Homogeneous Hashish Product Manufacturing via Marker Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for producing hashish products at an industrial scale face challenges in achieving uniform distribution of cannabinoids and other components, leading to inconsistent dosage and user experience due to variability in texture, consistency, and color, which limits the development of the legal cannabis industry.
Innovation Solution
A method for manufacturing hashish products that involves creating a cohesive mass of isolated cannabis trichomes with a detectable marker, ensuring the marker is substantially homogeneously distributed throughout the product, achieving a uniform ratio of marker content in different portions, and incorporating additional components like cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids for enhanced consistency and potency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mechanical presses are used to produce hash products at industrial scale, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to variability in finished product characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by controlling moisture content (10-20%), temperature (20-40°C), and pressure (5-50 psi) during the pressing process to achieve consistent product characteristics at industrial scale while maintaining manufacturing precision
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by ensuring homogeneous distribution of trichomes and cannabinoids throughout the hash product through controlled mixing and pressing parameters, creating uniform local characteristics across the entire product batch
2Manufacturing precision
If hand presses are used to produce hash products, then manufacturing precision is improved through skilled operation, but productivity deteriorates due to small scale and inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by using mechanical presses that automatically apply controlled pressure and maintain specified parameters without requiring skilled manual operation, enabling industrial scale production while maintaining consistent quality through automated process control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses parameter changes by setting specific moisture content (10-20%), temperature (20-40°C), and pressure (5-50 psi) ranges that allow mechanical presses to produce consistent results without requiring the 'art' of hand pressing, thereby enabling scalable production
3Device complexity
If current mixing methods are used to combine hashish components, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to uneven distribution of cannabinoids
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies homogeneity by using mixing methods that ensure uniform distribution of trichomes and cannabinoids throughout the hash product, achieving consistent cannabinoid content (0.5-5% THC) across all product units and batches through controlled mixing parameters
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AI summary
Traditional methods of hash production are very labor intensive, and do not yield a product that is homogeneous, whether within a unit or across multiple units from a batch. The present disclosure relates to a hash product comprising a cohesive mass of isolated cannabis trichomes and a marker, where the distribution of the marker is substantially homogeneous throughout the product. For example, the detectable marker can be distributed in at least 80 vol.% of the hashish product. Additionally, or alternatively, the hashish product includes a first content of the marker in a core portion thereof and a second content of the marker in a peripheral portion thereof, where the first content and the second content are present in a ratio first content / second content of from 0.85 to 1.15. Such hash product may be consumed by inhalation or ingestion.