Mineral Powder Pellet Drying Device With Shunting Buffer Assemblies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mineral powder pellet drying devices suffer from inefficient drying due to concentrated rolling on inclined plates, leading to poor contact between hot air and pellets, and high breakage rates from impact upon falling.
Innovation Solution
A mineral powder pellet drying device featuring alternately distributed shunting buffer and anti-breakage assemblies that guide pellets in a dispersed curved trajectory, reducing impact and enhancing hot air contact through adjustable anti-falling plates and a driving assembly that increases travel time and air flow circulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If mineral powder pellets are rolled on an inclined plate in a concentrated manner, then the drying process is simplified, but the contact between hot air flow and pellets is effectively affected, reducing drying efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The drying box is divided into multiple sections with alternating shunting buffer assemblies and anti-breakage assemblies. The shunting buffer assemblies segment the pellet flow into multiple streams, increasing the surface area contact with hot air and improving drying efficiency while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from two-dimensional concentrated rolling on an inclined plate to three-dimensional dispersed falling and bouncing of pellets within the drying box. This dimensional change allows hot air to contact pellets from multiple directions, significantly enhancing drying efficiency.
2Device complexity
If mineral powder pellets are rolled on an inclined plate, then the drying structure is simplified, but pellets generate potential energy impact when falling to the bottom, making them easy to collide and become broken
Solution Approach 1:
Anti-breakage assemblies with elastic buffers are positioned at strategic locations within the drying box to cushion pellets before they reach the bottom. This beforehand cushioning reduces impact forces and prevents breakage without requiring a completely complex drying structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The shunting buffer assemblies act as intermediaries that redirect pellet trajectories, preventing direct falls to the bottom. These buffers mediate the interaction between gravity-driven pellet movement and the drying process, reducing harmful impacts while maintaining structural simplicity.
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
Improved drying efficiency and reduced breakage by dispersing pellet impact and increasing contact with hot air, resulting in enhanced drying performance and applicability.
Implementation Method 1
the shunting buffer assemblies are configured to withstand the impact of falling mineral powder pellets in an elastically concave mode
Implementation Method 2
evaporating water in the mineral powder pellets and making the water being taken away by the hot air flow
Implementation Method 3
guiding hot air flow to the mineral powder pellets
Implementation Method 4
the lower end of the supporting rod is connected with an inner wall of the supporting cylinder through a supporting spring
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mineral powder processing, and provides a mineral powder pellet drying device, the device includes a drying box body and a material preparation trough, and shunting buffer assemblies are configured to withstand the impact of falling mineral powder pellets in an elastically concave mode and guide the mineral powder pellets to two sides for dispersion. The device in the present disclosure has a simple structure, and is capable of buffering the impact strength of the falling mineral powder pellets, so that the breakage of the mineral powder pellets caused by a fast falling speed is avoided, therefore, the device in the present disclosure has a better drying effect and is highly applicable.