Onion ring forming machine with conveying equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses an onion ring forming machine with a conveying device, which comprises a frame, at least one forming die mounted at the upper end of the frame and the conveying device. The conveying equipment is arranged below the forming mold and is used for receiving and conveying products output from the lower end of the forming mold; a plurality of pieces of detection equipment are fixedly arranged on the rack between the lower end of the forming mold and the conveying equipment and are used for monitoring and counting products output by the forming mold; a cooling device is arranged below the conveying device, and solidification liquid is sprayed on the formed product through a solidification liquid spraying pipe, so that the formed product is stiff and is not very soft; and a drying pipe is erected above the conveying equipment, is positioned at the conveying downstream of the solidification liquid spraying pipe and is used for preliminarily drying and removing impurities. The device is simple in structure, the automatic manufacturing process is improved, the manufacturing process flow is standardized, meanwhile, real-time quantity statistics can be carried out on machined and produced products, the working state of the forming die can be monitored, and the working efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of food processing machinery, in particular to an onion ring forming machine with a conveying device. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of living standards, people are no longer satisfied with general snack foods. When choosing food, they will consciously choose some foods with targeted nutritional value for the human body. As a kind of snack food, onion rings have the functions of increasing appetite, promoting digestion, preventing osteoporosis, high cholesterol, sterilizing, preventing cancer, anti-cancer, anti-aging, etc., and are widely loved by people. In the existing onion ring forming equipment, after the onion rings are squeezed into a ring shape, the onion rings will be collected to enter the next process, which is mostly manual transfer, which is time-consuming and laborious; at the same time, with the in-depth penetration of intelligent digital production into the production process of the factory, the production efficiency of the product is often converted and calculated by real-time statistics of the production volume on a production line, so as to improve the production efficiency of the factory and facilitate the subsequent optimization of each process in the production. Therefore, it is very important to design a forming machine with a simple structure and high degree of automation that can mass-produce onion rings. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of the utility model is to solve the deficiencies of the above-mentioned prior art and to provide an onion ring forming machine with a conveying device.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is: an onion ring forming machine with a conveying device, including a frame, a forming mold installed on the upper end of the frame, and a conveying device. The forming mold is at least one, fixed side by side on the upper end of the frame; the conveying device is arranged below the forming mold, used to pick up and deliver the products output from the lower end of the forming mold; a plurality of detection devices with the same number as the forming mold are also fixed on the frame between the lower end of the forming mold and the conveying device, used to monitor and count the products output by the forming mold; a cooling device is arranged below the conveying device, and the cooling device includes a solidifying liquid pump, a solidifying liquid tank, a solidifying liquid filter and a solidifying liquid nozzle, through which the solidifying liquid is sprayed on the formed product; a drying pipe is also arranged above the conveying device, which is located downstream of the solidifying liquid nozzle, and is used for drying and removing impurities.

[0005] Furthermore, the conveying equipment includes at least two parallel conveying chains, a conveyor belt spanning the conveying chains, a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket equal in number to the conveying chains, and a driving motor. The driving sprocket and the driven sprocket are respectively arranged at the head and tail ends of the conveying equipment, and the driving shaft of the driving sprocket is transmission-connected to the output end of the driving motor. The conveying chain is connected end to end after looping around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket for one circle, and the conveyor belt is arranged in a ring shape around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket.

[0006] Furthermore, the detection device is a photoelectric counting sensor, which is fixedly mounted on the frame, corresponds one-to-one to the molding mold, and is connected to an external computer to transmit the signal to the computer system, and achieves a count by blocking the light signal during the product falling process.

[0007] Furthermore, a recovery hopper is fixedly installed below the conveying device, with high ends and low middle, and a recovery opening is provided in the middle.

[0008] Furthermore, in the cooling device, the coagulation liquid filter is installed below the recovery opening of the recovery hopper, the coagulation liquid tank is located directly below the coagulation liquid filter, the coagulation liquid pump is fixedly installed at the bottom of the frame, connected to the coagulation liquid tank and transporting the coagulation liquid inside it to the coagulation liquid nozzle through a pipeline, and the coagulation liquid nozzle has a plurality of spray holes equidistantly arranged along its length direction on the side facing the conveying device.

[0009] Furthermore, the molding die comprises a fixing component, a cutting component and an auxiliary molding component, wherein the fixing component comprises a fixed feed pipe and a molding pipe which are connected and fixed in sequence, are hollow inside and are interconnected, and the cross section of the molding pipe is circular; the cutting component is sleeved on the outer side of the above-mentioned molding pipe, comprises a cutting knife seat and a molding cutting knife, the cutting knife seat is relatively fixed to the molding pipe, is hollow inside and has an open lower end, the molding cutting knife is slidably installed in the inner cavity of the cutting knife seat, and its top end and the top end of the inner cavity of the cutting knife seat form a power cavity, at least one ventilation pipe is fixedly provided on the outer side of the upper part of the cutting knife seat, the ventilation pipe is connected to the power cavity, and its outer end is connected to the inflation device beside the frame, and the molding cutting knife is driven to move up and down by inflating and exhausting air into the power cavity; the auxiliary molding component is fixedly installed at the lower port of the molding tube, and a gap is left between the lower end of the molding tube for the filling to flow out for molding.

[0010] Furthermore, the auxiliary forming component includes a fixed cross bar, a forming baffle, and a central vertical rod connecting the center of gravity of the forming baffle and the fixed cross bar, wherein the fixed cross bar is transversely fixed in the inner cavity of the forming tube; the forming baffle is in the shape of a yurt, located outside the lower end of the forming tube, and a gap is left between the lower end of the forming tube for the filling to flow out for forming.

[0011] Furthermore, a blower is fixedly installed in the lower frame of the rack, and its air outlet is connected to the drying tube through a pipeline; two drying tubes are provided, which are respectively suspended on the upper and lower sides of the top conveyor belt and are relatively perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor belt. The tangent side of the drying tube facing the conveyor belt is provided with a plurality of air outlets equidistantly spaced along its length direction.

[0012] Furthermore, the conveyor belt is a U-shaped mesh belt or a stainless steel mesh belt, and a plurality of screening mesh holes are evenly arranged on the stainless steel mesh belt; and the conveyor belt and the conveyor chain are detachably connected.

[0013] Furthermore, a freely movable wheel is provided at the bottom end of the frame; and a height adjustment device is provided on the conveying equipment, which can adjust the height of the output end of the conveyor belt.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: the utility model adopts pneumatically controlled forming molds to cut and form the fillings, thereby improving the automated production process; a mesh belt conveyor is added at the outlet of the forming mold to convey the formed products to the next process equipment through the conveyor belt, thereby standardizing the production process flow and having a high degree of automation; at the same time, the number of product formations is counted in real time through the detection equipment, and the working status of the forming mold can be monitored to improve work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a front view of the structure of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 2 It is a top view of the structure of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the forming mold in the utility model;

[0018] Figure 4 It is a longitudinal sectional view of the forming mold in the utility model;

[0019] In the figure: 1. frame, 2. molding die, 3. conveying equipment, 4. cooling equipment, 5. blower, 6. drying tube, 7. testing equipment, 8. recovery hopper, 9. moving wheel, 10. raw material storage and distribution chamber, 11. raw material distribution main pipeline, 12. height adjustment device, 21. fixed component, 22. cutting component, 23. auxiliary molding component, 24. ventilation pipe, 211. fixed feed pipe, 212. molding pipe, 2 13. Fixed mounting groove, 221. Cutter seat, 222. Limiting clamp ring, 223. Forming cutter, 224. Boss structure, 225. Power chamber, 231. Fixed cross bar, 232. Center vertical pole, 233. Forming baffle, 31. Conveyor belt, 32. Main transmission shaft, 33. Driving motor, 34. Slave transmission shaft, 41. Coagulation liquid pump, 42. Coagulation liquid tank, 43. Coagulation liquid filter, 44. Coagulation liquid nozzle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "top", "upper end" and the like indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings. They are relational words determined only for the convenience of describing the structural relationships of the various components in the present invention, and do not specifically mean that any component in the present invention must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0021] In addition, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "install", "connect", "connect", "set", etc. should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0022] The specific implementation of the utility model is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

[0023] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, an onion ring forming machine with a conveying device comprises a frame 1, a forming mold 2 installed on the upper end of the frame 1, a conveying device 3, a cooling device 4 and a drying tube 6. The frame 1 is in an L-shaped layout, and at least one forming mold 2 is fixedly mounted on the upper end of its fixed bracket. The number of the forming molds 2 can be changed according to actual production needs; the conveying device 3 is horizontally arranged below the forming mold 2, and is mainly used to transport the formed products output one by one from the lower end of the forming mold 2 to the next production process. A recovery hopper 8 is fixedly installed below the conveying device 3, which is high at both ends and low in the middle, and a recovery opening is provided in the middle position; the cooling device 4 is arranged below the recovery hopper 8, and includes a solidifying liquid pump 41, a solidifying liquid tank 42, a solidifying liquid filter 43 and a solidifying liquid nozzle 44, wherein the solidifying liquid filter 43 is installed below the recovery opening of the recovery hopper 8, the solidifying liquid tank 42 is fixedly installed on the frame 1 directly below the solidifying liquid filter 43, the solidifying liquid pump 41 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the frame 1, and its suction end is connected to the bottom of the solidifying liquid tank 42 and the solidifying liquid inside is transported to the solidifying liquid nozzle 44 through a pipeline, the solidifying liquid nozzle 44 is erected above the conveying device 3, and is located on the downstream side of the forming mold 2, and the solidifying liquid nozzle 44 has a plurality of spray holes arranged equidistantly along its length direction on the side facing the conveying device 3, and the solidifying liquid is sprayed on the formed product to make the product stand up and not be too soft.

[0024] The molding dies 2 are provided with seven molds arranged side by side and fixed at equal heights to the upper end of the vertical part of the frame 1. Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, each molding die 2 includes a fixing component 21, a cutting component 22 and an auxiliary molding component 23, wherein the fixing component 21 includes a fixed feed pipe 211 and a molding pipe 212 which are connected and fixed in sequence from top to bottom, the two are integrally formed, hollow inside and interconnected, and the cross-section of the molding pipe 212 is circular; at the same time, a fixed installation groove 213 is provided on the outer side wall of the fixed feed pipe 211 around its circumference, and the molding die 2 is fixed to the upper end of the frame 1 through the fixed installation groove 213 and the corresponding fasteners. The cutting assembly 22 is sleeved on the outer side of the forming tube 212, and includes a cutter seat 221 and a forming cutter 223. The cutter seat 221 is relatively fixed to the forming tube 212, and is hollow inside and open at the lower end. A limit clamp 222 extending inward is fixed at the lower opening. The forming cutter 223 is slidably installed in the inner cavity of the cutter seat 221, and the longitudinal section of the top thereof is a boss structure 224. The side wall of the boss structure 224 can be tightly attached to the side wall of the inner cavity of the cutter seat and relatively sealed and slid. At the same time, the boss structure 224 can form a blocking limit with the above-mentioned limiting clamp 222 to prevent the forming cutter 223 from detaching from the cutter seat 221; the boss structure 224 at the top of the forming cutter 223 and the top of the inner cavity of the cutter seat 221 form a power chamber 225, and a ventilation pipe 24 is fixedly provided on the outer side of the upper part of the cutter seat 221. The ventilation pipe 24 is connected to the power chamber 225, and its outer end is connected to the inflation device beside the frame 1, and the forming cutter 223 is driven to move up and down by inflating or exhausting air into the power chamber 225. The auxiliary molding component 23 is fixedly installed at the lower port of the molding tube 212, and includes a fixed cross bar 231, a molding baffle 233, and a central vertical rod 232 connecting the center of gravity of the molding baffle and the fixed cross bar 231, wherein the fixed cross bar 231 extends into and is laterally fixed in the inner cavity of the molding tube 212; the molding baffle 233 is in the shape of a yurt, located outside the lower end opening of the molding tube 212, and a gap is left between the lower port of the molding tube 212 for the filling to flow out for molding, and the smooth inclination of the top of the molding baffle 233 allows the filling to flow more easily to the circular periphery of the molding baffle 233.

[0025] The conveying device 3 includes two parallel conveying chains, a conveyor belt 31 spanning the conveying chains, a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket equal in number to the conveying chains, and a driving motor 33, wherein the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket are respectively arranged at the head and tail ends of the conveying device 3, and both ends of the corresponding main transmission shaft 32 and the driven transmission shaft 34 are rotatably fixed to the side wall of the conveying device 3 through seat bearings, and the two driving sprockets and the two driven sprockets are respectively fixedly sleeved on the corresponding main transmission shaft 32 and the driven transmission shaft 34 through keys; the two conveying chains are respectively wound around a corresponding set of driving sprockets and driven sprockets for one circle and then connected end to end, and the conveyor belt 31 is spanned and installed on the outside of the two parallel conveying chains, and is installed around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket for one circle; the conveyor belt 31 uses a stainless steel mesh belt or an "B" mesh belt, and a number of screening meshes are evenly arranged on the stainless steel mesh belt. The driving motor 33 is a variable frequency motor, which is fixed to the frame 1 through a motor support. A driving wheel is fixedly installed on the output shaft end, and is connected to a driven wheel fixed to the end of the main transmission shaft 32 through a chain or belt drive, thereby driving the driving sprocket to rotate, and then driving the conveyor belt 31 to rotate in a circle through the conveyor chain, so as to convey the formed product to the equipment of the next process.

[0026] A number of detection devices 7, the same number as the molding mold 2, are fixedly installed on the frame 1 between the lower end of the above-mentioned molding mold 2 and the conveyor belt 31. The detection devices 7 use photoelectric counting sensors, which are fixed on the side beams of the frame 1, one-to-one corresponding to the molding mold 2, and form a light-sensitive area directly below the molding mold 2. The light-sensitive area is connected to an external computer through a signal, and the light-sensitive intermittent signal is transmitted to the computer's production system. The process of the product falling onto the conveyor belt 31 after molding just passes through the light-sensitive area and forms a blockage for the light signal. Each blockage corresponds to the count of a molded product, which is transmitted to the computer for statistical accounting. At the same time, the light-sensitive signal of the detection device 7 also realizes the monitoring of the working status of the molding mold 2. If a blocking signal appears, it indicates normal operation. If no blocking signal appears, it indicates abnormal operation or material shortage. The molding mold 2 can be maintained and replaced in time to ensure its working efficiency and counting accuracy.

[0027] A blower 5 is fixedly installed in the lower frame of the rack 1, and its air outlet is connected to a drying pipe 6 through a pipeline; two drying pipes 6 are provided, which are suspended on the upper and lower sides of the top conveyor belt respectively, and are relatively perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor belt 31. The two drying pipes 6 are located downstream of the above-mentioned solidifying liquid spray pipe 44; each drying pipe 6 is provided with a plurality of air outlets arranged at equal intervals along its length direction on the tangent side facing the conveyor belt 31, and the air outlet areas of the plurality of air outlets are staggered to form complete coverage, so as to dry and remove impurities from the molded products after solidification spraying.

[0028] As a further optimized technical solution of the present invention, the conveyor belt 31 and the two conveyor chains are detachably connected to facilitate subsequent maintenance and replacement.

[0029] As a further optimized technical solution of the utility model, the bottom end of the frame 1 is provided with freely movable wheels 9 to facilitate the movement of the equipment. The conveying device 3 is also provided with a height adjustment device 12, which can adjust the height of the output end of the conveyor belt 31 according to production needs.

[0030] When in use, the raw material enters each forming mold 2 from the raw material storage and distribution chamber 10 fixed on the frame 1 through the raw material distribution main pipeline 11, and falls downward to the forming baffle 233 through the forming tube 212 in the forming mold 2 and spreads it. As the filling is continuously injected and extruded, the external inflating device draws air outward from the vent pipe 24 to drive the forming cutter 223 to move upward, and the filling overflows from the interval gap around the forming baffle 233. Then the inflating device inflates air into the power chamber 225 through the vent pipe 24, driving the forming cutter 223 to move downward, and the pointed lower end of the forming cutter 223 completes the forming and cutting of the onion ring. The forming cutter 223 continuously and orderly moves up and down, and continuously cuts the extruded overflowing filling into onion ring products with uniform thickness. In the present embodiment, seven side-by-side forming molds 2 are installed. Each time the inflation device inflates and exhausts air once, 7 products are formed. The onion ring products output one by one fall downward onto the conveyor belt 31 of the conveying device 3. The falling process just blocks the optical signal emitted by the detection device 7, and the blocking signal is transmitted to the production system in the computer, completing a count. If an unblocked signal appears, it means that the corresponding forming mold 2 has not produced any product, and no counting statistics are performed, thereby preventing the total number inequality caused by the interruption of filling of the filling material in the traditional counting method (for example, 7 at a time, and then multiplying by the number of actions), and can also effectively remind the operating workers to perform maintenance operations on them. When the onion ring products dropped onto the conveyor belt 31 are transported to the next process, they are sprayed with coagulation liquid when passing through the coagulation liquid nozzle 44 so that the products can stand up and not become too soft; then when passing through the drying tube 6, the wind generated by the blower 5 is ejected from the air outlet on the drying tube 6 to preliminarily dry and remove impurities from the formed products on the conveyor belt 31, and the excess coagulation liquid, moisture and impurities attached to the onion ring products are blown off by the wind, so that they can continue to enter the next process.

[0031] The technical solution claimed for protection in the above utility model can also be used to produce foods such as potato rings, sweet potato rings, and squid rings.

[0032] Of course, the above description is not a limitation of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above examples. Changes, modifications, additions or substitutions made by technicians in this technical field within the essential scope of the present invention should also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An onion ring forming machine with a conveying device, characterized in that: It includes a frame, a forming mold installed on the upper end of the frame, and a conveying device, wherein the forming mold is provided with at least one and fixed side by side on the upper end of the frame; the conveying device is arranged below the forming mold and is used to pick up and deliver the products output from the lower end of the forming mold; a plurality of detection devices having the same number as the forming mold are also fixed on the frame between the lower end of the forming mold and the conveying device, so as to monitor and count the products output from the forming mold; a cooling device is arranged below the conveying device, and the cooling device includes a coagulant liquid pump, a coagulant liquid tank, a coagulant liquid filter and a coagulant liquid nozzle, through which the coagulant liquid is sprayed on the formed product; a drying pipe is also arranged above the conveying device, which is located downstream of the coagulant liquid nozzle and is used for drying and removing impurities.

2. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conveying equipment includes at least two parallel conveying chains, a conveyor belt straddling the conveying chains, a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket equal in number to the conveying chains, and a driving motor. The driving sprocket and the driven sprocket are respectively arranged at the head and tail ends of the conveying equipment. The driving shaft of the driving sprocket is transmission-connected to the output end of the driving motor. The conveying chain is connected end to end after looping around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket for one circle. The conveyor belt is arranged in a ring shape around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket.

3. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The detection device is a photoelectric counting sensor, which is fixedly installed on the frame, corresponds to the molding mold one by one, and is connected to an external computer to transmit the signal to the computer system, and achieves a count by blocking the light signal during the product falling process.

4. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A recovery hopper is fixedly installed below the conveying device, with high ends and low middle, and a recovery opening is provided in the middle.

5. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The coagulant liquid filter in the cooling device is installed below the recovery opening of the recovery hopper, the coagulant liquid tank is located directly below the coagulant liquid filter, the coagulant liquid pump is fixedly installed at the bottom of the frame, connected to the coagulant liquid tank and the coagulant liquid inside is transported to the coagulant liquid nozzle through a pipeline, and the coagulant liquid nozzle has a plurality of spray holes equidistantly arranged along its length direction on the side facing the conveying device.

6. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The molding die comprises a fixing component, a cutting component and an auxiliary molding component, wherein the fixing component comprises a fixed feed pipe and a molding pipe which are connected and fixed in sequence, are hollow inside and are interconnected, and the cross section of the molding pipe is circular; the cutting component is sleeved on the outer side of the molding pipe, comprises a cutting knife seat and a molding cutting knife, the cutting knife seat is relatively fixed to the molding pipe, is hollow inside and has an open lower end, the molding cutting knife is slidably installed in the inner cavity of the cutting knife seat, and its top end and the top end of the inner cavity of the cutting knife seat form a power cavity, at least one ventilation pipe is fixedly provided on the outer side of the upper part of the cutting knife seat, the ventilation pipe is connected to the power cavity, and its outer end is connected to the inflation device beside the frame, and the molding cutting knife is driven to move up and down by inflating and exhausting air into the power cavity; the auxiliary molding component is fixedly installed at the lower port of the molding pipe, and a gap is left between the auxiliary molding component and the lower end of the molding pipe for the filling to flow out for molding.

7. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The auxiliary forming component includes a fixed cross bar, a forming baffle and a central vertical rod connecting the center of gravity of the forming baffle and the fixed cross bar, wherein the fixed cross bar is transversely fixed in the inner cavity of the forming tube; the forming baffle is in the shape of a yurt, located outside the lower end of the forming tube, and a gap is left between the forming baffle and the lower end of the forming tube for the filling to flow out for forming.

8. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A blower is fixedly installed in the lower frame of the rack, and its air outlet is connected to a drying pipe through a pipeline; two drying pipes are provided, which are suspended on the upper and lower sides of the top conveyor belt respectively and are relatively perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor belt. The tangent side of the drying pipe facing the conveyor belt is provided with a plurality of air outlets spaced evenly along its length direction.

9. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The conveyor belt is a U-shaped mesh belt or a stainless steel mesh belt, and a plurality of screening mesh holes are evenly arranged on the stainless steel mesh belt; and the conveyor belt and the conveyor chain are detachably connected.

10. The onion ring forming machine with a conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The bottom end of the frame is provided with freely movable wheels; the conveying equipment is provided with a height adjustment device, which can adjust the height of the output end of the conveyor belt.

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