Suction Device for Sausage Filling Tube to Remove Segregated Fluid
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Solution Overview
Problem
The production of sausage-shaped products faces issues with fluid segregation during filling, leading to deformation or damage of the casing material and irregularities in the final product, due to accumulated fluid causing capillary attraction and frictional forces.
Innovation Solution
A clipping machine equipped with a suction device having a suction opening at the front end of the filling tube to extract segregated fluid, coupled with a control unit and sensor to manage the suction process, ensuring continuous filling and preventing material deformation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If filling material is fed into the tubular casing material during the filling process, then the sausage-shaped product is produced, but fluid segregates from the filling material and accumulates inside the tubular casing material causing deformation or damage to the casing material
Solution Approach 1:
The suction device extracts the segregated fluid from the tubular casing material by creating negative pressure through a suction opening positioned at the front end of the filling tube, removing the harmful fluid that causes deformation and damage to the casing material
Solution Approach 2:
The suction device acts as an intermediary element between the segregated fluid and the tubular casing material, intercepting the fluid before it can cause damage to the casing structure
2Productivity
If the tubular casing material is pulled off from the filling tube while being filled, then the filling process continues, but irregular pull-off of the casing material occurs due to accumulated fluid causing frictional forces
Solution Approach 1:
The suction device removes the segregated fluid that causes irregular frictional forces during the pull-off process, ensuring stable and consistent movement of the tubular casing material off the filling tube
3Quantity of substance
If fluid accumulates inside the tubular casing material, then capillary attraction occurs, but this leads to deformation or damage of the casing material
Solution Approach 1:
The suction device extracts the segregated fluid from within the tubular casing material before it can accumulate to levels that cause capillary attraction and subsequent deformation or damage to the casing structure
Solution Approach 2:
The suction device applies preliminary counter-action by creating negative pressure to prevent fluid accumulation before it reaches critical levels that would cause capillary attraction and casing damage
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 suction device effectively removes segregated fluid, preventing casing material deformation and ensuring a consistent, high-quality sausage-shaped product by maintaining a continuous filling process and controlling the pull-off speed.
Implementation Method 1
a suction device having at least a suction opening being located in the region of the front end of the filling tube for sucking a fluid segregated from the filling material
Implementation Method 2
The fluid accumulated inside the tubular casing may lead to a deformation or damage of the casing material or to an irregular pull-off of the casing material from the filling tube. Moreover, in case that said fluid will be fed into the sausage-shaped product, a fluid bubble is formed inside the product
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AI summary
A clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products formed by a tubular casing material containing a flowable filling material. The clipping machine includes a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular casing material stored on the filling tube and being closed at the front end by a closing clip. The clipping machine further includes a closing device including at least two closing tools, being reversably movable relative to one another between an opened position and a closed position for placing and closing at least one closing clip for forming a sausage-shaped product. In addition, a suction device is provided, having at least a suction opening being located in the region of the front end of the filling tube for sucking a fluid segregated from the filling material into the tubular casing material while being filled.