Modifier drying equipment
By combining multi-stage rotating rollers and heating plates, the problem of incomplete pulverization of the modifier is solved, achieving thorough pulverization and drying of the modifier, improving mixing uniformity and storage stability, and reducing equipment energy consumption and the risk of component damage.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422286923.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-09-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-11
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-09-19
AI Technical Summary
Existing improver drying equipment often fails to completely crush clumps, resulting in clump residues that affect the uniformity and effectiveness of the improver in mixing with flour.
A modifier drying device was designed, which adopts a multi-stage rotating roller structure with progressively denser material blades. Combined with the inclined setting and reverse spiral motion, and the heating plate at the bottom of the discharge channel, it ensures that the modifier is thoroughly crushed and dried, avoiding clumping.
This process achieves thorough pulverization and drying of the improver, ensuring uniform mixing with flour, improving the effectiveness of the improver, extending storage stability, and reducing energy consumption and the risk of component damage.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of food improver technology, and in particular to a improver drying device. Background Technology
[0002] Pastries and bread are popular and convenient foods. With the improvement of people's living standards and dietary structure, bread is increasingly favored. High-quality bread should be safe to eat, soft and delicious, nutritious, easily digestible, and convenient to carry. Before the addition of pastry and bread improvers, ordinary flour only met the requirements in terms of gluten content, water absorption, stability time, and softening degree. The disadvantages of such dough are: strong elasticity, high hardness, easy breakage, high resistance to expansion during fermentation, and long fermentation time; the bread produced is small in volume, dense in texture, poorly porous, and has a easily broken crust. Therefore, pastry and bread improvers can be added to improve these characteristics.
[0003] Pastry and bread improvers are generally compound food additives composed of emulsifiers, thickeners, enzymes, inorganic salts, and fillers. They are usually powder preparations, which may clump together due to moisture during storage. They need to be crushed and dried again before being added to the dough. However, existing equipment often fails to crush the clumps completely, leaving some small clumps. Adding these clumps to the flour will result in uneven and incomplete mixing, which will affect the effectiveness of the improver and cause the produced pastries and bread to fail to meet the standards. Utility Model Content
[0004] The main purpose of this invention is to provide a food improver drying device that can thoroughly pulverize clumped food improvers, eliminating small lumps and achieving better mixing with flour.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model proposes a modifier drying device, comprising:
[0006] The cabinet has a feeding channel on its surface, a feeding hopper connected to the end of the feeding channel, and a discharging channel inside the cabinet. The discharging channel is connected to the feeding channel, and the end of the discharging channel penetrates the side wall of the cabinet to form a discharging port.
[0007] The material crushing mechanism includes a drive unit and multiple rotating rollers. The rotating rollers are arranged sequentially in the feed channel and driven to the drive unit. Multiple crushing blades are arranged circumferentially on the surface of the rotating rollers, and the spacing between adjacent crushing blades on the rotating rollers decreases sequentially in the direction away from the feed hopper.
[0008] In one embodiment of this utility model, the crushing blades on the rotating roller are arranged at an angle relative to the surface of the rotating roller.
[0009] In one embodiment of this invention, the shredder blades on each pair of adjacent rotating rollers are tilted in opposite directions.
[0010] In one embodiment of this utility model, a heating plate is attached to the bottom of the discharge channel.
[0011] In one embodiment of this utility model, both the feeding channel and the discharging channel are inclined relative to the horizontal plane, and their inclination directions are opposite.
[0012] In one embodiment of this utility model, a controller is provided on the side wall of the cabinet, and the heating plate and the driving component are both electrically connected to the controller.
[0013] This utility model's technical solution involves setting up multi-stage rotating rollers in the feeding channel. The lower the rotating roller, the denser the crushing blades. The moisture-laden and clump-forming improver enters the feeding channel from the feeding hopper and is gradually crushed into finer improver powder, allowing for better mixing between the improver and flour. A heating plate is installed at the bottom of the discharge channel to heat the improver to a certain extent, evaporating the moisture and keeping the improver dry, thus preventing it from re-clumping during subsequent storage. Attached Figure Description
[0014] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without creative effort.
[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model;
[0016] Figure 2 This is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;
[0017] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the material crushing mechanism of this utility model.
[0018] Explanation of icon numbers:
[0019] 1. Cabinet; 2. Feeding channel; 21. Feeding hopper; 3. Discharge channel; 31. Discharge port; 4. Crushing mechanism; 5. Drive component; 6. Rotating roller; 61. Crushing blade; 7. Controller.
[0020] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of this utility model will be further explained in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Detailed Implementation
[0021] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application clearer, the following detailed description is provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of this application.
[0022] Reference Figures 1 to 3 This utility model proposes a modifier drying device, including a cabinet 1 and a crushing mechanism 4. The surface of the cabinet 1 is provided with a feeding channel 2, and the end of the feeding channel 2 is connected to a feeding hopper 21. The inside of the cabinet 1 is provided with a discharge channel 3, which is connected to the feeding channel 2. The end of the discharge channel 3 penetrates through the side wall of the cabinet 1 and forms a discharge port 31. The crushing mechanism 4 includes a driving component 5 and multiple rotating rollers 6. The rotating rollers 6 are arranged sequentially in the feeding channel 2 and driven and connected to the driving component 5. Multiple crushing blades 61 are arranged circumferentially on the surface of the rotating rollers 6, and the spacing between adjacent crushing blades 61 on the rotating rollers 6 decreases sequentially in the direction away from the feeding hopper 21.
[0023] Understandably, the moisture-affected and clumped improver enters the feed channel 2 from the feed hopper 21. Multiple rotating rollers 6 installed in the feed channel 2 crush the clumps in sequence. The lower the rotating roller 6, the denser the crushing blades 61. The rotating roller 6 with the sparsest spacing of the crushing blades 61 comes into contact with the clumped improver first, breaking it up and throwing it to the rear. Some clumps will remain in this process. The spacing of the crushing blades 61 on the rear rotating roller 6 is denser than that on the front rotating roller 6. Large clumps are further crushed after contacting the rear rotating roller 6. There may still be smaller clumps remaining, which are then thrown to the rear and crushed even more. In this way, large clumps are broken into finer improver powder step by step, so that the improver and flour can achieve a better mixing effect.
[0024] The discharge channel 3 is connected below the feed channel 2. The crushed modifier slides out of the discharge port 31 from the discharge channel 3. In this example, a heating plate is provided at the bottom of the discharge channel 3, which can heat the modifier on the discharge channel 3 to a certain extent, so that the moisture in it evaporates, keeping the modifier dry and preventing it from re-clumping during subsequent storage.
[0025] The drive unit 5 can be a servo motor, brushless motor, etc., without further limitation. In this example, the drive unit 5 is connected to the uppermost rotating roller 6, providing it with the maximum driving force to break up the largest clumps. The other rotating rollers 6 are connected to each other via transmission pulleys and receive driving force. It should be noted that if the rotating rollers 6 with small spacing of the crushing blades 61 are directly set near the feed hopper 21, large clumps may jam the rotating rollers 6, causing damage to the drive unit 5 and other components. The multi-stage rotating rollers 6 allow the modifier to be broken into powder step by step, avoiding jamming.
[0026] Reference Figure 3 In one embodiment of this application, the shredder blades 61 on the rotating roller 6 are inclined relative to the surface of the rotating roller 6.
[0027] Understandably, the inclined blades 61 create a spiral motion trajectory when the rotating roller 6 rotates, providing a large dispersing range. This effectively reduces the formation of small agglomerates. Furthermore, the inclined blade design ensures oblique rather than vertical contact with agglomerates, reducing resistance during the dispersing process, thereby lowering energy consumption, improving overall energy efficiency, and further reducing the likelihood of large agglomerates jamming the rotating roller 6, thus extending the service life of related components. The inclined design also optimizes powder flow distribution, reduces the load on mechanical components, and decreases power consumption.
[0028] Reference Figure 3 In one embodiment of this application, the shredder blades 61 on each pair of adjacent rotating rollers 6 are tilted in opposite directions.
[0029] Understandably, since the crushing blades 61 are inclined, they can form a spiral motion trajectory when the rotating rollers 6 rotate. The inclination directions of the crushing blades 61 on the two adjacent rotating rollers 6 are opposite, so that the spiral motion trajectory formed by the crushing blades 61 of the two rollers is also opposite, making the dispersing effect of the agglomerating modifier more comprehensive, more uniform and more efficient.
[0030] Reference Figure 2 In one embodiment of this application, a heating plate is attached to the bottom of the discharge channel 3.
[0031] Understandably, the heating plate further dries the dispersed modifier powder. Even after dispersion, the powder may still contain some moisture. The heating plate helps to further evaporate and remove this residual moisture, ensuring the powder is dry and preventing it from clumping again due to moisture during storage. This helps maintain the chemical properties of the modifier. Drying with a heating plate extends the powder's shelf life and ensures its stability during storage and use. Timely heating and drying reduce subsequent processing and drying time, saving energy and operating costs.
[0032] Reference Figure 2 In one embodiment of this application, both the feed channel 2 and the discharge channel 3 are inclined relative to the horizontal plane, and their inclination directions are opposite.
[0033] Understandably, the reverse-inclined feed channel 2 and discharge channel 3 can have a longer channel distance in the smallest possible space layout. On the one hand, this provides sufficient installation space for multiple rotating rollers 6, making it easy for the agglomerated modifier to be broken down step by step. On the other hand, it also extends the sliding time of the modifier, which has been broken into powder, in the discharge channel 3. Since the bottom of the discharge channel 3 has a heating plate to heat it, the longer sliding distance allows the powder to be heated for a longer time, resulting in better drying effect and facilitating subsequent storage or use.
[0034] Reference Figure 1 In one embodiment of this application, a controller 7 is provided on the side wall of the cabinet 1, and the heating plate and the drive unit 5 are both electrically connected to the controller 7.
[0035] Understandably, the controller 7 can be a control circuit board, MCU, PLC, or other device, allowing users to adjust the switching, operating power, and other functions of the heating plate and drive unit 5 through the controller 7. Furthermore, the controller 7 can also be connected to a temperature sensor installed on the discharge channel 3, and a display screen or digital tube can be installed on the surface of the controller 7 to facilitate users to observe various data in real time and perform fine-tuning operations, etc.
[0036] This utility model's technical solution involves setting up multi-stage rotating rollers 6 in the feeding channel 2. The lower the rotating roller 6, the denser the crushing blades 61. The moisture-laden and clump-forming improver enters the feeding channel 2 from the feeding hopper 21 and is gradually crushed into finer improver powder, allowing for better mixing between the improver and flour. A heating plate is installed at the bottom of the discharge channel 3, which can heat the improver in the discharge channel 3 to a certain extent, causing the moisture to evaporate and keeping the improver dry, thus preventing it from re-clumping during subsequent storage.
[0037] In the accompanying drawings of this embodiment, the same or similar reference numerals correspond to the same or similar components. In the description of this application, it should be understood that if terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," and "right" indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, they are only for the convenience of describing this application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, the terms used to describe positional relationships in the accompanying drawings are only for illustrative purposes and should not be construed as limiting this patent. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0038] The above are merely preferred embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of this application should be included within the protection scope of this application.
Claims
1. A modifier drying device, characterized in that, include: Cabinet (1), the surface of the cabinet (1) is provided with a feeding channel (2), the end of the feeding channel (2) is connected to a feeding hopper (21), the inside of the cabinet (1) is provided with a discharging channel (3), the discharging channel (3) is connected to the feeding channel (2), and the end of the discharging channel (3) penetrates the side wall of the cabinet (1) and forms a discharging port (31); The crushing mechanism (4) includes a drive unit (5) and multiple rotating rollers (6). The rotating rollers (6) are arranged sequentially in the feed channel (2) and driven to the drive unit (5). Multiple crushing blades (61) are arranged circumferentially on the surface of the rotating rollers (6). The spacing between adjacent crushing blades (61) on the rotating rollers (6) decreases sequentially in the direction away from the feed hopper (21).
2. The modifier drying equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The material scraper (61) on the rotating roller (6) is inclined relative to the surface of the rotating roller (6).
3. The modifier drying equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, The shredder blades (61) on each pair of adjacent rotating rollers (6) are tilted in opposite directions.
4. The modifier drying equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, A heating plate is attached to the bottom of the discharge channel (3).
5. The modifier drying equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that, The feeding channel (2) and the discharging channel (3) are both inclined relative to the horizontal plane, and their inclination directions are opposite.
6. The modifier drying equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that, The cabinet (1) is equipped with a controller (7) on its side wall, and the heating plate and the drive unit (5) are electrically connected to the controller (7).