Animal Fat Grading via Cooling Solidification and Scraping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for grading animal fats based on melting points are inefficient, leading to low purity and incomplete separation of fats with different melting points, as they typically melt fats from the outside in and fail to collect fats with the same melting point uniformly.
Innovation Solution
An animal fat grading device and method that involves a temperature control system, a collecting and stirring assembly, and a compacting mechanism to convert solid animal fats into liquid, stir, cool, and then solidify them into blocks, allowing for precise collection and separation of fats based on melting points using a cooling solidification process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional heating grading collection method is used to melt fats from outside to inside, then the process is simple, but the purity of fats with the same melting point is low and separation is incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional heating approach by using cooling solidification instead. Rather than melting fats from outside to inside through heating, the system cools liquid fats to solidify them, causing fats with different melting points to solidify at different temperatures and locations within the barrel. This inversion enables complete separation of fats with the same melting point while maintaining manageable device complexity through the use of a scraper mechanism and temperature control system.
2Manufacturing precision
If conventional melting method is used, then the operation is simple, but it is impossible to obtain fats with the same melting point uniformly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by first heating and melting all fats uniformly before cooling and solidification. The system heats the liquid fats to ensure complete melting and uniform distribution, then systematically cools the barrel to cause solidification. This preliminary heating phase ensures that when cooling occurs, all fats with the same melting point are uniformly distributed and can be collected together, achieving uniformity in fat collection while the automated temperature control manages operational complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If cooling solidification collection method is used, then grading precision and purity are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the barrel to serve multiple functions: heating, cooling, stirring, and solidification all occur within the same barrel structure. The temperature control device also performs dual functions of heating and cooling. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each process, thereby managing device complexity while achieving high grading precision through the cooling solidification method.
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 method achieves high grading precision and purity by ensuring all fats with the same melting point are collected, improving the overall grading effect and allowing for further studies on the health impacts of fats with different melting points.
Implementation Method 1
heating the barrel by the temperature control device to completely convert the solid animal fats into liquid animal fats
Implementation Method 2
cooling the barrel by the temperature control device, and squeezing solidified fats into blocks
Implementation Method 3
starting the motor to stir after the solid animal fats are completely converted into the liquid animal fats
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AI summary
Disclosed are an animal fat grading device and an animal fat grading method. The device includes a frame, a barrel, a temperature control device, a collecting part, a compacting part and a collecting and stirring assembly; the frame is fixedly connected with the barrel, the barrel is connected with the temperature control device, the collecting part is located at a bottom of the barrel, the compacting part is located inside the barrel, and a top of the frame is telescopically connected with the collecting and stirring assembly; the collecting and stirring assembly includes a connecting plate, a stirring part and a scraper; the top of the connecting plate is telescopically connected with the top of the frame, and the bottom of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the stirring part and the scraper; the stirring part is located in a center of the scraper, and the scraper corresponds to the compacting part. The application achieves an objective of grading fats with different melting points.