A prying device for wine brewing
By designing a skid-mounted stilling module for brewing, integrating material supply, conveying, pretreatment and stilling execution units, and combining it with an intelligent control system, the problems of large equipment footprint and uneven material distribution have been solved, achieving efficient and clean brewing production.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- PRETTECH MASCH MFG CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-05
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-24
AI Technical Summary
Existing brewing equipment suffers from problems such as large equipment footprint, high transportation costs, long installation period, material spillage, and uneven distribution during the steaming stage, which affect brewing quality and environmental cleanliness.
The design incorporates a skid-mounted steaming module for brewing, integrating material supply, conveying, pre-treatment, steaming execution units, and an intelligent control system. This achieves modular integration and intelligent operation and maintenance. The system also employs a closed discharge system and robotic cleaning tools to optimize material flow and distribution processes.
It improves space utilization efficiency, reduces installation complexity and cost, avoids material spillage, enhances fabric uniformity and environmental cleanliness, and optimizes material flow efficiency and equipment reliability.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of brewing equipment technology, specifically a skid-mounted steaming module for brewing. Background Technology
[0002] The brewing process of Baijiu (Chinese liquor) is extremely complex, involving numerous pieces of equipment. The steaming stage alone requires various devices such as a mash feeder, a rice husk feeder, a chain conveyor, the steamer itself, and a steaming hopper. The production line is long, the equipment occupies a large area, transportation costs are high, and installation and commissioning after arrival are lengthy, making on-site construction difficult and significantly increasing production costs. Specifically, during the robotic steaming process, material spillage is common, reducing material utilization and impacting on-site cleanliness. Existing steaming robots suffer from significant material spillage and, compared to manual steaming, exhibit uneven material distribution, affecting the quality of the brewed liquor.
[0003] Skid-mounted equipment is a new type of equipment assembly mode that has emerged in recent years. It is supported by an angle steel or I-beam chassis, integrates core components, and forms a functional unit that can be moved as a whole. Only process interfaces and control ports are reserved. Its advantages are simple installation and maintenance, shortened construction period, significant cost-effectiveness, and high operational stability. It is currently used in the energy sector, petrochemical industry, and loading and unloading operations.
[0004] Designing the equipment involved in the steaming process as skid-mounted and combining it with an intelligent control system can solve the current problems. Summary of the Invention
[0005] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this utility model provides a skid-mounted steaming module for brewing, featuring a pre-integrated factory design that reduces floor space, facilitates transportation and rapid deployment, incorporates an efficient leak-proof system to ensure on-site cleanliness and material utilization, and integrates an intelligent control system to achieve intelligent operation and maintenance and process optimization.
[0006] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is as follows: A skid-mounted still-loading module for brewing includes a material supply unit, a material conveying and pre-treatment unit, a mash preparation unit, a still-loading execution unit, and an intelligent control system, all integrated on the same assembly chassis. The material supply unit is located above the material conveying and pretreatment unit and consists of a mash feeding hopper and a rice husk feeding hopper. The mash feeding hopper is used to receive the mash material discharged from the fermentation pit, and the rice husk feeding hopper is used to receive the rice husk material added during distillation. The material conveying and pretreatment unit includes a chain conveyor, a mixing device, and a temporary storage hopper. The chain conveyor is used to receive the mash and rice husk materials provided by the material supply unit. The mixing device is located at the upper discharge end of the chain conveyor. The temporary storage hopper is located below the chain conveyor and downstream of the mixing device, and is used to receive materials that may fall when the conveying stops. The fermentation mash preparation unit includes a cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a cleaning tool and a lid tool for the upper steamer hopper placed on one side. The cleaning robot arm can quickly connect the cleaning tool to clean the edge area of the upper steamer hopper as needed, and quickly connect the lid tool to cover or uncover the upper steamer hopper. The two operations are performed simultaneously. The steaming execution unit includes a steaming robot and a steaming hopper. The steaming robot is located on one side of the steaming pot, and the steaming hopper is equipped with a quick-connect device adapted to the steaming robot. The steaming robot controls the full steaming hopper to perform the steaming and feeding operation into the steaming pot. The intelligent control system monitors the equipment's operating status in real time, integrates AI and big data analysis, intelligently predicts potential faults, provides diagnostic reports and maintenance guidance, and continuously collects and analyzes production data to provide data support and intelligent suggestions for equipment performance optimization, process improvement, and production decisions.
[0007] The upper steamer hopper is configured with two hoppers, and a chain conveyor is installed at the bottom of the upper steamer hopper. Three work positions are set below the discharge end of the chain conveyor: receiving position, full hopper position, and empty hopper position. The upper steamer hopper is transported to the designated work position by the servo motor of the chain conveyor, realizing the cyclical work process of the two upper steamer hoppers in the receiving position → full hopper position → empty hopper position.
[0008] The bottom of the upper steamer hopper is equipped with a dispersing device and a rearward discharge device. When feeding material into the upper steamer, the top of the upper steamer hopper is covered and sealed, and the material is fed through the rearward discharge device at the bottom.
[0009] The rearward discharge device uses a cylinder to drive the movable parts to move back and forth, thereby realizing bottom discharge of the upper steamer hopper and adjustment of the discharge volume.
[0010] The upper steamer hopper rotates upward around its axis by 0-30° under the control of the end joint of the upper steamer robot arm, so as to achieve parabolic material distribution and make the material evenly distributed around the edge of the steamer.
[0011] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: 1. This utility model realizes modular skid-mounted integration of the entire process of feeding mash, adding rice husks, chain plate mixing and conveying, temporary storage and buffering, and robot loading into the still, which greatly improves space utilization efficiency, reduces on-site equipment installation complexity, reduces installation cycle and production cost. The factory pre-integrated design has low space requirements and a wide range of applications. 2. The design of a closed-loop discharge hopper for the steamer prevents material spillage during the feeding process, systematically eliminating the problem of material leakage during the steaming process and achieving efficient leak prevention. 3. A dual-function robot integrating cleaning tools and lid-opening / lid-adding tools is set up to solve the problem of material falling off the top edge of the upper steamer hopper. It simultaneously realizes the opening and closing operation of the top of the hopper, significantly reducing the number of devices and avoiding redundancy. At the same time, it actively cleans pollution sources, improves environmental cleanliness, and realizes pre-pollution control. 4. A three-station cyclic operation process of receiving position, full hopper position and empty hopper position is designed to optimize the material flow efficiency and intelligently control the volume of the hopper to effectively prevent overflow. 5. The upper steamer hopper is designed with a closed bottom discharge, which avoids dust problems during the material distribution process. During the distribution process, the hopper can be tilted at an angle of 0-30 degrees under the joint control of the upper steamer robot arm, so as to achieve edge-fitting spreading of materials, adapt to the geometry of the steamer, and improve the uniformity of material distribution. Attached Figure Description
[0012] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall front structure of this utility model; Figure 2 This is a top view of the overall structure of this utility model; Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the upper steamer basket hopper structure of this utility model; Figure 4 This is a top view of the upper steamer basket hopper. Detailed Implementation
[0013] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments: like Figure 1-3 As shown, the skid-mounted still-loading module equipment for brewing includes a material supply unit 1, a material conveying and pre-processing unit 2, a mash preparation unit 3, a still-loading execution unit 4, and an intelligent control system, all integrated on the same assembly chassis.
[0014] The material supply unit 1 is located above the material conveying and pretreatment unit 2, and consists of a mash feeding hopper 11 and a rice husk feeding hopper 12. The mash feeding hopper 11 is used to receive the mash material discharged from the fermentation pit, and the rice husk feeding hopper 12 is used to receive the rice husk material added during distillation. Corresponding material feeders are set above the two feeding hoppers. The addition of rice husks in the rice husk feeding hopper 12 can be enabled or disabled according to process requirements.
[0015] The material conveying and pretreatment unit 2 includes a chain conveyor 21 and a mixing device 22. The chain conveyor 21 is used to receive the mash and rice husk materials provided by the material supply unit 1, and the mixing device 22 is located at the upper discharge end of the chain conveyor 21.
[0016] The mixing device 22 is used for online mixing of mash and rice husk materials. It uses a motor-driven rotating shaft with a dispersing component. Since it is a simple mechanical structure, it is easy for industry professionals to understand, and the specific structure is not limited here.
[0017] The fermentation mash preparation unit 3 includes a cleaning robot 31. A cleaning tool and a lid-opening tool for the upper steamer hopper are placed on one side of the cleaning robot 31. The cleaning robot 31's arm quickly connects the cleaning tool to clean the edge area of the upper steamer hopper as needed, and quickly connects the lid-opening tool to cover or uncover the upper steamer hopper. Both operations are performed simultaneously. The cleaning robot 31 is positioned near the full position of the upper steamer hopper to solve the problem of material falling from the edge of the hopper when it is full. It simultaneously covers a full upper steamer hopper and uncovers an empty upper steamer hopper.
[0018] The steaming execution unit 4 includes a steaming robot 41 and a steaming hopper 42. The steaming robot 41 is located on one side of the steaming pot 43. The steaming hopper 42 is equipped with a quick-connect device adapted to the steaming robot 41. The steaming robot 41 controls the full steaming hopper 42 to perform the steaming and feeding operation into the steaming pot 43.
[0019] The cleaning robot 31 and the steaming robot 41 used in this utility model can be simple robotic arms that can perform simple control actions. This part belongs to the prior art, so the specific structure will not be described in detail. As long as it can achieve the functions described in this utility model, it is sufficient.
[0020] The intelligent control system monitors the equipment's operating status in real time, integrates AI and big data analysis, intelligently predicts potential faults, provides diagnostic reports and maintenance guidance, and continuously collects and analyzes production data to provide data support and intelligent suggestions for equipment performance optimization, process improvement, and production decisions.
[0021] As a preferred embodiment, in this embodiment, there are two upper steamer hoppers 42. A chain conveyor is installed at the bottom of the upper steamer hopper 42. Three workstations, namely a receiving position, a full hopper position, and an empty hopper position, are set below the discharge end of the chain conveyor 21. The upper steamer hoppers 42 are transported to the designated workstations by the servo motor of the chain conveyor, realizing the cyclical working process of the two upper steamer hoppers 42 from the receiving position → full hopper position → empty hopper position.
[0022] As a preferred embodiment, in this case, the bottom of the upper steamer hopper 42 is provided with a dispersing device 421 and a rearward-moving discharge device 422. When feeding material into the upper steamer, the top of the upper steamer hopper 42 is covered and sealed, and the material is fed through the rearward-moving discharge device 422. The dispersing device 421 is a simple mechanical structure, similar to the structure of the mixing device 22, and is not limited here.
[0023] As a preferred embodiment, in this embodiment, the rearward discharge device 422 uses a cylinder to drive the movable parts to move back and forth to realize the bottom discharge of the upper steamer hopper 42 and the adjustment of the discharge amount.
[0024] The specific process of controlling the loading of the steamer by the loading robot is as follows: 1. The mixed mash and rice husk material is quantitatively conveyed into the upper still hopper 42, where the hopper volume is 0.04-0.08 m³. 3 The intelligent control system ensures that the hopper is filled to 3 / 4-4 / 5 of its volume to prevent overflow. Second: The upper steamer hopper 42 is conveyed to the full position by the bottom chain conveyor, and at the same time the cleaning robot 31 cleans the edge of the upper steamer hopper. The upper steamer robot 41 is connected to the upper steamer hopper 42 through a quick-connect device. 3. The steaming robot 41 controls the steaming hopper 42 to feed the material into the steamer according to the operation requirements of "light, loose, thin, accurate, even, and flat". 4. After the single steamer hopper 42 finishes steaming, place it in the empty hopper position, and then transfer it to the receiving position for receiving materials via the bottom chain conveyor; Fifth: The steaming robot 41 then quickly connects to another steaming hopper 42 from the full hopper position to steam the mash, and repeats the steaming operation. The steaming time for each steaming hopper 42 is set to 15-30 seconds, and the steaming time for each steamer is 20-40 minutes.
[0025] The intelligent control system of this utility model deeply integrates AI and big data analysis, monitors the operating status of equipment in real time (such as robot joints, sensors, transmission mechanisms, etc.), intelligently predicts faults, provides accurate diagnostic reports and maintenance guidance, assists humans in efficiently solving problems, and improves equipment reliability and operation and maintenance efficiency.
[0026] The entire system continuously collects and analyzes production data (such as fabric uniformity, steam utilization rate, fault records, etc.) to provide data support and intelligent suggestions for equipment performance optimization, process improvement and production decisions.
[0027] Since some functions of the intelligent control system are implemented through software, those skilled in the art can design it based on process control requirements, which will not be described in detail here.
[0028] Of course, the above description is not intended to limit the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited to the examples given above. Any changes, modifications, additions or substitutions made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present utility model should also fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.
Claims
1. A skid-mounted steamer module for brewing, characterized in that, It includes a material supply unit (1), a material conveying and pre-processing unit (2), a mash preparation unit (3), a steaming execution unit (4), and an intelligent control system, all integrated on the same assembly chassis. The material supply unit (1) is located above the material conveying and pretreatment unit (2) and consists of a mash feeding hopper (11) and a rice husk feeding hopper (12). The mash feeding hopper (11) is used to receive the mash material discharged from the fermentation pit, and the rice husk feeding hopper (12) is used to receive the rice husk material added during distillation. The material conveying and pretreatment unit (2) includes a chain conveyor (21) and a mixing device (22). The chain conveyor (21) is used to receive the mash and rice husk materials provided by the material supply unit (1). The mixing device (22) is located at the upper discharge end of the chain conveyor (21). The fermentation sieve preparation unit (3) includes a cleaning robot (31). The cleaning robot (31) has a cleaning tool and a hopper cover tool on one side. The cleaning robot (31) arm quickly connects the cleaning tool to clean the edge area of the hopper of the upper steamer as needed, and quickly connects the hopper cover tool to cover or uncover the upper edge of the hopper of the upper steamer. The two operations are performed simultaneously. The steaming execution unit (4) includes a steaming robot (41) and a steaming hopper (42). The steaming robot (41) is located on one side of the steaming pot (43). The steaming hopper (42) is equipped with a quick-connect device adapted to the steaming robot (41). The steaming robot (41) controls the full steaming hopper (42) to perform steaming and feeding operations into the steaming pot (43). The intelligent control system monitors the equipment's operating status in real time, integrates AI and big data analysis, intelligently predicts potential faults, provides diagnostic reports and maintenance guidance, and continuously collects and analyzes production data to provide data support and intelligent suggestions for equipment performance optimization, process improvement, and production decisions.
2. The skid-mounted steamer module equipment for brewing according to claim 1, characterized in that, The upper steamer hopper (42) is configured as two, and a chain conveyor is set at the bottom of the upper steamer hopper (42). Three work positions are set below the discharge end of the chain conveyor (21): receiving position, full hopper position, and empty hopper position. The upper steamer hopper (42) is transported to the designated work position by the servo motor of the chain conveyor, so as to realize the cyclical work process of the two upper steamer hoppers (42) in the receiving position → full hopper position → empty hopper position.
3. A skid-mounted steamer module equipment for brewing according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The bottom of the upper steamer hopper (42) is provided with a dispersing device (421) and a rearward discharge device (422). When the upper steamer is feeding material, the top of the upper steamer hopper (42) is covered and sealed, and the material is fed through the bottom rearward discharge device (422).
4. The skid-mounted steamer module equipment for brewing according to claim 3, characterized in that, The rearward discharge device (422) uses a cylinder to drive the movable parts to move back and forth to realize bottom discharge of the upper steamer hopper (42) and adjustment of the discharge amount.
5. A skid-mounted steamer module equipment for brewing according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The upper steamer hopper (42) rotates upward around the axis by 0-30° under the control of the end joint of the upper steamer robot (41) arm, so as to achieve parabolic material distribution and make the material evenly distributed at the edge of the steamer.