Meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment

By combining the first and second detection modules, the pet food is subjected to preliminary inspection and single-particle inspection, which solves the problem of low sorting accuracy in pet food inspection and achieves efficient and accurate sorting of pet food.

CN223775445UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-09QINGDAO ZHONGLU HONGDA PET FOOD CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520104717.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-16
Publication Date
2026-01-09
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-16

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies cannot accurately sort out substandard products when testing granular foods such as pet food, resulting in low sorting accuracy.

Method used

By combining the first and second detection modules, and using components such as conveyor belts, servo motors, detectors, and motors, the system performs preliminary inspection and individual pellet inspection of pet food, and sorts qualified and unqualified products accordingly.

Benefits of technology

This improved the accuracy of pet food testing, prevented waste of pet food, and ensured testing efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of pet food production, in particular to meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment which comprises equipment supports, conveying belts are arranged on the inner sides of the equipment supports, and a first detection module is arranged between the equipment supports. The first detection module comprises a sorting box, a feeding port, a splitter plate, a first detector, a servo motor and a guide plate, and a second detection module is arranged at the right ends of the splitter plate and the rear wall of the sorting box; the second detection module comprises a fine separation box, a feeding pipe, a first motor, a second motor, a second detector, a screening plate, a guide groove, a supporting plate, an adjusting box, a first discharging hole, a sealing plate, an abutting plate and a second discharging hole. The first detection module carries out rough detection on the pet food, then the second detection module carries out single-grain detection on part of the pet food containing the metal foreign matter, the pet food containing the metal foreign matter is accurately removed, the detection precision is improved, waste of the pet food is effectively avoided, and meanwhile the detection efficiency of the pet food is guaranteed.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to pet food production technical field, concretely relates to a meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Pet food is the food specially provided for pets, small animals, high-grade animal food between human food and traditional livestock and poultry feed, in the production and packaging process of pet food, metal fragments may be mixed into food due to mechanical equipment wear or other reasons, which constitutes a serious threat to the life and health of pets.

[0003] Among them, the announcement number CN222000865U discloses a kind of pet food detection device with metal detection function, it is pet food detection technical field, including rack, detection component and classification component, the inner side between the rack is equipped with conveying belt, and the middle part of rack is installed with detection component above, the upper side of conveying belt is equipped with shunt component, the outside one side of rack is installed with classification component, and classification component includes blanking frame, micro motor, shaft and guide plate, the blanking frame is fixedly connected with rack, and the inside of blanking frame is hollow structure, this pet food detection device with metal detection function, when detecting pet food with metal foreign matter, guide plate can be turned down to make unqualified product can be discharged through blanking frame, in addition, the outside of blanking frame can be correspondingly set with transfer conveying equipment, so that qualified product can be guided and fed along the inclined guide plate, to realize the detection classification of pet food.

[0004] The device sends unqualified product into blanking frame by the downward rotation of guide plate, but when detecting granular food such as pet food, food is usually accumulated together, in the process of downward rotation of guide plate, many qualified products will be slid into blanking frame, and unqualified product cannot be accurately sorted, with low sorting precision.

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary to invent a meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0006] The utility model aims at providing a kind of meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment, to solve the problem of unqualified product in the process of detecting granular food such as pet food, cannot be accurately sorted, with low sorting precision.

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment, the inner side of the equipment support is provided with conveying belt, first detection module is arranged between the equipment support, first detection module includes sorting box, feed inlet, splitter, first detector, servo motor and guide plate, the right end of the back wall of splitter is provided with second detection module, second detection module includes fine sorting box, feed pipe, first motor, second motor, second detector, screening plate, material guiding groove, support plate, adjusting box, first discharge hole, sealing plate, abutment plate and second discharge hole.

[0008] By adopting the above technical scheme, the pet food is poured into the inside of the feed inlet, the conveying belt drives the pet food to move to the right side of the front side of the splitter, and the first detector detects the pet food during the movement. When metal foreign matter is detected in the pet food, the servo motor drives the guide plate to rotate counterclockwise, and the part of the pet food with metal foreign matter is guided to the rear side of the splitter. Then the conveying belt moves it to the second detection module, the first electric motor drives the screening plate to rotate, and the second detector detects the single pet food in the material guiding groove. The qualified pet food is moved to the inside of the second discharge hole and automatically discharged. When unqualified pet food is detected, the second motor drives the sealing plate to rotate, opens the second discharge hole, and discharges the unqualified pet food. The pet food with metal foreign matter is effectively screened, and the screening precision of the pet food is improved.

[0009] Optionally, the sorting box is arranged on the upper side of the conveying belt, the front and rear sides of the sorting box are fixedly connected with the front and rear sides of the equipment support, the feed inlet is formed in the left end of the sorting box, the splitter is fixedly connected with the inner top wall of the sorting box, and the splitter is fixedly connected with the right end of the front wall of the sorting box and has a discharge box.

[0010] By adopting the above technical scheme, the conveying belt is used to move the pet food sent into the feed inlet.

[0011] Optionally, the first detector is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the sorting box and located at the front side of the splitter, the surface of the splitter is provided with a communication groove at the right side of the first detector, the guide plate is arranged in the communication groove, the servo motor is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the sorting box and located at the upper side of the guide plate, and the output end of the servo motor is fixedly connected with the right end of the guide plate.

[0012] By adopting the above technical scheme, the qualified pet food moves at the front side of the splitter, and the part of the pet food containing metal foreign matter moves at the rear side of the splitter.

[0013] Optionally, the shunt plate is fixedly connected with the right end of the back wall of the sorting box, and a feeding hopper is fixedly connected with the left end of the upper end of the feeding pipe.

[0014] By adopting the above technical scheme, the feeding hopper is used for collecting the pet food containing metal foreign matters, and the pet food is transmitted to the inside of the fine sorting box through the feeding pipe.

[0015] Optionally, the support plate is fixedly connected with the lower end of the fine sorting box, the abutment plate is fixedly connected with the middle part of the upper surface of the support plate, the screening plate is rotationally connected with the upper surface of the abutment plate, and a plurality of guide grooves are formed in the surface of the screening plate.

[0016] By adopting the above technical scheme, the upper surface of the screening plate abuts against the inner top wall of the fine sorting box, and when the guide groove moves to the lower side of the feeding pipe, the material in the feeding pipe falls into the guide groove, and the guide groove can accommodate one pet food at a time.

[0017] Optionally, the adjusting box is fixedly connected with the right side of the abutment plate, an adjusting groove is formed in the upper surface of the adjusting box, a transmission shaft is rotationally connected with the center of the adjusting groove, and a sealing plate is fixedly connected with the surface of the transmission shaft.

[0018] By adopting the above technical scheme, the transmission shaft drives the sealing plate to rotate in the adjusting groove.

[0019] Optionally, the first discharging hole is formed in the left side of the inner bottom wall of the adjusting box, the lower end of the first discharging hole is fixedly connected with a first discharging pipe, the second discharging hole is formed in the left side of the abutment plate, and the lower end of the second discharging hole is fixedly connected with a second discharging pipe.

[0020] By adopting the above technical scheme, the first discharging hole is used for discharging unqualified pet food, the second discharging hole is used for discharging qualified pet food, and the sealing plate is used for shielding the upper end of the first discharging hole, so that the qualified pet food passes through, and when the second detector detects pet food containing metal foreign matters, the sealing plate opens the upper end of the first discharging hole, so that the pet food containing metal foreign matters is discharged.

[0021] Optionally, the first motor is fixedly installed at the center of the upper surface of the fine sorting box, the output end of the first motor is fixedly connected with the screening plate in a coaxial manner, the second motor is fixedly installed at the right side of the upper surface of the fine sorting box, the output end of the second motor is fixedly connected with the upper end of the transmission shaft, the second detector is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the fine sorting box, and the second detector is located at the upper side of a group of stations in front of the first discharging hole.

[0022] By adopting the above technical scheme, the first motor drives the screening plate to rotate, the second motor drives the sealing plate to rotate, and the second detector is used for detecting pet food in a group of workstations in front of the first discharging hole.

[0023] In the above technical scheme, the technical effects and advantages of the utility model are provided.

[0024] The first detection module is used for rough detection of the pet food, and the pet food containing metal foreign matters is diverted to the rear side of the diversion plate, then the second detection module is used for single-particle detection of the pet food containing metal foreign matters, and the pet food containing metal foreign matters is accurately removed, so that the detection precision is improved, the waste of the pet food is effectively avoided, and the detection efficiency of the pet food is ensured. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a whole structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 2 It is a first detection module structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 3 It is a first detection module structure schematic view of the utility model; Figure 2

[0028] Figure 4 It is a second detection module structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 5 It is an internal structure schematic view of the precise separation box of the utility model.

[0030] EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS:

[0031] 1, equipment support;11, conveying belt;2, sorting box;21, feeding port;22, diversion plate;23, first detector;24, servo motor;25, guide plate;26, discharging box;3, precise separation box;31, feeding pipe;32, feeding hopper;33, first motor;34, second motor;35, second detector;36, screening plate;37, material guide groove;4, supporting plate;41, adjusting box;42, adjusting groove;43, first discharging hole;44, sealing plate;45, transmission shaft;46, first discharging pipe;47, abutting plate;48, second discharging hole;49, second discharging pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] In order to make the skilled in the art better understand the technical scheme of the utility model, the utility model will be further introduced in detail in combination with the drawings.

[0033] The utility model provides a kind of pet food detection device, including equipment support, conveying belt, sorting box, diversion plate, first detector, servo motor, guide plate, discharging box, precise separation box, first motor, second motor, second detector, screening plate, supporting plate, adjusting box, adjusting groove, first discharging hole, sealing plate, transmission shaft, first discharging pipe, abutting plate, second discharging hole and second discharging pipe. Figures 1 to 3 ​The illustrated meat pet food metal foreign matter detection equipment includes equipment support 1, the inner side of equipment support 1 is provided with conveying belt 11, first detection module is arranged between equipment support 1, first detection module includes sorting box 2, feed inlet 21, shunt plate 22, first detector 23, servo motor 24 and guide plate 25, sorting box 2 is arranged on the upper side of conveying belt 11, the front and back sides of sorting box 2 are fixedly connected with the front and back sides of equipment support 1 respectively, feed inlet 21 is opened in the left end of sorting box 2, shunt plate 22 is fixedly connected with the inner top wall of sorting box 2, shunt plate 22 is fixedly connected with the right end of the front wall of sorting box 2 and is provided with discharge box 26, first detector 23 is fixedly installed on the upper surface of sorting box 2 and is located at the position of the front side of shunt plate 22, the surface of shunt plate 22 is opened with communication groove at the position of the right side of first detector 23, guide plate 25 is arranged in the inside of communication groove, servo motor 24 is fixedly installed on the upper surface of sorting box 2 and is located at the position of the upper side of guide plate 25, the output end of servo motor 24 is fixedly connected with the right end of guide plate 25, shunt plate 22 is provided with second detection module with the right end of the back wall of sorting box 2.

[0034] Wherein, pet food is poured to the inside of sorting box 2 through feed inlet 21, with the rotation of conveying belt 11, pet food is transported to the right side of the front side of shunt plate 22, pet food is detected by first detector 23 in the process of moving, when the pet food contains metal foreign matter, first detector 23 will issue an alarm, and the information is transmitted to PLC control system, at this time, the controller starts servo motor 24, servo motor 24 drives guide plate 25 to rotate counterclockwise, so that the left end of guide plate 25 abuts against the front wall of sorting box 2, at this time, part of pet food containing metal foreign matter enters the back side of shunt plate 22 through communication groove under the action of guide plate 25, then servo motor 24 drives guide plate 25 to rotate clockwise, and guide plate 25 is reset, and communication groove is blocked, at this time, pet food not containing metal foreign matter moves to the right side of the front side of shunt plate 22, and is discharged from discharge box 26 into qualified product collection frame, part of pet food containing metal foreign matter moves to the right side of the back side of shunt plate 22, and is transported to second detection module for secondary screening, so that pet food containing metal foreign matter in the inside is accurately screened out.

[0035] Referring to Figure 2 , Figure 4 and Figure 5The second detection module comprises a fine separation box 3, a feeding pipe 31, a first motor 33, a second motor 34, a second detector 35, a screening plate 36, a guide chute 37, a supporting plate 4, an adjusting box 41, a first discharging hole 43, a sealing plate 44, an abutting plate 47 and a second discharging hole 48. The feeding hopper 32 is fixedly connected to the right end of the rear wall of the sorting box 2. The lower end of the feeding hopper 32 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the feeding pipe 31. The lower end of the feeding pipe 31 is fixedly connected to the left side of the upper surface of the fine separation box 3. The supporting plate 4 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the fine separation box 3. The abutting plate 47 is fixedly connected to the middle of the upper surface of the supporting plate 4. The screening plate 36 is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the abutting plate 47. A plurality of guide chutes 37 are formed in the surface of the screening plate 36. The adjusting box 41 is fixedly connected to the right side of the abutting plate 47. An adjusting groove 42 is formed in the upper surface of the adjusting box 41. A transmission shaft 45 is rotatably connected to the center of the adjusting groove 42. The sealing plate 44 is fixedly connected to the surface of the transmission shaft 45. The first discharging hole 43 is formed in the left side of the inner bottom wall of the adjusting box 41. The first discharging hole 43 is fixedly connected to the first discharging pipe 46 at the lower end. The second discharging hole 48 is formed in the left rear position of the abutting plate 47. The second discharging hole 48 is fixedly connected to the second discharging pipe 49 at the lower end. The first motor 33 is fixedly installed at the center of the upper surface of the fine separation box 3. The output end of the first motor 33 is coaxially fixedly connected to the screening plate 36. The second motor 34 is fixedly installed at the right side of the upper surface of the fine separation box 3. The output end of the second motor 34 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the transmission shaft 45. The second detector 35 is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the fine separation box 3. The second detector 35 is located on the upper side of a group of stations in front of the first discharging hole 43.

[0036] Specifically, in the process of screening pet food by the second detection module, the pet food is collected into the feeding pipe 31 through the feeding hopper 32. At the same time, the screening plate 36 is driven to rotate by the first motor 33. The pet food in the feeding pipe 31 falls into the guide chute 37 on the surface of the screening plate 36 when the guide chute 37 moves to the lower end of the feeding pipe 31. With the continuous rotation of the screening plate 36, the second detector 35 detects the pet food in the guide chute 37. The pet food without metal foreign matter slides on the surface of the sealing plate 44 and moves to the upper side of the second discharging hole 48. The pet food in the guide chute 37 falls into the second discharging hole 48 and then moves to the qualified product collecting frame through the second discharging pipe 49. When the pet food with metal foreign matter is detected, the sealing plate 44 is driven to rotate by the second motor 34 when the pet food with metal foreign matter moves to the upper side of the sealing plate 44. The sealing plate 44 opens the first discharging hole 43. At this time, the unqualified pet food falls into the first discharging hole 43 and then falls into the waste frame through the second discharging pipe 49, thereby realizing accurate screening of the pet food.

[0037] In addition, the feeding pipe 31, the guide groove 37, the first discharging hole 43, the first discharging pipe 46, the second discharging hole 48 and the second discharging pipe 49 in the second detection module can be designed with corresponding hole diameters according to different specifications of pet food, so that only a single pet food can pass through each time, and the second detection module of a corresponding size is replaced during detection of different specifications of pet food, thereby further improving detection accuracy.

[0038] The utility model discloses a working principle: twice screening detection is carried out to pet food, the first detection module carries out the rough detection to pet food, and the part pet food containing metal foreign matters is shunted to the rear side of the shunt plate 22, then the part pet food containing metal foreign matters is detected by the second detection module, and the pet food containing metal foreign matters is accurately rejected, improves the detection accuracy, effectively avoids the waste of pet food, and guarantees the detection efficiency of pet food.

[0039] The basic principle, main features and advantages of the utility model are shown and described above. Those skilled in the art should understand that the utility model is not limited by the above examples, and the above examples and descriptions in the specification are only preferred examples of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, the utility model can have various changes and improvements, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the claimed utility model.

Claims

1. A meat pet food product metal foreign object detection apparatus comprising an apparatus support (1) characterised in that: The inner side of the equipment support (1) is provided with a conveying belt (11), and first detection modules are arranged between the equipment supports (1), the first detection modules comprising a sorting box (2), a feeding port (21), a shunt plate (22), a first detector (23), a servo motor (24) and a guide plate (25), the shunt plate (22) is provided with a second detection module at the right end of the rear wall of the sorting box (2), and the second detection module comprises a fine sorting box (3), a feeding pipe (31), a first motor (33), a second motor (34), a second detector (35), a screening plate (36), a material guide groove (37), a support plate (4), an adjusting box (41), a first discharging hole (43), a sealing plate (44), an abutting plate (47) and a second discharging hole (48).

2. The meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by: The sorting box (2) is arranged on the upper side of the conveying belt (11), the front and rear sides of the sorting box (2) are fixedly connected with the front and rear sides of the equipment support (1) respectively, the feeding port (21) is arranged at the left end of the sorting box (2), the shunt plate (22) is fixedly connected with the inner top wall of the sorting box (2), and the shunt plate (22) is fixedly connected with the right end of the front wall of the sorting box (2).

3. A meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 2, characterized by: The first detector (23) is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the sorting box (2) at a position in front of the shunt plate (22), a communication groove is arranged on the surface of the shunt plate (22) at a position to the right of the first detector (23), the guide plate (25) is arranged in the communication groove, the servo motor (24) is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the sorting box (2) at a position above the guide plate (25), and the output end of the servo motor (24) is fixedly connected with the right end of the guide plate (25).

4. The meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by: The shunt plate (22) is fixedly connected with the right end of the rear wall of the sorting box (2), the feeding hopper (32) is fixedly connected with the lower end of the feeding pipe (31), and the lower end of the feeding pipe (31) is fixedly connected with the left side of the upper surface of the fine sorting box (3).

5. A meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 4, characterized by: The support plate (4) is fixedly connected with the lower end of the fine sorting box (3), the abutting plate (47) is fixedly connected with the middle of the upper surface of the support plate (4), the screening plate (36) is rotatably connected with the upper surface of the abutting plate (47), and a plurality of material guide grooves (37) are arranged on the surface of the screening plate (36).

6. A meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 5, characterized by: The adjusting box (41) is fixedly connected with the right side of the abutting plate (47), the upper surface of the adjusting box (41) is provided with an adjusting groove (42), a transmission shaft (45) is rotatably connected with the center of the adjusting groove (42), and the surface of the transmission shaft (45) is fixedly connected with the sealing plate (44).

7. A meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 6, characterized by: The first discharging hole (43) is arranged at the left side of the inner bottom wall of the adjusting box (41), the lower end of the first discharging hole (43) is fixedly connected with a first discharging pipe (46), and the second discharging hole (48) is arranged at a position behind the left side of the abutting plate (47), and the lower end of the second discharging hole (48) is fixedly connected with a second discharging pipe (49).

8. The meat pet food metal foreign matter detection apparatus according to claim 6, characterized by: The first motor (33) is fixedly installed at the center of the upper surface of the fine classification box (3), the output end of the first motor (33) is coaxially fixedly connected with the screening plate (36), the second motor (34) is fixedly installed at the right side position of the upper surface of the fine classification box (3), the output end of the second motor (34) is fixedly connected with the upper end of the transmission shaft (45), the second detector (35) is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the fine classification box (3), and the second detector (35) is located at the upper side position of a group of workstations on the front side of the first discharging hole (43).

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  • Pet food detection device with metal detection function

    CN222000865U