Cheese processing equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses cheese processing equipment, which relates to the technical field of cheese processing and comprises a feeding box and a mixing box, a feeding port is arranged on the feeding box, a discharging port is arranged on the mixing box, a filtering mechanism and a preheating mechanism are sequentially arranged in the feeding box, the filtering mechanism is positioned below the feeding port and can filter materials, and the preheating mechanism is positioned below the discharging port and can preheat the materials. The preheating mechanism can preheat filtered materials, an outlet of the feeding box communicates with an inlet of the mixing box, a stirring and turning mechanism is arranged in the mixing box, and a stirring rod of the stirring and turning mechanism can rotate horizontally and vertically at the same time. When the stirring and turning-over mechanism rotates, the stirring rod can be driven to rotate in a plane, and meanwhile, the stirring rod rotates to turn over and stir materials, so that the materials can be fully stirred and mixed, the materials are turned over and mixed more uniformly, and meanwhile, the production quality of cheese is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of cheese processing, and in particular to a cheese processing device. Background Technology

[0002] Cheese processing equipment is specialized equipment used for the production and processing of cheese. It mainly includes various production stages such as whey extraction from milk or other dairy products, fermentation, coagulation, cutting, pressing, salting, and maturation. During cheese processing, mixing equipment is required, especially in the stages of fermentation, maturation, and mixing, to ensure uniform mixing, temperature control, and component integration, thus promoting stable product quality.

[0003] Different types of cheese typically have different mixing and processing requirements. While most current cheese processing equipment uses evenly spaced mixing shafts and blades to achieve mixing, the mixing range of the shafts is limited. When other materials are added to aid coagulation, they tend to settle at the bottom of the equipment, making even mixing difficult and requiring prolonged stirring. This results in low dissolution efficiency and ultimately affects the quality of the cheese. Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve this aspect and develop a cheese processing device that can mix materials more evenly. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a cheese processing equipment to solve the problems existing in the prior art, making the material mixing more uniform and improving the quality of cheese production.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following solution:

[0006] This utility model provides a cheese processing device, including a feeding box and a mixing box. The feeding box is provided with a feeding port, and the mixing box is provided with a discharging port. A filtering mechanism and a preheating mechanism are arranged sequentially inside the feeding box. The filtering mechanism is located below the feeding port and can filter the material. The preheating mechanism can preheat the filtered material. The outlet of the feeding box is connected to the inlet of the mixing box. A stirring and turning mechanism is provided inside the mixing box. The stirring rod of the stirring and turning mechanism can rotate horizontally and vertically at the same time.

[0007] Preferably, the stirring and turning mechanism includes a rotating mechanism and a turning mechanism, wherein the rotating mechanism and the turning mechanism are coupled together via a bevel gear transmission mechanism.

[0008] Preferably, the rotating mechanism includes a drive motor, a hollow rotating shaft, and bevel gears. Bevel gears are provided on the lower end of the hollow rotating shaft and on the rotating shaft of the drive motor. The drive motor is connected to the lower end of the hollow rotating shaft through the bevel gears. The drive motor is fixed below the mixing box. Several material turning mechanisms are radially movably inserted into the upper end of the hollow rotating shaft.

[0009] Preferably, the upper end of the hollow rotating shaft is provided with several layers of material turning mechanisms at equal intervals, and each layer has at least two material turning mechanisms.

[0010] Preferably, the material turning mechanism includes a rotary motor, a drive shaft, a stirring rod, a stirring paddle, and bevel gears. The rotary motor is connected to the drive shaft, which passes through the hollow rotating shaft along its axis. Several horizontal bevel gears are evenly spaced on the drive shaft, and each horizontal bevel gear is connected to at least two stirring rods. The end of each stirring rod is connected to a vertically arranged bevel gear, and the end of each stirring rod is connected to the drive shaft via the bevel gears. Several stirring paddles are evenly distributed on the stirring rod, and the stirring rods pass through the sidewall of the hollow rotating shaft.

[0011] Preferably, the hollow rotating shaft is fitted with a bushing, which is rotatably and sealingly connected to the bottom plate of the mixing box. One end of the bushing is connected to the drive motor via a bevel gear, and the other end is fixedly connected to at least one scraper.

[0012] Preferably, the scraper is an L-shaped strip, which is respectively attached to the bottom plate and side wall of the mixing box and can slide relative to each other; a feeding pipe and a discharging pipe are provided above the mixing box, the feeding pipe is used to add auxiliary materials, and the discharging pipe is connected to the bottom of the feeding box at the top and is equipped with a valve at the bottom.

[0013] Preferably, the filtration mechanism includes a filter chamber, a filter plate, a collection box, and a cleaning plate. The filter chamber has an inverted U-shaped filter plate in the middle. The collection box is located on both sides of the filter chamber and is located outside the vertical plate of the filter plate. The filter plate is provided with a cleaning plate, which is used to scrape the remaining material on the horizontal plate of the filter plate into the collection box.

[0014] Preferably, the cleaning plate is connected to a reciprocating motion mechanism, which includes a cleaning motor, a lead screw, a slider, and a guide rod. The cleaning motor is connected to the lead screw, and the slider is connected to both the lead screw and the guide rod. The slider is fixedly connected to the cleaning plate.

[0015] Preferably, the preheating mechanism includes a preheating chamber and an electric heater. The electric heater is disposed on the side wall of the preheating chamber, and a temperature sensor is disposed inside the preheating chamber. Both the temperature sensor and the electric heater are communicatively connected to a temperature controller. The preheating chamber is connected to the filter chamber of the filtration mechanism and is located below the filter chamber. Several guide plates are staggered inside the preheating chamber, and the guide plates make the path of the material S-shaped.

[0016] The present invention achieves the following technical advantages over the prior art:

[0017] When the stirring and turning mechanism of this utility model rotates, it can drive the stirring rod to rotate in a plane. At the same time, the rotation of the stirring rod itself realizes the turning and mixing of materials, which can ensure that the materials are fully stirred and mixed, making the material turning and mixing more uniform, and improving the production quality of cheese. Attached Figure Description

[0018] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments 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 these drawings without creative effort.

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the external structure of the cheese processing equipment in this embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the cheese processing equipment in an embodiment of this utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the reciprocating motion mechanism in an embodiment of this utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the guide plate in an embodiment of this utility model;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the hollow rotating shaft in an embodiment of this utility model;

[0024] Figure 6 This is an embodiment of the present utility model. Figure 2 A magnified schematic diagram of the structure at point A in the middle.

[0025] In the diagram: 1-Feeding box, 2-Feeding inlet, 3-Filter plate, 4-Collection box, 5-Discharge pipe, 6-Sealing cover, 7-Cleansing motor, 8-Screw, 9-Slider, 10-Cleansing plate, 11-Valve, 12-Guide rod, 13-Temperature controller, 14-Temperature sensor, 15-Baffle plate, 16-Discharge pipe, 17-Mixing box, 18-Feeding pipe, 19-Hollow shaft, 20-Rotary motor, 21-Drive shaft, 22-Bevel gear, 23-Stirring rod, 24-Stirring paddle, 25-Drive motor, 26-Scraper, 27-Shaft sleeve, 28-Electric heating plate. Detailed Implementation

[0026] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0027] The purpose of this invention is to provide a cheese processing equipment to solve the problems existing in the prior art, so as to make the material mixing more uniform and improve the production quality of cheese.

[0028] To make the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0029] Example 1

[0030] like Figures 1 to 6 As shown in the figure, this embodiment provides a cheese processing device, including a feeding box 1 and a mixing box 17. The feeding box 1 is provided with a feeding port 2, and the mixing box 17 is provided with a discharging port. A filtering mechanism and a preheating mechanism are arranged sequentially inside the feeding box 1. The filtering mechanism is located below the feeding port 2 and can filter the material. The preheating mechanism can preheat the filtered material. The outlet of the feeding box 1 is connected to the inlet of the mixing box 17. A stirring and turning mechanism is provided inside the mixing box 17. The stirring rod 23 of the stirring and turning mechanism can rotate horizontally and vertically at the same time. A discharge pipe 5 is connected to the discharging port of the mixing box 17. A valve 11 is provided on the discharge pipe 5 to facilitate control of the discharge timing.

[0031] As an optional solution, the mixing and turning mechanism in this embodiment includes a rotating mechanism and a turning mechanism, which are coupled together via a bevel gear transmission mechanism. The bevel gear transmission mechanism can both rotate and change the direction of rotation.

[0032] As an optional solution, the rotating mechanism in this embodiment includes a drive motor 25, a hollow rotating shaft 19, and a bevel gear 22. The lower end of the hollow rotating shaft 19 and the rotating shaft of the drive motor 25 are both provided with bevel gears 22. The drive motor 25 is connected to the lower end of the hollow rotating shaft 19 through the bevel gears 22 to realize the rotation of the hollow rotating shaft 19. The drive motor 25 is fixed below the mixing box 17. Several material turning mechanisms are movably inserted into the upper end of the hollow rotating shaft 19 in the radial direction, thereby driving the turning mechanism to rotate in the horizontal direction.

[0033] As an optional solution, in this embodiment, the upper end of the hollow rotating shaft 19 is provided with several layers of material turning mechanisms at equal intervals, and each layer has at least two material turning mechanisms evenly distributed to improve the stirring frequency and production efficiency.

[0034] As an optional solution, the material turning mechanism in this embodiment includes a rotary motor 20, a drive shaft 21, stirring rods 23, stirring paddles 24, and bevel gears 22. The rotary motor 20 is connected to the drive shaft 21, which passes through a hollow rotating shaft 19 along its axis. Several horizontal bevel gears 22 are evenly spaced on the drive shaft 21. Each horizontal bevel gear 22 is connected to at least two stirring rods 23. The end of each stirring rod 23 is connected to a vertically arranged bevel gear 22, and the end of the stirring rod 23 is connected to the drive shaft 21 via the bevel gears 22. Several stirring paddles 24 are evenly distributed on each stirring rod 23, and the stirring rods 23 pass through the side wall of the hollow rotating shaft 19. In this embodiment, each horizontal bevel gear 22 corresponds to four stirring rods 23, and the stirring rods 23 distributed at equal central angles can fully stir and mix the material. The hollow rotating shaft 19 and the transmission shaft 21 can achieve efficient stirring by rotating at the same speed and in the same or opposite direction. The hollow rotating shaft 19 and the transmission shaft 21 cooperate with each other. The entire material turning mechanism is installed on the hollow rotating shaft 19 and rotates together with the hollow rotating shaft 19, that is, it revolves around the central axis. During the rotation process, the entire material turning mechanism can be driven by the rotary motor 20, which drives the various stirring rods 23 and stirring paddles 24 to rotate by the bevel gear transmission mechanism, thereby achieving efficient stirring.

[0035] As an optional solution, in this embodiment, a bushing 27 is fitted over the hollow rotating shaft 19. The bushing 27 is rotatably and sealingly connected to the bottom plate of the mixing chamber 17. One end of the bushing 27 is connected to the drive motor 25 via a bevel gear 22, and the other end is fixedly connected to at least one scraper 26. The bushing 27 drives the scraper 26 to rotate, thereby cleaning the material on the bottom plate of the mixing chamber 17. The scraper 26 can scrape the bottom corners and inner walls of the mixing chamber to prevent residue during discharge and can also assist in stirring and mixing.

[0036] As an optional solution, in this embodiment, the scraper 26 is an L-shaped strip. The scraper 26 is in contact with the bottom plate and side wall of the mixing box 17 and can slide relative to each other. The L-shaped scraper 26 can smoothly scrape and clean the inner wall of the mixing box 17, avoiding waste of residual material. At the same time, the vertical surface of the scraper 26 is in contact with the inner surface of the mixing box 17, which allows the scraper 26 to clean and assist in stirring the inside of the mixing box 17. A feeding pipe 18 and a discharging pipe 16 are provided at the top of the mixing box 17. The feeding pipe 18 is used to add auxiliary materials, and the top of the discharging pipe 16 is connected to the bottom of the feeding box 1, and a valve 11 is provided at the bottom.

[0037] As an optional solution, the filtration mechanism in this embodiment includes a filter chamber, a filter plate 3, a collection box 4, and a cleaning plate 10. An inverted U-shaped filter plate 3 is positioned in the center of the filter chamber. The collection box 4 is located on both sides of the filter chamber, outside the vertical plate of the filter plate 3. The cleaning plate 10 is mounted on the filter plate 3 to scrape residual material from the horizontal plate of the filter plate 3 into the collection box 4. The bottom height of the inlet 2 is greater than the top height of the filter plate 3. The cleaning motor 7 is fixed to the filter chamber, ensuring that the cleaning motor 7 can drive the lead screw 8 to rotate smoothly. A sealing cover 6 is bolted to the collection box 4. When cleaning residue in the collection box 4 is required, the sealing cover 6 can be removed for cleaning and collection of impurities. The two side plates of the inverted U-shaped filter plate 3 are used to filter and collect impurities, achieving solid-liquid separation. This prevents the cleaning plate 10 from pushing raw milk into the collection box 4 during its reciprocating cleaning process, ensuring thorough collection and treatment of residues and improving the filtration effect.

[0038] As an optional solution, in this embodiment, the cleaning plate 10 is connected to a reciprocating motion mechanism, which includes a cleaning motor 7, a lead screw 8, a slider 9, and a guide rod 12. The cleaning motor 7 is connected to the lead screw 8, and sliders 9 are connected to both the lead screw 8 and the guide rod 12. The sliders 9 are fixedly connected to the cleaning plate 10. The center lines of the two sliders 9 are located in the same horizontal plane, ensuring that the bottom of the cleaning plate 10 is in contact with the top surface of the filter plate 3, thus guaranteeing smooth reciprocating movement of the cleaning plate 10.

[0039] As an optional solution, the preheating mechanism in this embodiment includes a preheating chamber and an electric heater. The electric heater is installed on the side wall of the preheating chamber, and a temperature sensor 14 is installed inside the preheating chamber. Both the temperature sensor 14 and the electric heater are communicatively connected to a temperature controller. The preheating chamber is connected to the filter chamber of the filtration mechanism and is located below the filter chamber. Several guide plates 15 are staggered inside the preheating chamber, making the material path S-shaped. In this embodiment, the electric heater is preferably an electric heating plate 28, which is connected to a temperature controller 13. The temperature controller 13 controls the heating temperature of the electric heating plate 28 based on the detection data from the temperature sensor 14, thereby enabling the electric heating plate 28 to heat the guide plates 15, so that the material (raw milk) flowing in the guide plates 15 can be heated, improving the mixing effect of subsequent materials.

[0040] Example 2

[0041] The specific usage process of the cheese processing equipment provided in this embodiment is as follows:

[0042] Combination Figures 1-6 First, the raw milk added at the inlet 2 is filtered through the filter plate 3 inside the feed box 1. Only periodic cleaning of the residue on the filter plate 3 is needed. During cleaning, the cleaning motor 7 on the feed box 1 is activated, causing the lead screw 8 to drive the cleaning plate 10 to reciprocate, scraping off the residue on the filter plate 3 and causing it to fall into the collection box 4. Even if the raw milk falls into the collection box 4 during filtration, it can still be filtered through the side filter plate 3, while simultaneously collecting the residue, thus improving the filtration effect. The filtered raw milk falls into the preheating chamber below the feed box 1. The preheating chamber uses an electric heating plate 28 to heat the guide plate 15. Temperature is monitored by a temperature sensor 14 and controlled by a temperature controller. The filtered raw milk is heated as it passes through the guide plate 15 to improve the subsequent mixing effect. The preheated raw milk enters the mixing tank 17 through the feed pipe 16. Then, the coagulant is added to the mixing tank 17 through the feed pipe 18. At the same time, the rotary motor 20 and the drive motor 25 are turned on, which drives the transmission shaft 21 to rotate. The bevel gear transmission mechanism drives the stirring rod 23 to rotate horizontally and on its own axis, so that the stirring rod 23 can stir and tumble the material. At the same time, the bevel gear transmission mechanism drives the bushing 27 to rotate, which in turn drives the scraper 26 to rotate against the wall. The scraper 26 can scrape the bottom corners and inner walls of the mixing tank 17 to avoid residue during discharge and to assist in stirring and mixing. After mixing is completed, the discharge pipe 5 can be turned on to discharge the material for subsequent sedimentation and coagulation.

[0043] This utility model uses specific examples to illustrate its principles and implementation methods. The above description of the embodiments is only for the purpose of helping to understand the method and core idea of ​​this utility model. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope based on the idea of ​​this utility model. In summary, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.

Claims

1. Cheese processing apparatus characterised in that: The utility model provides a material mixing device, which comprises a feeding box and a mixing box, the feeding box is provided with a feeding port, the mixing box is provided with a discharging port, a filtering mechanism and a preheating mechanism are sequentially arranged in the feeding box, the filtering mechanism is located below the feeding port and can filter materials, the preheating mechanism can preheat filtered materials, the outlet of the feeding box is communicated with the inlet of the mixing box, and a stirring and material turning mechanism is arranged in the mixing box, the stirring rod of the stirring and material turning mechanism can rotate horizontally and vertically.

2. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stirring and material turning mechanism comprises a rotating mechanism and a material turning mechanism, and the rotating mechanism is coupled to the material turning mechanism through a bevel gear transmission mechanism.

3. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterised in that: The rotating mechanism comprises a driving motor, a hollow rotating shaft and a bevel gear, a bevel gear is arranged on the lower end of the hollow rotating shaft and the rotating shaft of the driving motor, the driving motor is in transmission connection with the lower end of the hollow rotating shaft through the bevel gears, the driving motor is fixed below the mixing box, and the upper end of the hollow rotating shaft is radially movably inserted with a plurality of material turning mechanisms.

4. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that: The upper end of the hollow rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of layers of material turning mechanisms at equal intervals, and at least two material turning mechanisms are uniformly distributed in each layer.

5. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that: The material turning mechanism comprises a rotating motor, a transmission shaft, a stirring rod, a stirring paddle and a bevel gear, the rotating motor is connected to the transmission shaft, the transmission shaft penetrates the hollow rotating shaft along an axis, a plurality of horizontal bevel gears are arranged on the transmission shaft at equal intervals, each horizontal bevel gear is in transmission connection with at least two stirring rods, the end of the stirring rod is connected to a vertically arranged bevel gear, the end of the stirring rod is in transmission connection with the transmission shaft through the bevel gear, a plurality of stirring paddles are uniformly distributed on the stirring rod at equal intervals, and the stirring rod penetrates the side wall of the hollow rotating shaft.

6. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that: A shaft sleeve is arranged on the hollow rotating shaft, the shaft sleeve is in rotary sealing connection with the bottom plate of the mixing box, one end of the shaft sleeve is in transmission connection with the driving motor through a bevel gear, and the other end is fixedly connected with at least one scraper.

7. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 6, characterised in that: The scraper is an L-shaped strip, and the scraper is in abutment with and can slide relative to the bottom plate and the side wall of the mixing box; an adding pipe and a discharging pipe are arranged above the mixing box, the adding pipe is used for adding auxiliary materials, the upper portion of the discharging pipe is communicated with the bottom of the feeding box, and a valve is arranged at the lower end of the discharging pipe.

8. The cheese processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The filtering mechanism comprises a filtering cavity, a filtering plate, a collecting box and a material cleaning plate, a reverse U-shaped filtering plate is arranged in the middle of the filtering cavity, the collecting boxes are arranged on both sides of the filtering cavity, the collecting boxes are located outside the vertical plate of the filtering plate, the material cleaning plate is arranged on the filtering plate, and the material cleaning plate is used for scraping the remaining materials on the horizontal plate of the filtering plate into the collecting box.

9. Cheese processing apparatus according to claim 8, characterised in that: The material cleaning plate is connected to a reciprocating mechanism, the reciprocating mechanism comprises a material cleaning motor, a lead screw, a sliding block and a guide rod, the material cleaning motor is connected to the lead screw, the lead screw and the guide rod are connected with the sliding blocks, and the sliding blocks are fixedly connected with the material cleaning plate.

10. The cheese processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The preheating mechanism comprises a preheating cavity and an electric heater, the electric heater is arranged on the side wall of the preheating cavity, a temperature sensor is arranged in the preheating cavity, and the temperature sensor and the electric heater are both in communication connection with a temperature controller; the preheating cavity is communicated with a filtering cavity of the filtering mechanism and is located below the filtering cavity; a plurality of flow guides are arranged staggeredly in the preheating cavity, and the flow guides make the path of the material present an S shape.

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