Paste Ball Formation Machine with Hydraulic Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing machinery for producing ball-shaped paste fillings for olives faces difficulties in efficient collection and transport, leading to increased costs and maintenance due to complex mechanisms and high breakdown rates, as well as incomplete filling and deformation of olives.
Innovation Solution
A machine with a rotating cylinder and radial dosing chambers for forming paste balls, combined with an elongated tank for continuous transport and a recirculating water system, along with adjustable water flow and a mobile barrier for optimized ball movement and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If buckets arranged in continuous transport mechanisms are used for ball collection and transport, then ball collection and transport are achieved, but the machine complexity increases and breakdowns occur due to synchronization requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the complex bucket transport mechanism and replaces it with a simple elongated tank that collects balls directly from the rotating cylinder. The tank uses water circulation for passive transport, eliminating the need for synchronized mechanical buckets and reducing machine complexity while maintaining productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a hydraulic system (water circulation) to transport paste balls through the elongated tank. The water current passively moves balls from the collection point to the discharge point, replacing complex mechanical synchronization with simple fluid-based transport.
2Ease of operation
If strips are used for filling olives, then paste can be easily handled, but the filling does not completely occupy the olive cavity causing deformations and breaking
Solution Approach 1:
The invention forms paste into spherical balls instead of linear strips. The spherical shape allows the filling to completely occupy the olive cavity from all directions, ensuring complete filling without deformations or breaking, while the balls remain as easy to handle as strips.
3Productivity
If ball-shaped paste portions are produced, then handling and insertion efficiency improve, but collection and transport mechanisms become more complex with higher maintenance costs
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the complex synchronized bucket mechanism from the collection and transport system, replacing it with a simple elongated tank that directly receives balls from the rotating cylinder. This drastic simplification reduces manufacturing costs while maintaining the productivity benefits of ball-shaped portions.
Solution Approach 2:
The elongated tank with water circulation serves as a self-contained collection and transport system that requires minimal external mechanisms. The water current automatically transports balls without requiring additional motors, sensors, or synchronization systems, reducing both manufacturing cost and maintenance requirements.
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
Facilitates continuous and efficient formation, collection, and transport of paste balls, reducing production costs and maintaining machine efficiency while ensuring complete olive filling and improved presentation.
Implementation Method 1
a rotation cylinder with horizontal axis, which has a plurality of radial paste dosing chambers inside it, formed from the outer surface of said rotating cylinder
Implementation Method 2
The tank is filled with a hardening solution of the paste balls in water, in which said balls float
Implementation Method 3
The water recirculates through the recirculation circuit, which absorbs the water in the final section of the tank and pours it in the initial section, thus originating a current which transports the paste balls
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AI summary
Machine for the formation of crushed edible product paste balls, with a paste deposit (1), a rotating cylinder (2), and a ball (4)-shaped paste intake and ejection mechanism into collection and transport means formed by an elongated tank (6) open in its upper part, transverse to the rotating cylinder (2), and filled with a ball (4) hardening solution in water, recirculated through a recirculation circuit (7) originating a current which transports the balls (4) along the tank (6). The machine also has flow variation means (11) arranged in the tank (6), which varies the water flow circulating in the tank (6) in order to change the speed of the paste ball (4) displacement along said tank (6).