Even Speed Device for Uniform Dough Flow in Food Forming
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inconsistent lengths of food products formed by dough passing through a food shaping mold are due to uneven dough speed caused by friction and other factors, leading to inconsistent product quality.
Innovation Solution
An even speed device with a plate body featuring a plurality of penetrating holes, where the angle and arrangement of the holes are adjusted based on the dough's penetrating speed to ensure consistent dough speed before it passes through the shaping mold, resulting in consistent food lengths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If dough is pushed through a food shaping mold, then food products are formed, but the dough speed becomes uneven due to friction and vacuum, causing inconsistent food lengths
Solution Approach 1:
The plate body is divided into multiple penetrating holes, segmenting the dough flow into multiple parallel streams. This segmentation allows each hole to regulate dough passage independently, preventing the uneven speed distribution that occurs when dough moves as a single mass through a mold, thereby achieving more consistent food lengths
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the plate body have penetrating holes with different cross-sectional areas, creating local quality variations. The holes are arranged with different sizes in different locations to compensate for local speed variations caused by friction and vacuum effects, ensuring uniform dough speed across the entire forming area and consistent food product lengths
2Productivity
If the dough is pushed by a screw or piston, then the dough moves through the forming area, but friction and vacuum cause uneven speed distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The plate body with penetrating holes acts as an intermediary device between the dough feeding mechanism and the food shaping mold. It regulates and equalizes the dough speed before the dough enters the forming area, eliminating the uneven speed distribution caused by friction and vacuum while maintaining efficient dough conveyance through the system
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AI summary
Provided is a food forming apparatus. An even speed device with a plurality of penetrating holes is disposed before the dough passes through the food shaping mold, making the dough to have even speed in the forming area (usually be cylindrical but not limited), then the food formed by passing through the food shaping mold Will have more consistent length and eliminate the technical issue about the inconsistent lengths of the food.