Artificial turf filler manufacturing device

Abstract

To provide an artificial turf filler manufacturing device capable of putting a larger amount of filler in one bag.SOLUTION: An artificial turf filler manufacturing device 1 is provided with a manufacturing part 2 for manufacturing a filler and a bagging part 3 provided on the downstream side of the manufacturing part 2, and the bagging part 3 is provided with a mounting table 10 on which a bag B for filling the filler is placed, and lifting means 11 for moving the mounting table 10 up and down, and the lifting means 11 drops the bag B after lifting it.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an artificial turf infill manufacturing device. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, artificial turf has multiple turf threads erected on a base fabric, and filler containing rubber chips is filled between the turf threads. The rubber chips are black in color, and therefore have the disadvantage that the surface temperature is easily high, especially in summer. In addition, in recent years, there have been concerns about the adverse effects of the rubber chips on human health.

[0003] In response to this, in recent years, fillers made of plant-derived components that do not contain rubber chips (hereinafter referred to as plant-derived fillers) have been developed as fillers for artificial turf (see, for example, Patent Document 1). For example, components derived from coconut shells or cork are used as plant-derived components. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2020-118028 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] On the other hand, the plant-derived components have a large bulk volume, and therefore, when the filler is packed into a flexible container bag or the like for transportation, the amount that can fit in one bag is small. Therefore, the conventional plant fillers have a problem of high transportation costs.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an artificial turf infill manufacturing device that is capable of putting a larger amount of infill into one bag. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The present invention is an artificial turf filler manufacturing apparatus comprising a manufacturing section for manufacturing filler and a bagging section provided downstream of the manufacturing section, the bagging section having a mounting table on which bags for packing the filler are placed, and a lifting means for moving the mounting table up and down, the lifting means being provided for dropping the bags after lifting them.

[0008] In addition, in the present invention, the manufacturing section may have a mixing means for mixing the raw materials of the filler, and the mixing means may be connected to a water supplying means. Also, in the present invention, the lifting means may be a piston means. Effect of the Invention

[0009] The present invention makes it possible to provide an artificial turf filler manufacturing apparatus that is equipped with a bagging unit and has a lifting means for moving a loading platform up and down, thereby enabling a larger amount of filler to be put into one bag. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 1. An artificial turf infill manufacturing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as the manufacturing apparatus) 1 comprises a manufacturing section 2 and a bagging section 3. The manufacturing section 2 is a line for manufacturing infill, and the bagging section 3 is an apparatus for packing the infill into bags B, such as flexible container bags.

[0012] In this embodiment, the filler is made of plant-derived components, for example, crushed coconut shells containing granular components and thread-like fibers, mixed with at least one of cork granules, corn cob granules, and fruit (e.g., olive and plum) seed granules.

[0013] In this embodiment, the production section 2 has a mixing means 4, a crushing means 5, and a sorting means. In particular, in the production apparatus 1 in which the filler contains the seed granules, it is possible to further have a heating means (not shown) such as a boiler to remove the pulp remaining around the seeds. The crushing means and the sorting means can be provided for each raw material.

[0014] The crushing means may be any known means, for example, the crushing means 5 for crushing coconut shells has a primary crushing means 5a and a secondary crushing means 5b provided downstream of the primary crushing means 5a, and crushes the raw material to a predetermined size in two stages. That is, the crushing means 5 first crushes the raw material to a certain degree by the primary crushing means 5a, and then adjusts the size of the granular components and thread-like fibers by the secondary crushing means 5b, for example, a fan crushing device. Note that similar means may be used for crushing other raw materials (not shown).

[0015] The sorting means is provided to remove dust from the material crushed by the crushing means 5. Any known sorting means can be used as the sorting means, but for example, a centrifugal sorter 6 that sorts by centrifugal force of wind is used as the sorting means for sorting coconut shells. The top side of the centrifugal sorter 6 is connected to a dust collector 7, so that light dust blown up by the wind can be collected by the dust collector 7.

[0016] The bottom side of the centrifugal separator 6 is connected to a storage section 8 for temporarily storing the crushed raw material, and granular components and thread-like fibers that are not blown up by the wind fall down from the crushed raw material and are stored in the storage section 8. Note that similar sorting means (not shown) for sorting other raw materials can also be used.

[0017] The mixing means 4 is provided to mix the raw materials to produce the filler. In this embodiment, the mixing means 4 is provided so as to be able to supply the raw materials from the storage section 8 in which the raw materials are stored, and in this embodiment, in order to mix the plant-derived materials as uniformly as possible, the mixing means 4 is connected to a water supply means (not shown) so that the raw materials can be mixed by adding water.

[0018] The filler produced by the production section 2 is transported to the bagging section 3 and packed into bags B. In this embodiment, a transport means is provided for this purpose. As the transport means, for example, an elevator 9 can be adopted.

[0019] The bagging section 3 is provided to fill the bag B with the filler by repeatedly raising and dropping the bag B containing the filler, and has a placement table 10 on which the bag B can be placed, and lifting means 11 for moving the placement table 10 up and down. In this embodiment, the bagging section 3 is provided with a plurality of placement tables 10 and lifting means 11, and further has a distribution means 12 for distributing the filler to the bags B placed on each placement table 10. The filler is first transported to the distribution means 12 by an elevator 9.

[0020] The lifting means 11 is provided to lift the bag B together with the mounting table 10 when a certain amount of the filler has been placed in the bag B, and then to drop the bag B. In this embodiment, a piston means is used as the lifting means 11, and the bag B is lifted by applying fluid pressure to the piston means, and the bag B is dropped by releasing the fluid pressure.

[0021] When a certain amount of the filler is poured into bag B by sorting means 12, bag filling section 3 raises bag B together with platform 10 by lifting means 11, and then drops bag B. The filler in bag B is then clogged by the impact of the drop, and the bulk volume decreases. Further, sorting means 12 pours the filler into bag B, and bag B is raised and dropped again. By repeating this process, it is possible to pack a larger amount of the filler into bag B.

[0022] For example, if there is no impact from the drop, that is, if the filler is simply packed into bag B, then approximately 500 kg of the filler can be packed into one bag. If the impact from the drop is applied, then it is possible to pack approximately 1 t (approximately 1000 kg) of the filler into one bag.

[0023] Therefore, in the manufacturing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the lifting means 11 repeatedly raises and drops the bag B containing the filler, thereby making it possible to reduce the bulk volume of the filler and put a larger amount of filler into one bag.

[0024] Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the above embodiment is an example of a manufacturing apparatus 1 for manufacturing a filler containing a mixture of multiple components, but the present invention can also be applied to an apparatus for manufacturing a filler containing a single component. In that case, at least the mixing means 4 is not required. [Explanation of symbols]

[0025] 1 Artificial turf filler manufacturing equipment 2 Manufacturing department 3 Bagging department 4 Mixing means 5 Crushing means 5a Primary crushing means 5b Secondary crushing means 6 Centrifugal separator 7 Dust collector 8 Storage section 9 Elevator 10 Placement platform 11 Lifting means 12 Sorting means B Bag

Claims

1. An artificial turf infill manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing department for manufacturing a filler; A bagging section is provided downstream of the manufacturing section, The bagging section has a placement table on which bags for filling the filler are placed, and a lifting means for moving the placement table up and down, The lifting means is provided for lifting the bag and then dropping it, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2. The manufacturing section has a mixing means for mixing raw materials of the filler, 2. The artificial turf infill manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mixing means is connected to a water supply means.

3. 3. The artificial turf infill manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lifting means is a piston means.

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