Vacuum Adsorption Seaweed Processing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional seaweed products are prone to damage during processing due to their thinness, leading to reduced production efficiency, price competitiveness, and non-uniform quality, as they require manual operation.
Innovation Solution
A food processing apparatus that supplies grain sheets and dried seaweed, applies a bonding liquid, presses them together, applies oil, and cuts them into pieces using a cutting press with lattice-shaped knives, enhancing processing efficiency and product uniformity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual operation is used to process thin seaweed sheets, then damage to the seaweed sheets is reduced, but production efficiency and price competitiveness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with a vacuum-based adsorption system. The adsorption member creates negative pressure to hold and transport seaweed sheets, eliminating direct mechanical contact that causes damage while enabling automated high-speed processing. This resolves the contradiction by using a non-contact force field (vacuum) instead of manual mechanical manipulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs pneumatic principles through the vacuum adsorption member that uses negative pressure to grasp and convey seaweed sheets. The pneumatic system enables gentle yet firm holding of thin seaweed without mechanical pressure, allowing automated processing at high speeds while maintaining sheet integrity, thus improving both reliability and productivity.
2Reliability
If manual operation is used to process thin seaweed sheets, then damage to the seaweed sheets is reduced, but product quality uniformity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces variable manual operations with a controlled vacuum adsorption system that provides consistent, uniform handling of seaweed sheets. The adsorption member maintains constant negative pressure throughout the process, ensuring identical treatment for each sheet and producing uniform product quality while preventing damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The vacuum adsorption system automatically adjusts to each seaweed sheet's characteristics through the vacuum pressure, providing self-regulating handling that ensures consistent results without manual intervention. This automated self-adjusting mechanism guarantees uniform product quality across all processed sheets.
3Productivity
If automated processing is implemented, then production efficiency is improved, but complexity of the processing apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into the vacuum adsorption member, which simultaneously performs grasping, conveying, positioning, and gentle handling of seaweed sheets. This multi-functional component achieves automated high-speed processing without requiring separate mechanisms for each operation, thereby improving productivity while limiting the increase in apparatus complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the functions of holding, transporting, and positioning seaweed sheets into a single vacuum adsorption system. By merging these operations into one integrated mechanism rather than using separate devices, the system achieves automated processing efficiency while keeping the overall apparatus complexity manageable.
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 apparatus enables efficient and automated processing of grain sheets and dried seaweed, improving production efficiency and product quality by ensuring uniform bonding and cutting, thus reducing manual handling-related damages.
Implementation Method 1
a first adsorption member adapted to adsorb and draw the first materials from the first container through vacuum
Implementation Method 2
a bonding liquid application part spaced apart from the first material supply part in an advancing direction of the conveying part to apply a bonding liquid to the top surfaces of the first materials conveyed from the first material supply part
Implementation Method 3
a bonding part adapted to pressurize the top surfaces of the bonded materials to uniformly bond the first materials and the second materials
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a food processing apparatus that is capable of supplying two different kinds of food materials and sequentially performing manufacturing processes such as bonding and cutting on the single apparatus, thus allowing the food to be easily processed.