CN214283037U - Multifunctional grouting machine - Google Patents

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CN214283037U
CN214283037U CN202022279247.5U CN202022279247U CN214283037U CN 214283037 U CN214283037 U CN 214283037U CN 202022279247 U CN202022279247 U CN 202022279247U CN 214283037 U CN214283037 U CN 214283037U
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The utility model discloses a multifunctional grouting machine, include: the device comprises a conveying device, a feed hopper, a blanking device and an extrusion die, wherein the extrusion die is a cake baking tray material nozzle die or a cookie flower type twist nozzle die; the feeding hopper is fixedly arranged at the top of the blanking device and communicated with the blanking device; the discharging device is used for uniformly stirring the slurry input by the feed hopper, and the lower part of the discharging device is communicated with the extrusion die; the extrusion die comprises an insertion plate and a plurality of cake baking tray material nozzles or cookie flower type twist nozzles fixed at the bottom of the insertion plate, a clamping groove structure is formed in the lower portion of the blanking device, the clamping groove structure is matched with the insertion plate in shape, and the extrusion die is inserted into the blanking device. The utility model can realize the extrusion of cake slurry and cookie-pattern slurry, and the extrusion die can be replaced quickly; aiming at different cake styles or cookie patterns, the material nozzle molds with different shapes can be matched to extrude different slurry shapes.

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Multifunctional grouting machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of food machinery, concretely relates to multi-functional slip casting machine.
Background
In the manufacturing process of the cake and the cookie, the procedures of filling the cake slurry and extruding the cookie pattern are respectively required.
In the traditional cake baking room, most of cakes are filled with slurry and pattern cookies are extruded and molded through manual operation, and the problems of low production efficiency, high labor intensity, incapability of ensuring product consistency, high management cost and labor cost, poor food sanitation and safety and the like are faced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
For overcoming the deficiencies of the prior art, an object of the utility model is to provide a multifunctional grouting machine, it is through switching different cake overware material mouth devices of installation and the flower type of cookies turn round flower mouth device, can accomplish the function that cake thick liquids were filled and the flower type of cookies is extruded respectively.
The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes:
a multifunctional slip casting machine, comprising: the device comprises a conveying device, a feed hopper, a blanking device and an extrusion die, wherein the extrusion die is a cake baking tray material nozzle die or a cookie flower type twist nozzle die; the feeding hopper is fixedly arranged at the top of the blanking device and communicated with the blanking device; the discharging device is used for uniformly stirring the slurry input by the feed hopper, and the lower part of the discharging device is communicated with the extrusion die; the extrusion die comprises an insertion plate and a plurality of cake baking tray material nozzles or cookie flower type twist nozzles fixed at the bottom of the insertion plate, the lower part of the blanking device is provided with a clamping groove structure, the clamping groove structure is matched with the insertion plate in shape, and the extrusion die is inserted into the blanking device; the conveying device comprises a conveying belt, and the conveying belt is arranged below the extrusion die.
Further, the multifunctional grouting machine further comprises a lifting device, wherein the lifting device comprises a servo motor and a turbine screw rod lifter connected with the servo motor; the output end of the turbine screw rod lifter is connected with the bottom of the conveying device.
Further, the multifunctional grouting machine further comprises a machine table cabinet; the servo motor and the turbine screw rod lifter are arranged in the machine table cabinet, the conveying device is arranged above the machine table cabinet, a plurality of guide columns capable of moving up and down are further arranged on the machine table cabinet, and the top ends of the guide columns are fixedly connected with the conveying device.
Further, the conveying device further comprises: the conveying belt comprises a conveying belt side plate, a plurality of conveying belt rollers and a conveying belt motor; the two ends of the conveyer belt roller are connected to the conveyer belt side plates, the conveyer belt is arranged outside the conveyer belt roller in a surrounding mode, and the output end of the conveyer belt motor is in transmission connection with each conveyer belt roller; the conveying belt motor is arranged in the surrounding part of the conveying belt; the output end of the turbine screw rod lifter is fixedly connected with the conveying belt side plate.
Further, the blanking device respectively comprises from top to bottom: a stirring device and a material injection device; the stirring device comprises a pair of helical tooth material rods and a stirring device shell; a plurality of helical teeth are arranged on the outer edge of each helical tooth material rod, and a certain distance is reserved between the two helical tooth material rods; the feed hopper is fixedly arranged at the top of the stirring device and communicated with the stirring device.
Further, the material injection device comprises a pair of mutually meshed gear rollers and a material injection device shell; the upper part of the material injection device is communicated with the stirring device, and the lower part of the material injection device is communicated with the extrusion die; a plurality of material teeth are arranged on the outer edge of the gear roller and are tightly matched with the inner side wall of the shell of the material injection device; the bottom of the shell of the material injection device is provided with a clamping groove structure, and the extrusion die is inserted into the material injection device.
Furthermore, the helical tooth material rod of the stirring device is an aviation aluminum helical tooth material rod, and a die cavity part of the shell of the stirring device is aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surface.
Further, the gear roller of the material injection device is made of food-grade PE, and a die cavity part of a shell of the material injection device is made of aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surfaces.
Further, the material teeth of the gear roller are 10-tooth circular arc-shaped outer meshing rotor teeth.
Furthermore, four corners of the bottom of the machine cabinet are provided with caster wheels with brakes.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses the beneficial effect that can reach does: when a cake needs to be filled, the baking tray is conveyed to a specified position by the conveying device, the slurry in the feed hopper is injected into the blanking device, is uniformly stirred and then is extruded out through a material nozzle die of the cake baking tray, and the slurry in a specified shape can be filled in the cake baking tray; when the cookies pattern is required to be extruded, the material nozzle die of the cake baking tray is replaced by the pattern-twisting nozzle die of the cookies, the container for placing the cookies is conveyed to the designated position by the conveying device, and the slurry is extruded by the pattern-twisting nozzle die of the cookies after passing through the discharging device from the feeding hopper, so that the cookies with the designated pattern can be formed.
The utility model can realize the extrusion of cake slurry and cookie pattern slurry, and can quickly replace the extrusion die by inserting and connecting the products to be produced; aiming at different cake styles or cookie patterns, the material nozzle molds with various different shapes can be matched to extrude different slurry shapes; compare in the past through staff extrusion moulding, the utility model discloses improved production efficiency by a wide margin, reduced intensity of labour, guaranteed the product uniformity, improved food sanitation's security.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic overall appearance diagram of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the machine cabinet according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a fitting relationship between a blanking device and an extrusion die;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the fitting relationship between the lifting device and the conveying device;
FIG. 5 is a front view showing the internal structure of the transfer device;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a stirring device;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the fitting relationship between the injection device and the extrusion mold;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the injection device;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a cookie flower style twist nozzle mold;
fig. 10 is a schematic view of a material nozzle mold for a cake baking tray.
In the figure: 10. a conveying device; 11. a conveyor belt; 12. a conveyor belt side plate; 13. a conveyor belt roller; 14. a conveyor belt motor; 20. a feed hopper; 30. a blanking device; 31. a stirring device; 311. a helical tooth material rod; 312. a stirring device housing; 32. a material injection device; 321. a gear roll; 322. a material injection device shell; 40. extruding the mould; 41. a plugboard; 42. a material nozzle of a cake baking tray; 43. a cookie flower type twist mouth; 50. a lifting device; 51. a servo motor; 52. a turbine screw elevator; 60. a machine cabinet; 61. a caster with a brake; 70. and a guide post.
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The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, and it should be noted that the embodiments or technical features described below can be arbitrarily combined to form a new embodiment without conflict.
The utility model discloses a multifunctional grouting machine, it can carry out thick liquids to the cake and fill and the cookie flower type is extruded. Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the multifunctional grouting machine includes: the device comprises a conveying device 10, a feeding hopper 20, a blanking device 30 and an extrusion die 40, wherein referring to fig. 9-10, the extrusion die 40 can be a cake baking tray material nozzle die or a cookie flower type pattern twist nozzle die, the shape of the slurry extruded by the cake baking tray material nozzle die is suitable for filling cakes, and the shape of the slurry extruded by the cookie flower type pattern twist nozzle die is a specific cookie flower type suitable for making cookies. The feeding hopper 20 is used for pouring the slurry raw materials, and the feeding hopper 20 is fixedly arranged at the top of the blanking device 30 and communicated with the blanking device 30; the blanking device 30 is used for uniformly stirring the slurry input from the feed hopper 20, the lower part of the blanking device 30 is communicated with the extrusion die 40, and the stirred slurry can enter the extrusion die 40 and is molded according to the shape of the die nozzle of the extrusion die 40; the conveying device 10 comprises a conveying belt 11, and the conveying belt 11 is arranged below the extrusion die 40 and is used for conveying cake baking trays or cookie utensils.
Referring to fig. 9-10, 3 and 8, the extrusion mold 40 includes a plug board 41 and a plurality of cake baking tray nozzles 42 or cookie flower type twist nozzles 43 fixed on a bottom plate of the plug board 41, a slot structure, in a preferred embodiment a dovetail slot structure, is formed at a lower portion of the discharging device 30, the shape of the plug board 41 is adapted to the slot structure, and the extrusion mold 40 is inserted into the discharging device 30. When the product type needs to be changed, the type of the extrusion die 40 is changed quickly only by an inserting mode, for example, when the cake production is changed to the cookie production, the material nozzle die of the cake baking tray is drawn out and inserted into the cookie flower type twist nozzle die; for example, when the pattern of the cookie needs to be changed while the cookie is kept, the pattern of the cookie needs to be changed, the cookie is replaced by a twist nozzle mold with another specific shape.
When a cake needs to be filled, the baking tray is conveyed to a specified position by the conveying device 10, the slurry in the feed hopper 20 is injected into the blanking device 30, is uniformly stirred and then is extruded out through a material nozzle die of the cake baking tray, and the slurry in a specified shape can be filled in the cake baking tray; when the cookies with the patterns are required to be extruded, the material nozzle die of the cake baking tray is replaced by the pattern-twisting nozzle die of the cookies, the conveying device 10 conveys a utensil for placing the cookies to a specified position, and the slurry is extruded from the feeding hopper 20 through the discharging device 30 and then through the pattern-twisting nozzle die of the cookies with the specified patterns, so that the cookies with the specified patterns can be formed.
The utility model can realize the extrusion of cake slurry and cookie pattern slurry, and the extrusion die 40 can be replaced quickly by inserting and connecting the products to be produced; aiming at different cake styles or cookie patterns, the material nozzle molds with various different shapes can be matched to extrude different slurry shapes; compare in the past through staff extrusion moulding, the utility model discloses improved production efficiency by a wide margin, reduced intensity of labour, guaranteed the product uniformity, improved food sanitation's security.
Preferably, the present invention further comprises a lifting device 50, referring to fig. 2 and 4, the lifting device 50 comprises a servo motor 51 and a turbine screw lifter 52 connected to the servo motor 51, and an output end of the turbine screw lifter 52 is connected to the bottom of the conveying device 10 to drive the conveying device 10 to move up and down. Because the slurry extruded from the die has certain viscosity and ductility, part of the slurry can still be adhered to the die nozzle after extrusion molding, and if the product is directly conveyed horizontally away, the pattern is easily damaged, and the phenomenon of 'dragging' is generated. Therefore, the lifting device 50 drives the conveying device 10 to move up and down, the conveying device 10 is lifted to a proper height before extrusion, the conveying device 10 is driven to descend after extrusion, slurry is separated from a die nozzle firstly, then a product is conveyed horizontally, the shape of a pattern can be kept unchanged, and the servo motor 51 is adopted for control, so that the high-precision effect can be achieved.
Further preferably, referring to fig. 2, the present invention includes a machine cabinet 60. The servo motor 51 and the turbine screw lifter 52 are arranged in the machine table cabinet 60, the conveying device 10 is arranged above the machine table cabinet 60, a plurality of guide columns 70 capable of moving up and down are further arranged on the machine table cabinet 60, and the top ends of the guide columns 70 are fixedly connected with the conveying device 10. The machine cabinet 60 can accommodate and mount the servo motor 51 and the worm screw lifter 52, and guide the vertical direction by the plurality of guide posts 70, so that the lifting movement of the conveying device 10 is more stable.
Preferably, referring to fig. 5, the conveyor 10 further includes a conveyor side plate 12, a plurality of conveyor rollers 13, and a conveyor motor 14; the two ends of the conveyer belt rollers 13 are connected with the conveyer belt side plates 12, the conveyer belt 11 is arranged outside the conveyer belt rollers 13 in a surrounding mode, and the output end of the conveyer belt motor 14 is in transmission connection with each conveyer belt roller 13; the conveyor belt motor 14 is disposed in the surrounding portion of the conveyor belt 11; the output end of the turbine screw lifter 52 is fixedly connected with the conveyor belt side plate 12. With this embodiment, the conveyor belt motor 14 is built in to save the installation space of the apparatus; in addition, the worm screw lifter 52 drives the conveyor side plates 12 to lift the conveyor 10 as a whole, and more specifically, a transverse plate is fixedly connected between the two conveyor side plates 12, and the output end of the worm screw lifter 52 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the transverse plate.
Preferably, the blanking device 30 comprises, from top to bottom: a stirring device 31 and a material injection device 32. Referring to fig. 6, the stirring device 31 includes a pair of helical-toothed material rods 311 and a stirring device housing 312, the outer edge of the helical-toothed material rod 311 is provided with a plurality of helical teeth, and a certain distance is provided between the two helical-toothed material rods 311; the feeding hopper 20 is fixedly disposed on the top of the stirring device 31 and is communicated with the stirring device 31. The slurry enters the stirring device 31 from the feed hopper 20, is uniformly stirred by the helical tooth material rods 311, and then enters the injecting device 32.
Further preferably, referring to fig. 7-8, the injecting device 32 comprises a pair of gear rollers 321 and an injecting device housing 322, the upper part of the injecting device 32 is communicated with the stirring device 31, and the lower part is communicated with the extrusion die 40; a plurality of material teeth are arranged on the outer edge of the gear roller 321, and the material teeth are tightly matched with the inner side wall of the shell 322 of the material injection device, so that the amount of slurry contained between every two teeth is kept consistent, and quantitative blanking is realized; the bottom of the material injection device shell 322 is provided with a clamping groove structure, and the extrusion mold 40 is inserted into the material injection device 32 through the insertion plate 41. The material injection device 32 can further stir the slurry, and realize quantitative blanking, so that the amount of the slurry extruded by the nozzle of the extrusion die 40 every time is constant, and the consistency of the filling amount and the pattern is kept.
Specifically, the helical material rod 311 and the gear roller 321 are connected with corresponding driving motors to respectively drive the helical material rod and the gear roller to rotate so as to realize stirring and blanking; the driving motors are all installed in the machine cabinet 60.
In order to ensure the food sanitation safety and the stirring effect, preferably, the helical toothed material bar 311 of the stirring device 31 is an aviation aluminum helical toothed material bar 311, and the cavity part of the stirring device shell 312 is aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surface.
In order to ensure the food hygiene safety, it is preferable that the gear roller 321 of the injecting device 32 is made of food-grade PE, and the cavity of the injecting device housing 322 is made of aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surface.
Preferably, the material teeth of the gear roller 321 are 10-tooth circular arc-shaped outer meshing rotor teeth, so that the blanking amount is more accurate.
Preferably, referring to fig. 1, four corners of the bottom of the machine cabinet 60 are further provided with caster wheels 61 with brakes, so that the equipment is convenient to move and easy to operate.
The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereby, and any insubstantial changes and substitutions made by those skilled in the art based on the present invention are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A multifunctional grouting machine is characterized by comprising: the device comprises a conveying device, a feed hopper, a blanking device and an extrusion die, wherein the extrusion die is a cake baking tray material nozzle die or a cookie flower type twist nozzle die; the feeding hopper is fixedly arranged at the top of the blanking device and communicated with the blanking device; the discharging device is used for uniformly stirring the slurry input by the feed hopper, and the lower part of the discharging device is communicated with the extrusion die; the extrusion die comprises an insertion plate and a plurality of cake baking tray material nozzles or cookie flower type twist nozzles fixed at the bottom of the insertion plate, the lower part of the blanking device is provided with a clamping groove structure, the clamping groove structure is matched with the insertion plate in shape, and the extrusion die is inserted into the blanking device; the conveying device comprises a conveying belt, and the conveying belt is arranged below the extrusion die.
2. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 1, further comprising a lifting device, wherein the lifting device comprises a servo motor and a turbine screw lifter connected to the servo motor; the output end of the turbine screw rod lifter is connected with the bottom of the conveying device.
3. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 2, further comprising a bench cabinet; the servo motor and the turbine screw rod lifter are arranged in the machine table cabinet, the conveying device is arranged above the machine table cabinet, a plurality of guide columns capable of moving up and down are further arranged on the machine table cabinet, and the top ends of the guide columns are fixedly connected with the conveying device.
4. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 2, wherein the conveying device further comprises: the conveying belt comprises a conveying belt side plate, a plurality of conveying belt rollers and a conveying belt motor; the two ends of the conveyer belt roller are connected to the conveyer belt side plates, the conveyer belt is arranged outside the conveyer belt roller in a surrounding mode, and the output end of the conveyer belt motor is in transmission connection with each conveyer belt roller; the conveying belt motor is arranged in the surrounding part of the conveying belt; the output end of the turbine screw rod lifter is fixedly connected with the conveying belt side plate.
5. The multifunctional grouting machine according to claim 1, wherein the blanking devices respectively comprise, from top to bottom: a stirring device and a material injection device; the stirring device comprises a pair of helical tooth material rods and a stirring device shell; a plurality of helical teeth are arranged on the outer edge of each helical tooth material rod, and a certain distance is reserved between the two helical tooth material rods; the feed hopper is fixedly arranged at the top of the stirring device and communicated with the stirring device.
6. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 5, wherein the injection device comprises a pair of intermeshing gear rollers and an injection device housing; the upper part of the material injection device is communicated with the stirring device, and the lower part of the material injection device is communicated with the extrusion die; a plurality of material teeth are arranged on the outer edge of the gear roller and are tightly matched with the inner side wall of the shell of the material injection device; the bottom of the shell of the material injection device is provided with a clamping groove structure, and the extrusion die is inserted into the material injection device.
7. The multifunctional grouting machine according to claim 5, wherein the helical toothed material bar of the stirring device is an aviation aluminum helical toothed material bar, and a cavity part of the shell of the stirring device is aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surface.
8. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 6, wherein the gear roller of the grouting device is made of food-grade PE, and a cavity part of a shell of the grouting device is made of aviation aluminum with hard anodized outer surface.
9. The multifunctional grouting machine of claim 6, wherein the material teeth of the gear roller are 10-tooth circular arc-shaped outer meshing rotor teeth.
10. The multifunctional grouting machine according to claim 3, wherein four corners of the bottom of the machine table cabinet are further provided with caster wheels with brakes.
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