CN103005656B - Full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house - Google Patents

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CN103005656B
CN103005656B CN201210497775.5A CN201210497775A CN103005656B CN 103005656 B CN103005656 B CN 103005656B CN 201210497775 A CN201210497775 A CN 201210497775A CN 103005656 B CN103005656 B CN 103005656B
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The invention discloses the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house of one of tobacco flue-curing manufacture field, comprise tobacco flue-curing house room body, chain track, the baking zone of tobacco leaf, moisture regain district, chain transmission equipment, wherein: described baking zone is followed successively by six baking zones by tobacco leaf entering order, described heater is arranged on the top of the 6th baking zone, be provided with the fan of hot blast to blowing down above heater, hot air circulation passage is provided with in the first to the 6th baking zone, unroll and have continuous print chain track in described baking zone and moisture regain district, described chain track is driven by chain transmission equipment, the top in described moisture regain district is provided with exhaust outlet, described control system detects each baking zone, moisture regain district temperature, thus control heater, the operation of fan and chain transmission equipment.The present invention can realize the Automatic continuous operation of tobacco flue-curing, achieves temperature and humidity regulation convenient, and output is large, reduces labour intensity, improves production efficiency, reduce the construction cost of bakery.

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Full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house
Technical field
The invention belongs to tobacco leaf processing technique field, be specifically related to a kind of full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house that tobacco leaf is toasted.
Background technology
The main production equipments used in Tobacco Leaf Curing is tobacco flue-curing house, at present, and the tobacco flue-curing house used in cured tobacco production or old-fashioned tobacco flue-curing house, floor space is larger, consuming time longer, roasted tobacco leaf needs separately to establish place to get damp again, and old-fashioned tobacco flue-curing house technique is outmoded, labour intensity is large, operating technology is difficult to grasp, and affects comparatively large, product quality can not be guaranteed by external condition, can not automated production, humiture is difficult to control; Bakery exterior wall is brick structure, can not dismantle after building up.
The notification number CN201000257 day for announcing: 2008.01.02 discloses one and can move freely split-mounting type heated air circulation baking equipment, its whole equipment is by one or more identical baking unit combination, each baking unit is a dismountable cube closed box (1), the outer wall of casing is spliced mutually by one piece of light-duty high-temp resisting high-humidity resisting heat insulation board (2) of block, assemble on steelframe with Luo bolt, the corner in closed box (1) is separated into one to four heating chamber (4) and baking vessel (5) space by thermal insulation board (3); There is point air regulator (6) of band infrared heating tube described thermal insulation board (3) upper end, return air inlet (7) is opened in lower end, heating chamber (4) in isosceles right-angle prismatic column, the totally-enclosed speed governing dehumidifier (8) of the contour installation in exterior wall lower end, every face of baking vessel (5).Although this patented technology can replace farm building barn, flexibly, the feature of not taking up an area, it toasts noncontinuity, and key operation is made up of multiple heating chamber and a baking vessel, and the differentiation of baking temperature gradient, cured effect and quality are restricted in assembling.
Summary of the invention
For solving the above-mentioned defect that prior art exists, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of serialization automated production, reduce labour intensity, enhance productivity, heat energy makes full use of, and baking quality is good, the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house reduced costs.
For the technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: this full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house, comprise tobacco flue-curing house room body, internal partition, heater and control system, tobacco flue-curing house room body is divided into baking zone and moisture regain district by described internal partition, it is characterized in that: described baking zone is six baking zones, be followed successively by the first baking zone, the second baking zone, the 3rd baking zone, the 4th baking zone, the 5th baking zone and the 6th baking zone by tobacco leaf entering order; Described heater is arranged on the top of the 6th baking zone, be provided with the fan of hot blast to blowing down above heater, hot air circulation passage is provided with in the first to the 6th baking zone, unroll and have continuous print chain track in described baking zone and moisture regain district, described chain track is driven by chain transmission equipment, the top in described moisture regain district is provided with exhaust outlet, and described control system detects each baking zone, moisture regain district temperature, thus controls the operation of heater, fan and chain transmission equipment.
Described hot air circulation passage comprises: the bottom of the internal partition between described 5th baking zone and the 6th baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter in the 5th baking zone by turnover panel, in the below of the 5th baking zone, fan is installed, the hot blast of the 5th baking zone is upwards flowed, the top of the internal partition between the 5th baking zone and the 4th baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter in the 4th baking zone, above the 4th baking zone, fan is installed, blow hot blast to flow downward, the below of the internal partition between the 4th baking zone and the 3rd baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter the 3rd baking zone, at the 3rd baking zone, the body top, room of the second baking zone and the first baking zone is respectively equipped with skylight, regulate first respectively, two, air themperature in three baking zones, 5th baking zone is communicated with the lower air duct in moisture regain district with having below the 6th baking zone.
Described hot air circulation passage comprises: be positioned at the moisture passages that first to the 6th dries bottom, district, and described moisture passages is communicated with moisture regain district by the 4th turnover panel; Between described 6th baking zone and the 5th baking zone by be crisscross arranged up and down and between be separated with distance internal partition form hot-air channel; Between described 5th baking zone and the 4th baking zone by be crisscross arranged up and down and between be separated with distance internal partition form hot-air channel; The bottom of the internal partition between described 4th baking zone and the 3rd baking zone is provided with the first turnover panel; Described 3rd baking zone, the second baking zone are the hot-air channel be connected with the bottom of the first baking zone; Described first baking zone is connected with moisture passages; Described 4th baking zone, the 5th baking zone realize its second turnover panel be communicated with and the 3rd turnover panel with moisture regain district with being respectively equipped with between moisture passages.
Temperature in described first baking zone is 35 DEG C, temperature in the second baking zone is 40 DEG C, temperature in the 3rd baking zone is 45 DEG C, temperature in the 4th baking zone is 50 DEG C, temperature in the 5th baking zone is 60 DEG C, temperature in the 6th baking zone is 70 DEG C.
Described baking zone and moisture regain district are provided with observation window.
Described baking zone reduces successively from the height of the 6th baking zone to the first baking zone.
The height of first, second and third baking zone described is lower than the height of described fourth, fifth, six baking zones.
The steel frame construction that described tobacco flue-curing house room body and internal partition are made by insulation material.
Described tobacco flue-curing house room body is placed on cement and is built on ground.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is: a large amount of blue or green cigarettes frames up rear-mounted on track chain through establishment, under the drive of drive apparatus, chain enters the different baking zone of tobacco leaf with certain speed, at different baking zone through variable color, after fixation and dry three phases reach the whole drying of tobacco leaf, enter moisture regain district, by closing the turnover panel between the 4th baking zone and the 3rd baking zone, the warm and humid air in the 4th baking zone can be made to enter moisture regain district by the passage below the 5th baking zone and the 6th baking zone, through the baking of six road baking zones, the tobacco leaf of baking maturation enters moisture regain district, in moisture regain district, tobacco leaf reaches moisture regain standard, room packaging can be gone out, this drying room can make the baking of tobacco leaf and moisture regain reach serialization state, bakery can be dismantled as required, is arranged on different local, reduces the construction cost of bakery.The present invention can realize the Automatic continuous operation of tobacco flue-curing, achieves temperature and humidity regulation convenient, and output is large, reduces labour intensity, improves production efficiency, reduce the construction cost of bakery.Reach and can reuse tobacco flue-curing house material, need tobacco flue-curing and moisture regain links to combine, tobacco flue-curing house room body and internal partition utilize insulation material to reach and detachably reuse.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, specific embodiments of the invention are described in further detail.
Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is that schematic diagram arranged by track chain.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house with another kind of hot air circulation channel design.
Fig. 4 is that schematic diagram arranged by the track chain in Fig. 3 structure.
Detailed description of the invention
Full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as shown in Figure 1, 2, there is tobacco flue-curing house room body, described tobacco flue-curing house room body 1 is placed on the ground that cement is built into, baking zone and moisture regain district 11 is isolated into by internal partition in room body, the steel frame construction that described tobacco flue-curing house room body material and internal partition are made by insulation material, fastens connection by secure components such as bolts, loosening fasteners, the all parts forming tobacco flue-curing house can be disassembled, conveniently transport and move.Described baking zone is six baking zones, is followed successively by the first baking zone 2, second baking zone 4, the 3rd baking zone 5, the 4th baking zone 6, the 5th baking zone 8 and the 6th baking zone 9 by tobacco leaf entering order, heater 10 is provided with above the 6th baking zone, be provided with the fan of hot blast to blowing down above heater 10, hot air circulation passage is provided with in the first to the 6th baking zone, described hot air circulation passage comprises: the bottom of the 5th internal partition 20 between described 5th baking zone 8 and the 6th baking zone 9 is provided with the 3rd turnover panel 21, hot blast is made to enter in the 5th baking zone 8 by the 3rd turnover panel 21, in the below of the 5th baking zone 8, fan 22 is installed, the hot blast of the 5th baking zone is upwards flowed, the top of the 4th internal partition 23 between the 5th baking zone 8 and the 4th baking zone 6 is provided with the second turnover panel 24, hot blast is made to enter in the 4th baking zone 6, above the 4th baking zone 6, fan 7 is installed, blow hot blast to flow downward, the below of the 3rd internal partition 25 between the 4th baking zone 6 and the 3rd baking zone 5 is provided with the first turnover panel 13, hot blast is made to enter the 3rd baking zone 5, at the 3rd baking zone 5, the body top, room of the second baking zone 4 and the first baking zone 2 is respectively equipped with skylight 3, regulate first respectively, two, air themperature in three baking zones, first, two, the bottom of three baking zones is provided with the passage of hot-air circulation, hot-air is made to enter the second baking zone 4 and the first baking zone 2 from the 3rd baking zone 5 successively, described 5th baking zone 8 and the 6th baking zone 9 bottom have the lower air duct 19 being communicated with moisture regain district, by closing the first turnover panel 13 below the 3rd internal partition 25, the warm and humid air in the 4th baking zone 4 can be made to enter moisture regain district 11 by lower air duct 19, the tobacco leaf toasted out is got damp again, the top in described moisture regain district is provided with exhaust outlet 12, and the hot-air after circulation is discharged from exhaust outlet 12.Unroll and have continuous print chain track 17 in described baking zone and moisture regain district, according to the size of each baking zone and moisture regain district area, chain track is in interior as far as possible back and forth Duo Raoji road, to increase tobacco leaf baking time within it, described chain track is driven by chain transmission equipment, described control system detects each baking zone and moisture regain district temperature, thus controls the operation of the equipment such as heater, fan, chain transmission equipment.The temperature controlled in the first baking zone 2 is 35 DEG C, temperature in the second baking zone 4 is 40 DEG C, temperature in the 3rd baking zone 5 is 45 DEG C, temperature in the 4th baking zone 6 is 50 DEG C, temperature in the 5th baking zone 8 is 60 DEG C, temperature in the 6th baking zone 9 is 70 DEG C.Be positioned at each baking zone and moisture regain outside, district chain track correspond to handling and bagging area 18.Described first, second, third and fourth, the side of internal partition in five internal partitions and moisture regain district is connected with the back wall of tobacco flue-curing house room body, opposite side has a spacing distance with corresponding front body of wall, form the passage that chain track 17 passes through, be provided with wind blocker 15 in the both sides of this passage, thus stop that hot blast directly passes through from this passage.For convenience of observing, baking zone with the internal partition in moisture regain district are provided with observation window 16.
Described hot air circulation passage as shown in Figure 3,4, comprising: be positioned at the moisture passages 27 that first to the 6th dries bottom, district, and moisture passages 27 is communicated with moisture regain district 11 by the 4th turnover panel 30; Between described 6th baking zone 9 and the 5th baking zone 8 by be crisscross arranged up and down and between be separated with distance internal partition 20,29 form hot-air channel; Between described 5th baking zone 8 and the 4th baking zone 6 by be crisscross arranged up and down and between be separated with distance internal partition 23,28 form hot-air channel; The bottom of the 3rd internal partition 5 between described 4th baking zone 6 and the 3rd baking zone 5 is provided with the first turnover panel 13; Described 3rd baking zone, the second baking zone are the hot-air channel be connected with the bottom of the first baking zone; Described first baking zone 2 is connected with moisture passages 27; Described 4th baking zone, the 5th baking zone realize its second turnover panel 24 be communicated with and the 3rd turnover panel 21 with moisture regain district with being respectively equipped with between moisture passages.When the temperature in first, second, third baking zone exceedes design temperature, close the first turnover panel 13 between the 3rd baking zone and the 4th baking zone, open the 4th the second turnover panel 21 between baking zone and moisture passages, make the gas of the 4th baking zone enter moisture passages 27, and enter moisture regain district 11; When the temperature in the 5th baking zone exceedes design temperature, open the 3rd turnover panel 21 between the 5th baking zone 8 and moisture passages 27, make the gas of the 5th baking zone enter moisture passages 27, and enter moisture regain district 11, return intertidal gas and discharged by exhaust outlet 12.The height of first, second and third baking zone described is lower than the height of described fourth, fifth, six baking zones.As further improvement, described baking zone reduces successively from the height of the 6th baking zone to the first baking zone.
Be noted that, the above embodiment is unrestricted to the explanation of technical solution of the present invention, the equivalent replacement of art those of ordinary skill or other amendment made according to prior art, as long as do not exceed thinking and the scope of technical solution of the present invention, all should be included within interest field of the presently claimed invention.

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1. a full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house, comprise tobacco flue-curing house room body, internal partition, heater and control system, tobacco flue-curing house room body is divided into baking zone and moisture regain district by described internal partition, it is characterized in that: described baking zone is six baking zones, be followed successively by the first baking zone, the second baking zone, the 3rd baking zone, the 4th baking zone, the 5th baking zone and the 6th baking zone by tobacco leaf entering order; Described heater is arranged on the top of the 6th baking zone, be provided with the fan of hot blast to blowing down above heater, hot air circulation passage is provided with in the first to the 6th baking zone, unroll and have continuous print chain track in described baking zone and moisture regain district, described chain track is driven by chain transmission equipment, the top in described moisture regain district is provided with exhaust outlet, and described control system detects each baking zone, moisture regain district temperature, thus controls the operation of heater, fan and chain transmission equipment; Described hot air circulation passage comprises: the described 5th
The bottom of the internal partition between baking zone and the 6th baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter in the 5th baking zone by turnover panel, in the below of the 5th baking zone, fan is installed, the hot blast of the 5th baking zone is upwards flowed, the top of the internal partition between the 5th baking zone and the 4th baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter in the 4th baking zone, above the 4th baking zone, fan is installed, blow hot blast to flow downward, the below of the internal partition between the 4th baking zone and the 3rd baking zone is provided with turnover panel, hot blast is made to enter the 3rd baking zone, at the 3rd baking zone, the body top, room of the second baking zone and the first baking zone is respectively equipped with skylight, regulate first respectively, two, air themperature in three baking zones, 5th baking zone is communicated with the lower air duct in moisture regain district with having below the 6th baking zone.
2. tobacco flue-curing house as claimed in claim 1 full-automatic, is characterized in that: described full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house, is characterized in that: the temperature in described first baking zone is 35 DEG C, temperature in the second baking zone is 40 DEG C, the 3rd
Temperature in baking zone is 45 DEG C, temperature in the 4th baking zone is 50 DEG C, temperature in the 5th baking zone is 60 DEG C, temperature in the 6th baking zone is 70 DEG C.
3. the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as described in claim 1, is characterized in that: described baking zone and moisture regain district are provided with observation window.
4. the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as described in claim 1, is characterized in that: described baking zone reduces successively from the height of the 6th baking zone to the first baking zone.
5. the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as described in claim 1, is characterized in that: the height of first, second and third baking zone described is lower than the height of described fourth, fifth, six baking zones.
6. the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as described in claim 1, is characterized in that: the steel frame construction that described tobacco flue-curing house room body and internal partition are made by insulation material.
7. the full-automatic tobacco flue-curing house as described in claim 1, is characterized in that: described tobacco flue-curing house room body is placed on cement and builds on ground.
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