Intelligent Dripping Pill Machine Centrifugal De-oiling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dripping pill manufacturing equipment faces challenges in efficiently separating pills from cooling liquids, leading to contamination, high energy consumption, large equipment size, and cross-contamination risks due to inefficient liquid-solid separation and large paraffin heat exchange surfaces.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent dripping pill machine employing high-speed centrifugation for liquid removal, a compact design with sequential connected devices for continuous manufacturing, and a de-oiling device with a spiral separator to enhance separation efficiency and reduce equipment size, utilizing a twin-screw structure for material mixing and a vibration device for precise dripping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If liquid cooling method is adopted for dripping pill manufacturing, then cooling effect is achieved, but liquid-solid separation becomes difficult and contamination occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional liquid cooling method with a mechanical centrifugal separation system. The centrifugal separator uses rotational force to separate solid dripping pills from liquid cooling medium, eliminating the contamination problem while maintaining cooling efficiency through the same mechanical force applied during separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the cooling function from the liquid medium and applies it separately, then extracts the solid pills from the liquid using centrifugal force. This separation of cooling function from the liquid-solid mixture allows independent optimization of both cooling efficiency and separation effectiveness.
2Power
If large paraffin heat exchange surface area is used, then heat exchange capacity is improved, but equipment volume increases and energy consumption rises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the heat exchange system by using a centrifugal separation mechanism that operates at high rotational speeds. This allows efficient heat exchange and separation without requiring large surface areas, as the centrifugal force intensifies the separation process and reduces the equipment footprint while maintaining or improving heat exchange capacity.
3Device complexity
If traditional dripping pill equipment is used, then manufacturing process is simple, but production capacity is limited and quality consistency is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into an integrated centrifugal separation system that combines cooling, separation, and drying operations. This consolidation maintains operational simplicity while dramatically increasing production capacity and ensuring quality consistency through automated, continuous processing without requiring complex multi-step procedures.
4Manufacturing precision
If cooling liquid is used for solidification, then dripping pills can be formed, but contamination and cross-contamination risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces liquid-based cooling and solidification with a mechanical centrifugal separation system. This eliminates direct contact between the product and large volumes of cooling liquid, thereby removing the contamination pathway while still achieving the necessary solidification through controlled cooling and mechanical separation.
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
The machine achieves flexible batch production with consistent quality, high production capacity, reduced material residues, improved dose accuracy, and increased bioavailability by ensuring thorough separation and efficient energy use, while minimizing equipment volume and contamination risks.
Implementation Method 1
de-oiling device with a spiral separator to enhance separation efficiency
Implementation Method 2
a vibration device connected with the dripping tray and used for driving the dripping tray to vibrate at a vibration frequency of 10-500 Hz
Implementation Method 3
a cooling device comprising a compressor, a heat exchanger and a pump
Implementation Method 4
a twin-screw structure connected with the driving device
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AI summary
An intelligent dripping pill machine for continuous liquid solidification comprises: a feeding device (1), a material combining device (2), a homogenizing device (3), a dripping device (4) and a de-oiling device (5) sequentially connected via a transmission channel. The intelligent dripping pill machine removes, via high-speed centrifugation, a cooling liquid attached to dripping pills, and each component device is connected compactly, thereby achieving a continuous manufacturing operation, and reducing an occupied space of the devices as a whole while ensuring the yield of the dripping pills.