators have different requirements for weighing accuracy, which can easily cause errors; manual batching is prone to omissions and mismatches.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application provides a flavor batching system, comprising: a three-dimensional mobile module, a syringe driver, a syringe, a raw material station, a raw material storage container, a batching container, a weighing device and a control device;

[0007] The syringe driver and the syringe are both installed on the three-dimensional mobile module. The syringe driver is connected to the plunger rod of the syringe and is used to drive the plunger rod to move. A plurality of raw material storage containers are installed on the raw material station. Each raw material storage container stores a raw material. The weighing device is provided at the bottom of the ingredient container. The weighing device is used to detect the weight of the raw materials in the ingredient container. The control device is respectively connected to the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver and the weighing device. The control device is used to control the three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver to transfer the target raw materials involved in the flavor ingredients from the raw material storage containers to the ingredient containers in sequence according to a preset order.

[0008] In a feasible embodiment, it also includes a solvent storage container, a waste liquid port, a solvent injection needle and a suction pump, wherein the waste liquid port is used to connect to a waste liquid discharge pipe, the solvent injection needle is installed on the three-dimensional movable module, and the solvent injection needle is located above the ingredient container, and is used to transport the solvent to the ingredient container, the suction pump is respectively connected to the solvent storage container and the solvent injection needle, and the suction pump is connected to the control device.

[0009] In a feasible embodiment, a first cover plate and a second cover plate are provided on the top of the plurality of raw material storage containers, the second cover plate is located above the first cover plate, a plurality of first through holes are provided on the first cover plate, a plurality of second through holes are provided on the second cover plate, the first through holes are arranged one-to-one corresponding to the top openings of the raw material storage containers, and the first cover plate is slidably connected to the second cover plate so that the second through holes are aligned with or staggered with the first through holes.

[0010] In a feasible embodiment, the three-dimensional movable module includes a first slide module, a second slide module, a third slide module and a fourth slide module. The two ends of the third slide module are respectively connected to the slider of the first slide module and the slider of the second slide module, and the second slide module is arranged parallel to the first slide module. The first slide module and the second slide module are used to drive the third slide module to move along the width direction of the raw material station. The fourth slide module is connected to the slider of the third slide module. The third slide module is used to drive the fourth slide module to move along the length direction of the raw material station. The syringe driver and the syringe are connected to the slider of the fourth slide module through a mounting seat, and the fourth slide module is used to drive the syringe driver and the syringe to move in a direction perpendicular to the raw material station.

[0011] The present application also provides a flavor dispensing method, which is applied to the flavor dispensing system, comprising:

[0012] Obtaining a flavor formula, and determining target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and target weights corresponding to each of the target raw materials;

[0013] Determine first position information of a raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and second position information of a batching container corresponding to each of the target raw materials;

[0014] The three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each of the target raw materials from the raw material storage container to the corresponding batching container in sequence according to a preset order.

[0015] In a feasible embodiment, if there are multiple flavor formulas, each flavor formula corresponds to one ingredient container, and determining the target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and the target weight corresponding to each target raw material includes:

[0016] The raw material present in at least two of the flavor formulas is used as the first target raw material, and the raw material present in only one of the flavor formulas is used as the second target raw material;

[0017] Determine a first target weight corresponding to each of the first target raw materials and a second target weight corresponding to each of the second target raw materials in each of the flavor formulas;

[0018] Correspondingly, the determining of the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and the second position information of the ingredient container corresponding to each of the target raw materials includes:

[0019] Determine third position information of a first target raw material storage container corresponding to the first target raw material, and fourth position information of a plurality of first target ingredient containers corresponding to the first target raw material;

[0020] Determine fifth position information of the second target raw material storage container corresponding to each of the second target raw materials, and sixth position information of the second target ingredient container corresponding to each of the second target raw materials.

[0021] In a feasible embodiment, the three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the weight of the raw material in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, including:

[0022] Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe into the first target raw material storage container according to the third position information, and controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract the first target raw material;

[0023] Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to each of the first target batching containers in sequence according to the fourth position information, and controlling the start and stop of the syringe driver according to the first target weight corresponding to each of the first target batching containers and the weight of the raw material in the first target batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to deliver the first target raw material of the corresponding weight to each of the first target batching containers;

[0024] After all the first target raw materials are delivered, the three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the fifth position information and the sixth position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the second target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the second target ingredient container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each of the second target raw materials from the second target raw material storage container to the second target ingredient container in sequence.

[0025] In a feasible embodiment, when the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the weight of the raw material in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, it also includes:

[0026] When the difference between the target weight and the raw material weight reaches a preset value, the speed at which the syringe driver pushes the plunger rod in the syringe is reduced.

[0027] In a feasible embodiment, before determining the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and the second position information of the ingredient container corresponding to each of the target raw materials, the method further includes:

[0028] Three judgment conditions are set; wherein, the first judgment condition is that the number of raw materials selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, the second judgment condition is that the weight of each raw material selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, and the third judgment condition is that the total weight of all raw materials selected in the flavor formula is less than the maximum weight that the ingredient container can hold;

[0029] If any one or several of the three judgment conditions are not met, the flavor formula is an unqualified formula;

[0030] If all three judgment conditions are met, the flavor formula is a qualified formula.

[0031] In a feasible embodiment, if the raw material extracted next time by the syringe is different from the raw material currently extracted, after the syringe delivers the currently extracted raw material to the corresponding ingredient container, the method further includes:

[0032] Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the solvent storage container, and controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract the solvent in the solvent storage container;

[0033] Continue to control the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the waste liquid port, and control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to discharge the solvent into the waste liquid port to complete the cleaning of the syringe.

[0034] The present application provides a flavor dispensing system, comprising: a three-dimensional mobile module, a syringe driver, a syringe, a raw material station, a raw material storage container, a dispensing container, a weighing device and a control device; the syringe driver and the syringe are both mounted on the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver is connected to the plunger rod of the syringe, and is used to drive the plunger rod to move, a plurality of raw material storage containers are mounted on the raw material station, each raw material storage container stores a raw material, a weighing device is provided at the bottom of the dispensing container, and the weighing device is used to detect the weight of the raw material in the dispensing container, and the control device is respectively connected to the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver and the weighing device. The control device controls the three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver to transfer the target raw materials involved in the flavor dispensing from the raw material storage container to the dispensing container in a preset order, which can improve the convenience of flavor dispensing and avoid mismatching and missing dispensing during the dispensing process. The flavor dispensing system has a unified precision requirement, which can reduce the error caused by different operators' different requirements for weighing precision and improve the accuracy and consistency of weighing.

[0035] The beneficial effects of a flavor formulation method and a device provided in the present application correspond to the above effects. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application, the following is a brief introduction to the drawings required for use in the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0037] FIG1 is a structural diagram of a flavor ingredient system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0038] FIG2 is a structural diagram of a first slide module, a second slide module and a third slide module provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0039] FIG3 is a structural diagram of a fourth slide module and a syringe provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0040] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a raw material station provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0041] FIG5 is a partial structural diagram of a flavor ingredient system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0042] FIG6 is a flow chart of a flavor blending method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0043] The figure numbers are as follows: 1-first slide module, 2-second slide module, 3-third slide module, 4-fourth slide module, 5-syringe driver, 6-syringe, 7-raw material station, 701-positioning hole, 8-raw material storage container, 9-ingredient container, 10-solvent storage container, 11-waste liquid port, 12-solvent injection needle, 13-installation platform, 14-weighing device, 15-second cover plate, 16-second through hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0045] The core of the present application is to provide a flavor dispensing system and method for improving the convenience of flavor dispensing, avoiding mismatching and missing dispensing during the dispensing process, and reducing errors caused by different operators' different requirements for weighing accuracy.

[0046] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0047] Figure 1 is a structural diagram of a flavor ingredient system provided in an embodiment of the present application, including: a three-dimensional mobile module, a syringe driver 5, a syringe 6, a raw material station 7, a raw material storage container 8, a ingredient container 9, a weighing device 14 and a control device; the syringe driver 5 and the syringe 6 are both installed on the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver 5 is connected to the plunger rod of the syringe 6, and is used to drive the plunger rod to move, a plurality of raw material storage containers 8 are installed on the raw material station 7, each raw material storage container 8 stores a raw material, a weighing device 14 is provided at the bottom of the ingredient container 9, and the weighing device 14 is used to detect the weight of the raw material in the ingredient container 9, and the controller is respectively connected to the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver 5 and the weighing device 14.

[0048] The implementation of this application does not limit the three-dimensional mobile module. FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a first slide module, a second slide module and a third slide module provided in an embodiment of the present application. FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a fourth slide module and a syringe provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the three-dimensional mobile module includes a first slide module 1 , the second slide module 2, the third slide module 3 and the fourth slide module 4, the two ends of the third slide module 3 are respectively connected to the slider of the first slide module 1 and the slider of the second slide module 2, and the second slide module 2 is arranged in parallel with the first slide module 1, the first slide module 1 and the second slide module 2 are used to drive the third slide module 3 to move along the width direction of the raw material station 7, the fourth slide module 4 is connected to the slider of the third slide module 3, the third slide module 3 is used to drive the fourth slide module 4 to move along the length direction of the raw material station 7, the syringe driver 5 and the syringe 6 are connected to the slider of the fourth slide module 4 through the mounting seat, and the fourth slide module 4 is used to drive the syringe driver 5 and the syringe 6 to move in the direction perpendicular to the raw material station 7. The slide module may include a servo motor, a guide rail, a slider and a transmission device, the transmission device is respectively connected to the servo motor and the slider, the transmission device may be a synchronous belt or a gear rack, etc., the slider is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the servo motor drives the slider to slide along the guide rail. The three-dimensional moving module may also be composed of a plurality of nut-screw mechanisms, and is mainly used to drive the syringe 6 to move in three-dimensional directions.

[0049] The embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the syringe driver 5, which is mainly used to drive the plunger rod in the syringe 6 to move so as to realize automatic material collection and discharge of the syringe 6. The syringe driver 5 can adopt the slide module structure mentioned above, or can be an electric telescopic rod.

[0050] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a raw material station provided in an embodiment of the present application, and FIG5 is a partial structural diagram of a flavoring ingredient system provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG4 and FIG5, a plurality of positioning holes 701 are provided on the raw material station 7, and the plurality of positioning holes 701 are arranged at intervals along the length direction and the width direction of the raw material station 7. The raw material storage container 8 is a cylindrical body with an open top, and the cylindrical body is inserted into the positioning holes 701. Of course, a liquid level detection device and an alarm device can also be provided, and the control device can obtain the liquid level of the raw material storage container 8 detected by the liquid level detection device. When the liquid level is lower than the preset liquid level, the control alarm device sends an alarm to remind the staff to replenish the raw materials to the raw material storage container 8 in time.

[0051] The embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the number of ingredient containers 9. One ingredient container 9 corresponds to one flavor ingredient. The three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver 5 cooperate to transfer the target raw materials involved in the flavor ingredient from the raw material storage container 8 to the ingredient container 9 in a preset order. As shown in FIG5 , a weighing device 14 is provided at the bottom of the ingredient container 9. The weighing device 14 can be connected to the control device through a conversion and transmission unit, wherein the conversion and transmission unit can be an ACT350 enhanced weighing transmitter, and the ACT350 enhanced weighing transmitter is used to convert the value weighed by the weighing device 14 into a digital signal. The control device obtains the current raw material delivery amount according to the current weight detected in real time by the weighing device 14 minus the historical weight after the last raw material delivery is completed. When the current raw material delivery amount reaches the corresponding target weight, the syringe driver 5 is controlled to stop working.

[0052] The control device in the embodiment of the present application includes a controller, multiple servo drivers and an industrial computer. The controller is connected to the servo drivers and the industrial computer respectively. The multiple servo drivers are connected to the servo motors in the three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver 5 respectively. The industrial computer can display alarm information, etc.

[0053] Based on the above embodiment, as shown in FIG5 , the embodiment of the present application further includes a solvent storage container 10, a waste liquid port 11, a solvent injection needle 12 and a suction pump. The waste liquid port 11 is used to connect the waste liquid discharge pipeline. The solvent injection needle 12 is installed on the three-dimensional mobile module, and the solvent injection needle 12 is located above the batching container 9, and is used to deliver the solvent to the batching container 9. The suction pump is connected to the solvent storage container 10 and the solvent injection needle 12 respectively, and the suction pump is connected to the control device. The implementation of this application does not specifically limit the number of solvent storage containers 10 and solvent injection needles 12. The solvent storage container 10 may include a solvent storage container 10 for holding water and a solvent storage container 10 for holding alcohol. The number of solvent injection needles 12 matches the number of solvent storage containers 10, and each injection needle is connected to a solvent storage container 10 through a suction pump. The solvent injection needle 12 can be connected to the slider of the third slide module 3 mentioned above. Based on the above arrangement, two functions of automatically delivering solvent to the batching container 9 and automatically cleaning the syringe 6 can be realized; the three-dimensional moving module drives the solvent injection needle 12 to the top of the batching container 9, and the suction pump is turned on to deliver the solvent in the solvent storage container 10 to the batching container 9 through the solvent injection needle 12; the three-dimensional moving module moves the syringe 6 into the solvent storage container 10, and the syringe driver 5 drives the syringe 6 to extract the solvent, and the three-dimensional moving module moves the syringe 6 to the waste liquid port 11, and the syringe driver 5 drives the syringe 6 to discharge the solvent into the waste liquid port 11, completing the automatic cleaning of the syringe 6. Furthermore, the embodiment of the present application also includes an installation platform 13, and the raw material station 7, the weighing device 14 and the solvent storage container 10 are all arranged on the installation platform 13.

[0054] Based on the above embodiment, the top of the raw material storage container 8 of the embodiment of the present application is provided with a first cover plate and a second cover plate 15, the second cover plate 15 is located above the first cover plate, a plurality of first through holes are provided on the first cover plate, a plurality of second through holes 16 are provided on the second cover plate 15, the first through holes are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the top opening of the raw material storage container 8, and the first cover plate is slidably connected with the second cover plate 15 so that the second through holes 16 are aligned with or staggered from the first through holes. When the second through hole 16 is aligned with the first through hole, the needle of the syringe 6 can extend into the raw material storage container 8 through the second through hole 16 and the first through hole, and when the second through hole 16 is staggered from the first through hole, the top opening of the raw material storage container 8 can be closed to prevent impurities from entering the raw material storage container 8. Regarding how to achieve sliding connection between the first cover plate and the second cover plate 15, an oblong hole can be set on the second cover plate 15, the first end of the bolt passes through the oblong hole and is connected to the first cover plate, the second end of the bolt is threadedly connected with a nut, the bolt can slide along the length direction of the oblong hole, and tightening the nut can prevent the second cover plate 15 from sliding relative to the first cover plate.

[0055] The embodiment of the present application provides a flavor dispensing system, comprising: a three-dimensional mobile module, a syringe driver, a syringe, a raw material station, a raw material storage container, a dispensing container, a weighing device and a control device; the syringe driver and the syringe are both installed on the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver is connected to the plunger rod of the syringe, and is used to drive the plunger rod to move, a plurality of raw material storage containers are installed on the raw material station, each raw material storage container stores a raw material, a weighing device is provided at the bottom of the dispensing container, and the weighing device is used to detect the weight of the raw material in the dispensing container, and the control device is respectively connected to the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver and the weighing device. The control device controls the three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver to transfer the target raw materials involved in the flavor dispensing from the raw material storage container to the dispensing container in a preset order, which can improve the convenience of flavor dispensing and avoid mismatching and missing dispensing during the dispensing process. The flavor dispensing system has a unified precision requirement, which can reduce the error caused by different operators' different requirements for weighing precision and improve the accuracy and consistency of weighing.

[0056] FIG6 is a flow chart of a flavor blending method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG6 , the flavor blending method is applied to the above-mentioned flavor blending system, including:

[0057] S10: Obtain a flavor formula, and determine target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and target weights corresponding to each target raw material.

[0058] S11: Determine first position information of a raw material storage container corresponding to each target raw material and second position information of a batching container corresponding to each target raw material.

[0059] S12: Control the three-dimensional mobile module to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and control the start and stop of the syringe driver according to the target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each target raw material from the raw material storage container to the corresponding batching container in sequence according to a preset order.

[0060] Before step S10, the process also includes setting a flavor formula. For ease of understanding, an example is given below, see Table 1.

[0061] Table 1 Flavor formula

[0062]

[0063] Table 1 contains three recipes, each recipe corresponds to an ingredient container, each serial number represents a raw material, and the recipe selection mark 1 represents the target raw material required for the flavor recipe. The target raw materials required for the first flavor recipe are the raw materials with serial numbers 1 to 4, the target raw materials required for the second flavor recipe are the raw materials with serial number 3, and the target raw materials required for the third flavor recipe are the raw materials with serial number 3; and the corresponding weight of the selected target raw materials in each flavor recipe needs to be filled in. Regarding how to edit the above recipes, you can set the required raw material to 1 in the recipe table of the human-computer interaction interface, and set the weight of the raw material. The system will sort in the order of selection; you can also edit the recipe table locally, save it after editing, and read the recipe table through the button; you can also edit the recipe table on other computers and send it to the local computer through the local area network, or edit the recipe table on other computers and input it to the local computer through a USB flash drive.

[0064] Before step S11, three judgment conditions are set; among them, judgment condition one is that the number of raw materials selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, judgment condition two is that the weight of each raw material selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, and judgment condition three is that the total weight of all raw materials selected in the flavor formula is less than the maximum weight that the ingredient container can accommodate; if any one or several of the three judgment conditions are not met, the flavor formula is an unqualified formula; if all three judgment conditions are met, the flavor formula is a qualified formula. Judgment condition 1 is that the number of raw materials selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, as shown in Table 1, each flavor formula has at least one raw material marked as 1; Judgment condition 2 is that the weight of each raw material selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, as shown in Table 1, the weight corresponding to the raw material marked as 1 needs to be greater than zero; Judgment condition 3 is that the total weight of all raw materials selected in the flavor formula is less than or equal to the maximum weight that the ingredient container can hold, as shown in Table 1, the first flavor formula includes raw materials numbered 1 to 4, and the total weight of raw materials 1 to 4 is 5+1.25+0.75+1.25=8.25g, which is less than the maximum weight of 15g held by ingredient container 1. When the flavor formula is an unqualified formula, an alarm can be issued to remind the staff to modify the formula until the flavor formula is a qualified formula. After the formula is set and checked, place the ingredient container, peel and weigh it, and check each device for faults. After the faults of each device are eliminated, press the start button. The control device starts the corresponding program after obtaining the start signal of the start button to transfer each target raw material from the raw material storage container to the ingredient container in sequence according to the preset order.

[0065] In step S12, if the raw material extracted by the syringe next time is different from the raw material currently extracted, after the syringe delivers the currently extracted raw material to the corresponding batching container, it also includes: controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the solvent storage container, controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract the solvent in the solvent storage container; continuing to control the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the waste liquid port, controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to discharge the solvent into the waste liquid port to complete the cleaning of the syringe. The above cleaning steps can avoid cross contamination between different raw materials and ensure the accuracy and consistency of the batching process. In addition, when the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the raw material weight in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, it also includes: when the difference between the target weight and the raw material weight reaches a preset value, reducing the speed of the syringe driver pushing the plunger rod in the syringe. By reducing the injection speed of the syringe, the addition amount of each raw material can be more accurately controlled.

[0066] The following introduces the flavor ingredient method for one flavor formula and the flavor ingredient method for multiple flavor formulas respectively.

[0067] There is one flavor formula. Determine the target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and the target weights corresponding to each target raw material. For example, the target raw materials are raw material one and raw material two, the target weight of raw material one is 0.5g, and the target weight of raw material two is 1.25g. Determine the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each target raw material and the second position information of the ingredient container corresponding to each target raw material. For example, raw material one corresponds to the first raw material storage container, raw material two corresponds to the second raw material storage container, and raw material one and raw material two correspond to the same ingredient container. The method for conveying raw material 1 to a batching container includes: controlling a three-dimensional moving module to move a syringe into the first raw material storage container according to position information of a first raw material storage container, controlling a syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material 1, controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the batching container according to position information of the batching container, controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to discharge raw material 1, and controlling the syringe driver to suspend driving when a weighing device detects a weight of 0.5g; controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe into the second raw material storage container according to position information of a second raw material storage container, controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material 2, controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the batching container according to position information of the batching container, controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to discharge raw material 2, and controlling the syringe driver to suspend driving when a weighing device detects a weight of 1.75g, thereby transferring raw material 1 and raw material 2 from the raw material storage container to the batching container in sequence.

[0068] If there are multiple flavor formulas, each flavor formula corresponds to an ingredient container. The first flavor formula corresponds to the first ingredient container, the second flavor formula corresponds to the second ingredient container, and the third flavor formula corresponds to the third ingredient container. The first flavor formula includes raw material 1, raw material 2, and raw material 3; the second flavor formula includes raw material 1 and raw material 4; the third flavor formula includes raw material 2 and raw material 5.

[0069] The raw materials present in at least two flavor formulas are taken as the first target raw materials, and the raw materials present in only one flavor formula are taken as the second target raw materials. The first target raw materials are raw materials one and two, and the second target raw materials are raw materials three, four and five.

[0070] Determine the first target weight corresponding to each first target raw material and the second target weight corresponding to each second target raw material in each flavor formula. The first flavor formula has 0.5g of raw material one and 1g of raw material two; the second flavor formula has 0.3g of raw material one; the third flavor formula has 0.6g of raw material two. The first flavor formula has 0.7g of raw material three; the second flavor formula has 0.8g of raw material four; the third flavor formula has 0.9g of raw material five.

[0071] Determine the third position information of the first target raw material storage container corresponding to the first target raw material, and the fourth position information of the multiple first target ingredient containers corresponding to the first target raw material. Raw material one corresponds to the first raw material storage container, and raw material two corresponds to the second raw material storage container. Raw material one and raw material two in the first flavor formula both correspond to the first ingredient container, raw material one in the second flavor formula corresponds to the second ingredient container, and raw material two in the third flavor formula corresponds to the third ingredient container. If the first target raw material is raw material one, the fourth position information includes the position information of the first ingredient container and the position information of the second ingredient container.

[0072] Determine the fifth position information of the second target raw material storage container corresponding to each second target raw material, and the sixth position information of the second target batching container corresponding to each second target raw material. Raw material three corresponds to the third raw material storage container, raw material four corresponds to the fourth raw material storage container, and raw material five corresponds to the fifth raw material storage container. Raw material three corresponds to the first batching container, raw material four corresponds to the second batching container, and raw material five corresponds to the third batching container.

[0073] According to the third position information, the three-dimensional moving module is controlled to move the syringe into the first target raw material storage container, and the syringe driver is controlled to drive the syringe to extract the first target raw material. The syringe is moved into the first raw material storage container, and the syringe driver is controlled to drive the syringe to extract raw material one.

[0074] According to the fourth position information, the three-dimensional moving module is controlled to move the syringe to each first target batching container in sequence, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the first target weight corresponding to each first target batching container and the weight of the raw material in the first target batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to deliver the first target raw material of corresponding weight to each first target batching container. Raw material 1 in the syringe is injected into the first batching container and the second batching container in sequence, and 0.5g of raw material 1 is delivered to the first batching container, and 0.3g of raw material 1 is delivered to the second batching container.

[0075] Move the syringe into the second raw material storage container, control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material 2, and inject the raw material 2 in the syringe into the first batching container and the third batching container in sequence. The first batching container delivers 1g of raw material 2, and the third batching container delivers 0.6g of raw material 2.

[0076] After all the first target raw materials are delivered, the three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the fifth position information and the sixth position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the second target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the second target batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each second target raw material from the second target raw material storage container to the second target batching container in sequence. Move the syringe to the third raw material storage container, control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material three, and inject 0.7g of raw material three in the syringe into the first batching container; move the syringe to the fourth raw material storage container, control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material four, and inject 0.8g of raw material four in the syringe into the second batching container; move the syringe to the fifth raw material storage container, control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract raw material five, and inject 0.9g of raw material five in the syringe into the third batching container.

[0077] In the embodiment of the present application, the raw materials existing in at least two flavor formulas are used as the first target raw materials, and the first target raw materials are first delivered, and then delivered to the corresponding multiple ingredient containers. For this, it may be necessary to only extract the first target raw materials from the raw material storage container once, and then deliver the first target raw materials to the multiple ingredient containers respectively, thereby reducing the number of times the first target raw materials are extracted from the raw material storage container and the number of times the syringe is cleaned.

[0078] Based on the above embodiment, the system is powered on and waits for the self-test to be completed; after setting the flavor formula and checking for compliance, press the start-stop button to start the equipment (the start-stop button light indicates the start-stop state); the control device stops and cuts off the power after completing the flavor mixing according to the set program. When shutting down, three modes can be adopted: manual, automatic and emergency stop: (1) After the emergency stop button is pressed, any ongoing action will be stopped, the start state will be changed to stop, and the shaft and valve will stop working; (2) When the emergency stop button pops up and the manual mode is automatic, switch the start-stop button, and the equipment will also switch to automatic operation or automatic stop state at the same time. The start-stop button light is green for automatic start, and the light is off for automatic stop; (3) When the emergency stop button pops up and the manual mode is manual, press the start-stop button (light is on) to troubleshoot or interrupt automatic operation.

[0079] Based on the above embodiments, the embodiments of the present application can also perform formula maintenance through specific permissions, and the raw materials are managed by code to ensure the confidentiality of the formula and realize multi-batch automatic batching operations in unattended conditions. Different permissions are given to operators through set passwords of different levels. Level A is the administrator's permission. It has full operation and data setting permissions; Level B is the team leader's permission, which has the permission to change data and some of the operations; Level C is the operator's permission, which has partial operation setting permissions; all levels of permissions have the permission to read the formula.

[0080] A flavor batching method provided in an embodiment of the present application is applied to the above-mentioned flavor batching system, including: obtaining a flavor formula, and determining the target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and the target weight corresponding to each target raw material; determining the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each target raw material and the second position information of the batching container corresponding to each target raw material; controlling the three-dimensional mobile module to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and controlling the start and stop of the syringe driver according to the target weight and the raw material weight in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each target raw material from the raw material storage container to the batching container in sequence according to a preset order. It can improve the convenience of flavor batching, avoid mismatching and missing batching in the batching process, and the flavor batching system has unified accuracy requirements, which can reduce the errors caused by different operators' different requirements for weighing accuracy and improve the accuracy and consistency of weighing.

[0081] The above is a detailed introduction to a flavor ingredient system and method provided by the present application. The various embodiments in the specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the embodiments can be referenced to each other. For the device disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method part description. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, without departing from the principles of the present application, several improvements and modifications can be made to the present application, and these improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present application.

[0082] It should also be noted that, in this specification, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the statement "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element.

Claims

1. A flavor ingredient system, characterized in that: include: Three-dimensional moving module, syringe driver, syringe, raw material station, raw material storage container, batching container, weighing device and control device; The syringe driver and the syringe are both installed on the three-dimensional mobile module. The syringe driver is connected to the plunger rod of the syringe and is used to drive the plunger rod to move. A plurality of raw material storage containers are installed on the raw material station. Each raw material storage container stores a raw material. The weighing device is provided at the bottom of the ingredient container. The weighing device is used to detect the weight of the raw materials in the ingredient container. The control device is respectively connected to the three-dimensional mobile module, the syringe driver and the weighing device. The control device is used to control the three-dimensional mobile module and the syringe driver to transfer the target raw materials involved in the flavor ingredients from the raw material storage containers to the ingredient containers in sequence according to a preset order.

2. The flavor ingredient system according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a solvent storage container, a waste liquid port, a solvent injection needle and a suction pump. The waste liquid port is used to connect to a waste liquid discharge pipeline. The solvent injection needle is installed on the three-dimensional movable module, and the solvent injection needle is located above the ingredient container, and is used to transport the solvent to the ingredient container. The suction pump is respectively connected to the solvent storage container and the solvent injection needle, and the suction pump is connected to the control device.

3. The flavor ingredient system according to claim 1, characterized in that: A first cover plate and a second cover plate are provided on the top of the plurality of raw material storage containers, the second cover plate is located above the first cover plate, a plurality of first through holes are provided on the first cover plate, a plurality of second through holes are provided on the second cover plate, the first through holes are arranged one-to-one corresponding to the top openings of the raw material storage containers, the first cover plate is slidably connected to the second cover plate so that the second through holes are aligned with or staggered from the first through holes.

4. The flavor ingredient system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The three-dimensional movable module includes a first slide module, a second slide module, a third slide module and a fourth slide module. The two ends of the third slide module are respectively connected to the slider of the first slide module and the slider of the second slide module, and the second slide module is arranged in parallel with the first slide module. The first slide module and the second slide module are used to drive the third slide module to move along the width direction of the raw material station. The fourth slide module is connected to the slider of the third slide module. The third slide module is used to drive the fourth slide module to move along the length direction of the raw material station. The syringe driver and the syringe are connected to the slider of the fourth slide module through a mounting seat. The fourth slide module is used to drive the syringe driver and the syringe to move in a direction perpendicular to the raw material station.

5. A flavor compounding method, characterized in that: The flavor ingredient system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 comprises: Obtaining a flavor formula, and determining target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and target weights corresponding to each of the target raw materials; Determine first position information of a raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and second position information of a batching container corresponding to each of the target raw materials; The three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each of the target raw materials from the raw material storage container to the corresponding batching container in sequence according to a preset order.

6. The flavor compounding method according to claim 5, characterized in that: If there are multiple flavor formulas, each flavor formula corresponds to one ingredient container, and determining the target raw materials involved in the flavor formula and the target weight corresponding to each target raw material includes: The raw material present in at least two of the flavor formulas is used as the first target raw material, and the raw material present in only one of the flavor formulas is used as the second target raw material; Determine a first target weight corresponding to each of the first target raw materials and a second target weight corresponding to each of the second target raw materials in each of the flavor formulas; Correspondingly, the determining of the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and the second position information of the ingredient container corresponding to each of the target raw materials includes: Determine third position information of a first target raw material storage container corresponding to the first target raw material, and fourth position information of a plurality of first target ingredient containers corresponding to the first target raw material; Determine fifth position information of the second target raw material storage container corresponding to each of the second target raw materials, and sixth position information of the second target ingredient container corresponding to each of the second target raw materials.

7. The flavor compounding method according to claim 6, characterized in that: Controlling the three-dimensional mobile module to move the syringe according to the first position information and the second position information, and controlling the start and stop of the syringe driver according to the target weight and the weight of the raw material in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, including: Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe into the first target raw material storage container according to the third position information, and controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract the first target raw material; Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to each of the first target batching containers in sequence according to the fourth position information, and controlling the start and stop of the syringe driver according to the first target weight corresponding to each of the first target batching containers and the weight of the raw material in the first target batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to deliver the first target raw material of the corresponding weight to each of the first target batching containers; After all the first target raw materials are delivered, the three-dimensional mobile module is controlled to move the syringe according to the fifth position information and the sixth position information, and the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the second target weight and the weight of the raw materials in the second target ingredient container detected in real time by the weighing device, so as to transfer each of the second target raw materials from the second target raw material storage container to the second target ingredient container in sequence.

8. The flavor compounding method according to claim 5, characterized in that: When the start and stop of the syringe driver is controlled according to the target weight and the weight of the raw material in the batching container detected in real time by the weighing device, it also includes: When the difference between the target weight and the raw material weight reaches a preset value, the speed at which the syringe driver pushes the plunger rod in the syringe is reduced.

9. The flavor compounding method according to claim 5, characterized in that: Before determining the first position information of the raw material storage container corresponding to each of the target raw materials and the second position information of the ingredient container corresponding to each of the target raw materials, the method further includes: Three judgment conditions are set; wherein, the first judgment condition is that the number of raw materials selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, the second judgment condition is that the weight of each raw material selected in the flavor formula is greater than zero, and the third judgment condition is that the total weight of all raw materials selected in the flavor formula is less than the maximum weight that the ingredient container can hold; If any one or several of the three judgment conditions are not met, the flavor formula is an unqualified formula; If all three judgment conditions are met, the flavor formula is a qualified formula.

10. The flavor compounding method according to claim 5, characterized in that: If the raw material extracted next time by the syringe is different from the raw material currently extracted, after the syringe delivers the currently extracted raw material to the corresponding ingredient container, the method further includes: Controlling the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the solvent storage container, and controlling the syringe driver to drive the syringe to extract the solvent in the solvent storage container; Continue to control the three-dimensional moving module to move the syringe to the waste liquid port, and control the syringe driver to drive the syringe to discharge the solvent into the waste liquid port to complete the cleaning of the syringe.

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