Casing Brake Synchronization via Torsional Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing casing holding devices for portioning and filling pasty products, such as sausage meat, face challenges in ensuring the casing rotates reliably with the filling tube, leading to suboptimal sausage formation due to complex and less effective solutions like separate rotary drives for the casing brake.
Innovation Solution
The casing brake is set in rotation using a torsionally rigid and detachable entrainment element, eliminating the need for a separate rotary drive and ensuring the casing rotates synchronously with the filling tube, while a non-rotatable connection between the entrainment element and casing brake allows for adjustable tension and protection of the casing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate rotary drive is used for the casing brake, then the casing can be rotated, but the device complexity increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the casing brake's rotation function with the filling tube's rotation by coupling the brake to the filling tube's drive mechanism. The casing brake is rotatably mounted on the support member and rotates synchronously with the filling tube through mechanical coupling, eliminating the need for a separate rotary drive and reducing overall system complexity while improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member serves multiple functions: it supports the filling tube, mounts the casing brake rotatably, and transmits rotation to the casing brake. This multi-functional design reduces the number of separate components needed for casing rotation, simplifying the device structure.
2Reliability
If the casing brake is made stationary, then the structure is simpler, but the casing cannot rotate properly for twist formation
Solution Approach 1:
The casing brake is designed with dynamic rotation capability, transitioning from a stationary component to a rotatable one. The brake is rotatably mounted on the support member and rotates synchronously with the filling tube, enabling proper casing twist formation while maintaining a relatively simple structural implementation.
3Reliability
If a complex rotary drive system is implemented, then casing rotation is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the casing brake rotation with the filling tube rotation through mechanical coupling, the system achieves reliable casing rotation without requiring separate control mechanisms. The brake rotates passively with the filling tube, simplifying operation while maintaining reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables reliable and efficient rotation of the casing, ensuring consistent sausage production by synchronizing the casing brake with the filling tube's rotation, reducing operational complexity and improving sausage formation quality.
Implementation Method 1
the entrainment element is coupled to the skin brake in a torsionally rigid and detachable manner
Implementation Method 2
the casing pulled off the filling tube as a result of the filling is set in rotation together with the filling tube and the rotating casing brake
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AI summary
The device has a filling pipe (11) pivotably attached at a rear end, where a casing (13) is extended on the filling pipe. An inlet opening (16) is provided on a front end of the filling pipe. A tubular follower organ (15) surrounds the filling pipe and is attached with the filling pipe in a rotationally fixed and detachable manner. The filling pipe with the inlet opening is discharged in a casing brake (49). The follower organ is coupled with the casing brake in a rotationally fixed and detachable manner. A stationary support element (47) is provided with a retainer (22) for the casing brake.