Rotating Press Bed for Rosin Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The extraction of oils and rosins from plant material using compression is a labor-intensive process, requiring manual scraping of extracts from heated compression plates after the process is completed.
Innovation Solution
A press device that rotates from a horizontal to a vertical orientation, allowing extracted oils or rosins to drip out and be collected, featuring C-shaped or H-shaped configurations with heated platens and intermediate platens for enhanced compression and extraction efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If plant material is compressed between heated compression plates, then oils and rosins are extracted from the plant material, but the extracts accumulate on the compression plates requiring manual scraping
Solution Approach 1:
The press bed is designed to rotate from a horizontal orientation during loading to a vertical orientation during extraction. This dynamic change in orientation allows extracted materials to drip away from the compression plates under gravity, eliminating the need for manual scraping and significantly reducing labor requirements while maintaining extraction efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a rotational dimension to the traditionally static press bed. By transitioning from horizontal to vertical orientation, the system utilizes gravity in the vertical dimension to facilitate automatic drainage of extracts, converting a labor-intensive scraping operation into a passive gravity-driven collection process
2Ease of operation
If the press bed rotates from horizontal to vertical orientation, then extracts can drip out for collection, but the complexity of the press device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The press bed incorporates a rotational mechanism that transitions between horizontal and vertical orientations. This dynamic capability enables automatic extract drainage during the extraction phase while maintaining structural simplicity through a straightforward rotation design that integrates with the existing press framework
Solution Approach 2:
The rotating press bed serves multiple functions: it facilitates material loading in horizontal orientation, enables extract drainage in vertical orientation, and can be integrated with both C-shaped and H-shaped press configurations. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate drainage mechanisms, thereby limiting the increase in overall device complexity
3Productivity
If intermediate platens are added between upper and lower platens, then additional material can be compressed in a single pressing process, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The compression system is segmented into multiple independent platens (upper, intermediate, and lower) that can be individually adjusted and operated. This segmentation allows each platen to process separate material layers simultaneously, effectively doubling or tripling the processing capacity without requiring a completely new press design, as the intermediate platen integrates into the existing multi-layer structure
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates efficient collection of oils and rosins by allowing them to drip out of the press, reducing manual labor and improving the extraction process through controlled compression and heat application.
Implementation Method 1
heated compression plates of a press
Implementation Method 2
plant material is compressed between heated compression plates
Implementation Method 3
any oils or rosin pressed out of the plant material may drip out of the vertical press bed for collection
Data Source
AI summary
A device for compressing plant material to extract fluids/oils/rosin. The device is composed of a press and stand. The press is rotatively coupled to the stand such that a press bed of the press may move between a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation. When disposed in the vertical orientation, fluids pressed out of the plant material may drip out of the device to a collection location.