Top drive type wet granulator
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical equipment, in particular to a top-drive wet granulator.
Background
The granulator mainly comprises a feeding system, a stirring system, a granulating system, a transmission system, a lubricating system and the like, and is widely applied to pharmacy, chemical industry and food industry. Among the granulators for pharmaceutical use, the most common ones are dry granulator and wet granulator, and in the process of granulating using the wet granulator, a binder is added into a granulating pan, and after the powder material in the granulating pan is agglomerated into blocks, the agglomerated material is broken into granules by a granulating knife.
In the prior art, the wet granulator adopts a bottom driving mode, that is, in the existing wet granulator, a granulating pan is positioned at the upper part of a frame, a driving system is arranged at the bottom of the frame, and liquid and dust generated in the granulating process easily permeate into the driving system to cause the driving system to be in a fault state.
In order to solve the technical problem, chinese utility model patent with publication number CN208098015U discloses a top drive type wet process mixing granulator, and this top drive type wet process mixing granulator adopts top drive's mode, and actuating mechanism is located the top of granulator, can prevent that liquid and dust from permeating actuating mechanism's inside from causing the actuating mechanism trouble. However, the lifting mechanism of the top-drive wet-process mixing granulator is located at the rear side of the granulator, a sliding groove needs to be formed in the granulator body, and the granulation pot is lifted along the sliding groove on the granulator body. However, in the granulator, the driving motor inside the granulator body generates a large amount of contaminants (dust, engine oil, etc.) during the operation process, and the contaminants may penetrate into the inside of the granulation pot from the sliding groove to pollute the granulation pot, so that the cleanliness of the inside of the granulation pot cannot be ensured.
Disclosure of Invention
Based on this, the invention aims to provide a top-drive wet granulator which can prevent pollutants generated in the machine body from polluting a granulating pan.
Based on the above purpose, the top-drive wet granulator provided by the invention comprises a rack, an upper box body and a lower box body, wherein the upper box body and the lower box body are arranged on the rack, the upper box body is arranged above the rack, a driving mechanism is further arranged inside the upper box body, an output end of the driving mechanism is provided with a stirring mechanism and a granulating mechanism, the stirring mechanism and the granulating mechanism are located inside a granulating pot, the lower box body is arranged below the upper box body, the granulating pot is arranged inside the lower box body, a lifting mechanism is arranged inside the upper box body and used for controlling the lifting of the lower box body in the vertical direction, the lifting mechanism comprises a first driving motor and a worm gear lead screw lifter, one end of the worm gear lead screw lifter is connected with an output end of the first driving motor, and the other end of the worm gear lead screw lifter is connected with the.
In the above scheme, elevating system drives the ascending lifting of box down, and lower box drives the ascending lifting of pelletization pot together, and when the box rose to the height with last box in close contact with, the cylinder cap lid in the last box closed the top at the pelletization pot this moment, and agitating unit stretches into the inside of pelletization pot. Adding materials required by granulation into the granulating pan, stirring the materials in the granulating pan by the stirring mechanism, and smashing the stirred materials by the granulating mechanism. In the operation process of the lifting mechanism, the first driving motor outputs power for the worm gear lead screw lifter, and the worm gear lead screw lifter drives the lower box body to move in the vertical direction. Compare with the top drive type wet process mixed granulator that prior art discloses, elevating system in this scheme sets up the inside at last box, also be exactly the top of complete machine, just so need not to set up the spout on the organism, first driving motor and actuating mechanism all set up the inside at last box, because it is a sealed space to go up the box, the pollutant that first driving motor and actuating mechanism produced can not have the risk of permeating the inside of pelletization pot in the operation process, just so can satisfy the inside cleanliness factor requirement of pelletization pot.
Preferably, the number of the worm wheel screw rod lifters is two, and the two worm wheel screw rod lifters are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the lower box body.
In the above scheme, the worm wheel screw rod lifter located at the left end and the right end of the lower box body provides rising power for the lower box body simultaneously, so that the left end and the right end of the lower box body are stressed simultaneously, the stress of the lower box body is more uniform, and the stability of the lower box body during rising can be guaranteed.
The driving mechanism comprises a second driving motor and a third driving motor, the stirring mechanism comprises a stirring shaft and a stirring paddle, the stirring shaft is connected with the output end of the second driving motor, and the stirring paddle is arranged on the stirring shaft; the granulation mechanism comprises an output shaft and a granulation blade, the output shaft is connected with the output end of the third driving motor, and the granulation blade is sleeved on the outer wall of the output shaft.
In the above scheme, at first carry the required powder of pelletization to pelletization pot inside through the feed inlet, then start second driving motor, second driving motor passes through the (mixing) shaft and drives the stirring rake and rotate, realizes the abundant homogeneous mixing of material. And then adding an adhesive into the granulating pan through the grouting port, after the powder materials in the granulating pan are agglomerated, starting a third driving motor, and driving a granulating blade to rotate by the third driving motor to break the agglomerated materials into granules.
According to a further scheme, the stirring paddle comprises a first connecting section, a second connecting section, a bending section and a third connecting section which are sequentially connected end to end, the first connecting section is connected with the stirring shaft, and the third connecting section extends upwards from the bending section.
In above-mentioned scheme, first linkage segment, the second linkage segment, bend segment and third linkage segment form a U-shaped, when the stirring rake stretches into the inside of pelletization pot, the inner wall of pelletization pot can be hugged closely to the third linkage segment, the top of pelletization pot can upwards extend to simultaneously the third linkage segment, rotate as the stirring rake like this, when stirring the material in the pelletization pot, the first linkage segment and the second linkage segment that are located pelletization pot bottom can stir the material that is located pelletization pot bottom, and the third linkage segment can stir the material that is located pelletization pot inner wall edge, can make the material in the whole pelletization pot can be stirred more fully like this.
According to a further scheme, the top-driving wet granulator further comprises a vacuum pump, the vacuum pump is arranged at the bottom of the rack, a filter is arranged in the upper box body and communicated with the interior of the granulation pot, and the vacuum pump is communicated with the filter through a connecting pipe.
In a further aspect, a hollow layer is formed between the outer wall and the inner wall of the granulation vessel.
In the above scheme, after the granulating blade crushes the agglomerated materials in the granulating pan into granules, the vacuum pump is started, the vacuum pump pumps out air in the granulating pan through the filter, so that the interior of the granulating pan is vacuum, at the moment, the air pressure in the granulating pan is greatly reduced, the boiling point of water is also greatly reduced, a hollow layer is formed between the outer wall and the inner wall of the granulating pan, the granulating pan is provided with an inlet and an outlet, a heating medium is introduced into the hollow layer from the inlet and flows out from the outlet, and the heating medium can be hot water, hot oil, steam and other substances meeting the requirements. Heating medium flows in from the import, flows out from the export, can guarantee like this that the inside temperature of pelletization pot remains throughout at a higher numerical value, because the boiling point of water reduces, the boiling point can be reached more easily to the moisture on the granule surface that is smashed for the moisture on granule surface can rapid gasification for the drying rate of granule.
The still further scheme is that a discharging assembly is arranged at the bottom of the granulating pot, the discharging assembly comprises a discharging valve and a discharging air cylinder, a discharging hole is formed in the bottom of the granulating pot, a first through hole and a second through hole are formed in the discharging valve, and the first through hole is communicated with the discharging hole.
The further proposal is that the output end of the discharging cylinder is provided with an end cover which is used for controlling the opening and closing of the discharging valve.
In the above scheme, stir the mixture shaping to the powder in the pelletization pot, then smash the in-process again, ejection of compact cylinder promotes the end cover and blocks up the discharge opening for the powder can not spill from the discharge opening. After the materials in the granulating pan are smashed, the discharging air cylinder drives the end cover to open, and the smashed particles can enter the granulating machine from the discharging hole.
The top-driving wet granulator further comprises a granulating component, the granulating component comprises a fourth driving motor, a granulating machine and a discharge hole, a screen and a granulating cutter are arranged in the granulating machine, the granulating cutter is arranged in the screen, a driving shaft is arranged at the output end of the fourth driving motor, the driving shaft is used for driving the granulating cutter to rotate, and a plurality of through holes are formed in the screen.
In the above solutions, the size of the granules crushed in the granulation pot does not necessarily meet the actual requirements of the user, and therefore further processing of the granules in the granulation pot using the granulation assembly is also required. When the particles in the granulating pan flow into the granulating machine through the discharge hole, the particles firstly fall into the screen, at the moment, the fourth driving motor is started, the fourth driving motor drives the granulating knife to rotate through the driving shaft, and the granulating knife continues to perform further crushing operation on the particles in the screen. A plurality of through holes with the same size are formed in the screen, so that the through holes can play a role in screening the sizes of particles. The granules with the particle size smaller than the size of the through holes can smoothly flow out of the screen, the granules with the particle size larger than the size of the through holes cannot pass through the screen, and the granules cannot smoothly pass through the screen until the granules are crushed to the required size by the granule sizing knife. This ensures that the particle size of the particles exiting the screen is all that is required by the user.
The whole grain assembly comprises a frame, a rotating shaft and a whole grain assembly, wherein the frame is provided with the rotating shaft, and the whole grain assembly further comprises a connecting plate which is connected with the rotating shaft.
In the above scheme, the whole grain assembly can rotate around the rotating shaft through the connecting plate. When the material in the granulating pan is broken, the broken material particles in the granulating pan need to be further processed. And rotating the granulating assembly to align the feeding hole on the granulating assembly with the second through hole, so that the crushed material particles can enter the granulating assembly.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a top-drive wet granulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a structural view of the embodiment of the present invention with the upper case cover and the lower case cover hidden.
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a stirring paddle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the interior of the walls of the granulating pan in an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a take-off assembly in an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the discharge assembly with the discharge valve outer wall removed in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a granulating assembly in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a pelletizing assembly shown from a first perspective with the pelletizing machine outer wall and motor protective cover concealed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a second perspective view of a pelletizing assembly shown with the pelletizer wall and motor boot concealed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
In order to facilitate a better understanding of the invention, the invention will be further explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings of embodiments. Embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments described above. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the top-drive wet granulator provided by the present invention comprises a frame 1, an upper tank 2 and a lower tank 3, wherein the upper tank 2 and the lower tank 3 are disposed on the frame 1, and the upper tank 2 is disposed above the frame 1. An upper box body outer cover 14 is arranged on the upper box body 2, a lower box body outer cover 15 is arranged on the lower box body 3, a granulating pot 4 is arranged in the lower box body 3, a cylinder cover 5 is arranged in the upper box body 2, and the top of the granulating pot 4 is covered by the cylinder cover 5. The lower box body 3 is arranged below the upper box body 2, and a lifting mechanism is arranged in the upper box body 2 and used for controlling the lifting of the lower box body 3 in the vertical direction. Still be provided with actuating mechanism in last box 2's inside, actuating mechanism's output is provided with rabbling mechanism and pelletization mechanism, and rabbling mechanism and pelletization mechanism are located the inside of pelletization pot 4. The driving mechanism comprises a second driving motor 6 and a third driving motor 9, the stirring mechanism comprises a stirring shaft 7 and a stirring paddle 8, and the granulating mechanism comprises an output shaft 10 and a granulating blade 11. A second driving motor 6 is arranged in the upper box body 2, a stirring shaft 7 is arranged at the output end of the second driving motor 6, a stirring paddle 8 is arranged on the stirring shaft 7, and the stirring shaft 7 and the stirring paddle 8 extend into the granulating pan 4. A third driving motor 9 is arranged in the upper box body 2, an output shaft 10 is arranged at the output end of the third driving motor 9, a granulating blade 11 is sleeved on the outer wall of the output shaft 10, and the output shaft 10 and the granulating blade 11 extend into the granulating pan 4. The cylinder cover 5 is provided with a feed inlet 12, the feed inlet 12 is communicated with the inside of the granulating pan 4, the cylinder cover 5 is provided with a grouting port 13, and the grouting port 13 is communicated with the inside of the granulating pan 4. A pneumatic switch is arranged at the feed port 12 and used for controlling the opening and closing of the feed port 12.
In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism includes a first driving motor 16 and a worm screw lifter 17, one end of the worm screw lifter 17 is connected to the output end of the first driving motor 16, and the other end of the worm screw lifter 17 is fixed on the lower box 3. The number of the worm gear lead screw lifters 17 is two, and the two worm gear lead screw lifters 17 are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the lower box body 3. The worm gears of the two worm screw lifters 17 are respectively connected with two output ends of the first driving motor 16. When using this granulator to produce, start first driving motor 16, first driving motor 16 drives down box 3 through worm wheel lead screw lift 17 and rises to, when box 3 rose to the height with last box 2 in close contact with down, the top at pelletization pot 4 is closed to cylinder cap 5 lid this moment, and stirring rake 8 and pelletization blade 11 all stretch into the inside of pelletization pot 4. Firstly, powder required by granulation is conveyed to the interior of the granulating pan 4 through the feeding hole 12, then the second driving motor 6 is started, and the second driving motor 6 drives the stirring paddle 8 to rotate through the stirring shaft 7, so that the materials are fully and uniformly mixed. Then, an adhesive is added into the granulating pan 4 through the grouting port 13, after the powder materials in the granulating pan 4 are agglomerated into blocks, the third driving motor 9 is started, and the third driving motor 9 drives the granulating blade 11 to rotate, so that the agglomerated materials are smashed into granules. In the process of stirring and smashing materials, the granulating pan 4 is always positioned below the second driving motor 6 and the third driving motor 9, so that liquid and dust generated in the process of stirring and smashing the materials cannot permeate into the second driving motor 6 and the third driving motor 9, and the second driving motor 6 and the third driving motor 9 are prevented from breaking down in the process of stirring and smashing the materials.
In this embodiment, elevating system sets up in the inside of last box 2, also be the top of complete machine, just so need not to set up the spout on the organism, and first driving motor and actuating mechanism all set up in the inside of last box 2, because last box 2 is a sealed space, and the pollutant that first driving motor and actuating mechanism produced in the operation process can not have the risk of permeating 4 inside pelletization pots, just so can satisfy the inside cleanliness factor requirement of pelletization pot 4.
Referring to fig. 2, the top-drive wet granulator according to the present embodiment further includes a vacuum pump 18, the vacuum pump 18 is disposed at the bottom of the frame 1, a filter 19 is disposed on the cylinder cover 5, the filter 19 is communicated with the interior of the granulation pot 4, and the vacuum pump 18 is communicated with the filter 19 through a connecting pipe (not shown).
Referring to fig. 3, the stirring paddle 8 includes a first connecting section 81, a second connecting section 82, a bending section 83 and a third connecting section 84 connected end to end in sequence, the first connecting section 81 is connected with the stirring shaft 7, and the third connecting section 84 extends upward from the bending section 83.
In this embodiment, the first connection section 81, the second connection section 82, the bending section 83 and the third connection section 84 form a U shape, when the stirring paddle 8 extends into the interior of the granulating pan 4, the third connection section 84 can be tightly attached to the inner wall of the granulating pan 4, and the third connection section 84 can extend upward to the top of the granulating pan 4, so that when the stirring paddle 8 rotates to stir the materials in the granulating pan 4, the first connection section 81 and the second connection section 82 at the bottom of the granulating pan 4 can stir the materials at the bottom of the granulating pan 4, and the third connection section 84 can stir the materials at the edge of the inner wall of the granulating pan 4, so that the materials in the whole granulating pan 4 can be stirred more fully.
Referring to fig. 4, a hollow layer 43 is formed between the outer wall 41 and the inner wall 42 of the granulating pan 4, and the hollow layer 43 is filled with hot water, and the granulating pan in this embodiment further includes a thermostat device (not shown) for maintaining the temperature of the hot water, which is a device for maintaining the temperature of liquid commonly used in daily industrial production, and is not described herein since it is not a technical point to be protected by the present invention. Of course, the hollow layer 43 may be filled with other thermal insulation materials.
In this embodiment, after the granulating blade 11 crushes the agglomerated materials in the granulating pan 4 into granules, the vacuum pump 18 is started, the vacuum pump 18 pumps out air in the granulating pan 4 through the filter 19, so that vacuum is formed in the granulating pan 4, the air pressure in the granulating pan 4 is greatly reduced at this time, the boiling point of water is also greatly reduced, a hollow layer 43 is formed between the outer wall 41 and the inner wall 42 of the granulating pan 4, and the inside of the hollow layer 43 is filled with a heat insulating agent, so that the temperature in the granulating pan 4 can be always maintained at a higher value, because the boiling point of water is reduced, the moisture on the surface of the crushed granules can reach the boiling point more easily, the moisture on the surface of the granules can be gasified quickly, and the drying speed of the granules is increased.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, a discharging assembly 20 is disposed at the bottom of the granulating pan 4, the discharging assembly includes a discharging valve 201 and a discharging cylinder 202, a discharging hole (not shown) is disposed at the bottom of the granulating pan 4, a first through hole 203 and a second through hole (not shown) are disposed on the discharging valve 201, and the first through hole 203 is communicated with the discharging hole. An end cover 204 is arranged at the output end of the discharging cylinder 202, and the end cover 204 is used for controlling the opening and closing of the discharging valve 201.
In this embodiment, stir the mixture shaping to the powder in pelletization pot 4, then smash the in-process again, ejection of compact cylinder 202 promotes end cover 204 and blocks up the discharge opening for the powder can not spill from the discharge opening. After the materials in the granulating pan 4 are broken, the discharging cylinder 202 drives the end cover 204 to open, and the broken particles can enter the granulator from the discharging hole.
Referring to fig. 7 to 9, the top-drive wet granulator further includes a granulating assembly 21, the granulating assembly 21 includes a fourth drive motor 22, a granulator 23, and a discharge port 24, a motor protecting cover 25 is provided outside the fourth drive motor 22, and a sieve 26 and a granulating knife 27 are provided inside the granulator 23. The sizing blade 27 is provided inside the screen 26, and the output end of the fourth drive motor 22 is provided with a drive shaft 28, and the drive shaft 28 is used for driving the sizing blade 27 to rotate. The screen mesh 26 is provided with a plurality of through holes 29. The frame 1 is provided with a rotating shaft 30, the granulating assembly 21 further comprises a connecting plate 31, and the connecting plate 31 is connected with the rotating shaft 30.
In this embodiment, the size of the granules crushed in the granulator bowl 4 is not necessarily sufficient to meet the actual needs of the user, and therefore further processing of the granules in the granulator bowl 4 using the granule finishing assembly 21 is required. When the granules in the granulating pan 4 flow into the granulating machine 23 through the discharge hole, the granules firstly fall into the screen 26, at this time, the fourth driving motor 22 is started, the fourth driving motor 22 drives the granulating knife 27 to rotate through the driving shaft 28, and the granulating knife 27 continues to perform further crushing operation on the granules in the screen 26. A plurality of through holes 29 with the same size are formed on the screen 26, so that the through holes 29 can play a role in screening the sizes of the particles. The granules having a particle size smaller than the size of the through-hole 29 can smoothly flow out of the screen 26, and the granules having a particle size larger than the size of the through-hole 29 cannot pass through the screen 26 until the granules are further crushed by the sizing blade 27 and cannot smoothly pass through the screen 26 until the granules are crushed to a desired particle size. This ensures that the particles exiting the screen 26 are all of a size that meets the user's requirements.
In this embodiment, the whole assembly 21 can be rotated about the rotary shaft 30 by the connecting plate 31. When the first driving motor 16 drives the box body 3 to ascend to a specified position, a rotating space is just reserved for the whole grain assembly 21. When the material in the granulating pan 4 is broken, the broken material particles in the granulating pan 4 need to be further processed. The whole grain assembly 21 is rotated to align the feeding holes on the whole grain assembly 21 with the second through holes, and the crushed material particles can enter the whole grain assembly 21.
The above-described embodiments describe the technical principles of the present invention, and these descriptions are only for the purpose of explaining the principles of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way. Based on the explanations herein, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive of other embodiments of the present invention without inventive effort, which would fall within the scope of the present invention.