Yeast adding device for wine product production
By introducing a negative pressure fan, dust collector, and gravity sensor into the koji-adding device, the problem of existing koji-adding devices relying on manual experience has been solved, realizing automated control of koji material feeding and dust removal, and improving koji-adding efficiency and product consistency.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-21
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-31
AI Technical Summary
Existing koji-adding devices rely on manual experience to control the koji materials, making it difficult to ensure the consistency of the wine products. The efficiency of adding koji to multiple materials is low, and there are also dust problems.
Design a koji-adding device equipped with a negative pressure fan, a dust collector, a gravity sensor, and a controller. The negative pressure fan controls the koji material feeding speed, the dust collector removes dust, and the gravity sensor monitors the weight of the koji material, thereby achieving automated control and dust removal.
It has achieved automated control of koji material feeding, improved koji addition efficiency and product consistency, and reduced labor intensity and dust risk in the production environment.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of wine product production, specifically relates to a device for mixing koji material and adding koji to fermented grains. BACKGROUND
[0002] Wine is a liquid made of grain as raw material and koji, its main chemical component is ethanol, and it generally contains trace amounts of fusel alcohol, which is a kind of beverage with cultural characteristics.
[0003] The work of adding koji to raw materials is usually carried out by a koji adding device. The koji adding device in the prior art has a funnel structure and is arranged at the end of the spreading and airing production line. The koji is added to the fermented grains through the funnel structure. However, the existing koji adding device only plays a guiding role in the koji, and the amount of koji added still needs to be controlled by the experience of the staff, which requires higher working experience of the staff and is difficult to guarantee the consistency of the wine product. At the same time, the existing koji adding device is mainly suitable for the koji adding work of single material koji, and for multi-material koji, the material still needs to be manually mixed in advance, the koji adding efficiency of multi-material koji is low, and the labor intensity of the staff is high. In addition, during the koji adding process using the existing koji adding device and the process of mixing multi-material koji, there is a obvious dust phenomenon, which is not conducive to the safety production and the health protection of the staff. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0004] The utility model provides a koji adding device for wine product production in order to avoid the deficiencies of the prior art.
[0005] The utility model discloses a koji adding device for wine product production, which has a feeding port and a discharge port in the koji bin with a cavity, a feeding branch pipe, a negative pressure fan and a feeding pipeline.
[0006] The front ends of the at least two feeding branch pipes are communicated with the koji material, and the rear ends are connected in parallel to the front end of the feeding pipeline, and the rear end of the feeding pipeline is communicated with the feeding port.
[0007] The negative pressure fan is arranged in the feeding branch pipe to form an air flow from the front end of the feeding branch pipe to the feeding port.
[0008] Further, the feeding pipeline is communicated with a dust collector; the dust collector is used to remove fine dust in the feeding pipeline to avoid explosion caused by high content of fine dust in the koji bin.
[0009] Further, a controller, a supporting leg and a gravity sensor are arranged.
[0010] The koji bin is supported and fixed by the supporting leg, and the gravity sensor is arranged at the connection between the koji bin and the supporting leg.
[0011] The controller is in data communication with the negative pressure fan and the gravity sensor;
[0012] In actual settings, the controller is preferably a Siemens S-series PLC control module.
[0013] Further, the koji tank is supported and fixed by four circumferentially and evenly distributed supporting legs, and the gravity sensor is arranged at the connection between each supporting leg and the koji tank.
[0014] Further, a spiral feeder and a conveying pipeline are arranged.
[0015] The inlet of the spiral feeder is in communication with the discharge port, and the outlet is in communication with the inlet of the conveying pipeline, and the spiral feeder sends the koji material in the koji tank to the downstream process through the conveying pipeline.
[0016] The koji device for wine product production has the following advantages:
[0017] 1. The negative pressure airflow generated by the negative pressure fan is used to realize the feeding of the koji material, the feeding speed of the koji material can be controlled by adjusting the wind power of the negative pressure fan, so as to meet the requirements of the process on the ratio of the koji material, and the koji device has the advantages of simple operation, high efficiency, low labor intensity, and low requirements on the operation experience of the operator.
[0018] 2. The dust collector can remove fine dust in the koji material during the conveying of the koji material, avoid the explosion caused by the high content of fine dust in the koji tank, and improve the dust raising condition of the production site and optimize the production environment.
[0019] 3. The gravity sensor is used to obtain the weight change information of the koji material in the koji tank, so as to accurately control the conveying amount of the koji material; and the weight change information of the koji material can also feed back the production running condition information including the yield and production efficiency, and provide a basis for monitoring the production condition of the production line.
[0020] 4. The koji device has low equipment cost, convenient operation, and good practicability. DRAWINGS
[0021] Figure 1 The koji device is a structural schematic view.
[0022] In the drawings:
[0023] 1, feeding branch pipe, 2, negative pressure fan, 3, dust collector, 4, koji tank, 5, gravity sensor, 6, spiral feeder, 7, supporting leg, 8, feeding pipeline, 9, conveying pipeline. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this utility model clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the embodiments of this utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this utility model, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of this utility model.
[0025] Example 1
[0026] A device for adding yeast in the production of alcoholic beverages, such as Figure 1 As shown, its structural relationship is as follows: the koji chamber 4 with an internal cavity has an inlet and an outlet. The front ends of the two feed branch pipes 1 are respectively connected to the koji material chamber containing koji powder and compound functional fungi products, and the rear ends are connected in parallel to the front end of the feed pipe 8. The rear end of the feed pipe 8 is connected to the inlet.
[0027] The crankcase 4 is supported and fixed by four legs 7 evenly distributed around its outer perimeter, and gravity sensors 5 are respectively installed at the connection between the crankcase 4 and the legs 7.
[0028] A negative pressure fan 2 is installed inside the feed branch pipe 1 to form an airflow from the front end of the feed branch pipe 1 to the feed inlet.
[0029] Preferably, the feed pipe 8 is connected to a dust collector 3 to remove fine dust from the feed pipe 8, so as to prevent the fine dust content in the silo 4 from being too high and causing an explosion.
[0030] Preferably, it also includes a screw feeder 6 and a conveying pipe 9;
[0031] The inlet of the screw feeder 6 is connected to the outlet, and the outlet is connected to the inlet of the conveying pipe 9.
[0032] Preferably, a Siemens S7-200 series PLC control module is provided, which is connected to the negative pressure fan 2 and the gravity sensor 5, and is also connected to the screw feeder 6.
[0033] The process of mixing and feeding the yeast starter using the aforementioned yeast-adding device for alcohol production includes the following steps:
[0034] The first step is to connect the front ends of the two feed branch pipes 1 to the koji silos containing koji powder and compound functional microbial products, respectively, according to the koji composition and ratio required by the production process, and adjust the suction of the two negative pressure fans 2 accordingly.
[0035] Second step, start two negative pressure fan 2 and dust collector 3, and the compound function bacteria preparation in the function of negative pressure fan 2, respectively via two feed branch pipes 1 into the feed pipeline 8, fixed ratio mixing delivery to the koji tank 4, form koji.
[0036] Third step, according to the production plan, after koji tank 4 has enough koji, close negative pressure fan 2 and dust collector 3.
[0037] Fourth step, start the spiral feeder 6, according to the indication of pressure sensor 5, koji in koji tank 4 via the delivery pipeline 9 quantitative to downstream process.
[0038] In the fourth step, the indication of pressure sensor 5 takes the average value of four pressure sensor 5 indications.
[0039] It should be noted that in this paper, such as first and second relationship terms are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between the entities or operations. Moreover, the term "includes", "contains" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or equipment including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or equipment. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including a" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or equipment including the element.
[0040] The above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit it; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing examples, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing examples, or make equivalent replacement for part of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
Claims
1. A koji-adding device for the production of alcoholic beverages, wherein the koji chamber (4) with an internal cavity has an inlet and an outlet, characterized in that: It is provided with feed branch pipe (1), negative pressure fan (2) and feed pipeline (8); The front ends of the at least two feed branch pipes (1) are respectively communicated with the curved material, and the rear ends are connected in parallel to the front end of the feed pipeline (8), and the rear end of the feed pipeline (8) is communicated with the feed port; The negative pressure fan (2) is arranged in the feed branch pipe (1).
2. The inoculum adding device for wine production according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feed pipeline (8) is provided with a dust remover (3).
3. The yeast inoculation device for wine production of claim 1, wherein: It is provided with a controller, a supporting leg (7) and a gravity sensor (5); The curved bin (4) is supported and fixed by the supporting leg (7), and the gravity sensor (5) is arranged at the connection between the curved bin (4) and the supporting leg (7); The controller is in data communication with the negative pressure fan (2) and the gravity sensor (5).
4. The yeast inoculation device for wine production of claim 3, wherein: The curved bin (4) is supported and fixed by four supporting legs (7) arranged circumferentially, and the gravity sensor (5) is arranged at the connection between each supporting leg (7) and the curved bin (4).
5. The yeast inoculation device for wine production of claim 1, wherein: It is also provided with a spiral feeder (6) and a conveying pipeline (9); The inlet of the spiral feeder (6) is communicated with the discharge port, and the outlet is communicated with the inlet of the conveying pipeline (9).