CN206570316U - A kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material, including tank body and upper lid；The tank interior is set to hybrid chamber；Priming apparatus is provided with the upper lid；The priming apparatus is made up of water dish and water inlet pipe；Main agitating device, assisting agitating apparatus and scraper are provided with the hybrid chamber；The main agitating device is made up of main stirring motor, main agitating shaft and main stirring sheet；The assisting agitating apparatus is made up of auxiliary stirring motor, auxiliary agitating shaft and auxiliary stirring sheet；The scraper is made up of scraper motor, scraper rotating shaft, bottom material scraping plate and side wall material scraping plate；Feed arrangement is provided with tank body top sidewall；The feed arrangement is made up of feed pipe and feed pipe；Tank base is connected by vibration absorber with bottom plate；Water is sufficiently mixed by the utility model by priming apparatus with raw material；The mixing quality of raw material is improved by main agitating device and assisting agitating apparatus；The setting of scraper is beneficial to complete discharge.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to a kind of fermentation raw material mixing machinery, and specifically a kind of shock reducing type fermentation raw material efficiently mixes dress
Put.
Background technology
In conventional bio-fermentation process, main using manually directly material is added into fermentation tank, this mode is not
Can not only material be set to dissolve well, and waste of manpower.At present, in production process, some enterprises increase before fermentation tank matches somebody with somebody
Batch can, is mixed to materials such as supplementary materials with material-compound tank, is then pumped by motor, squeezes into mixed feed liquid through pipeline
In fermentation tank, fermentation process is carried out.But existing conventional material-compound tank, come with some shortcomings part：First, the floor space of material-compound tank
It is larger so that the feed liquid in material-compound tank can not be got in fermentation tank completely, and feed liquid has part residual in tank base, it is impossible to complete
Complete utilization.2nd, the agitating paddle of most material-compound tanks is placed in the middle part of tank body, and the stirring capacity of agitating paddle is limited, can only cause material
Liquid is moved towards upwards in the subrange of stirring so that the material stirring of tank base is uneven.So tank base material is frequent
It can not be completely dissolved, the element proportioning of influence solution.3rd, the agitating shaft of material-compound tank is stretched into tank body, hanging to set, but because of material
Liquid is generally denser liquid, in the quick rotation of agitating shaft, and stirring resistance is larger, easily causes the damage of agitating shaft.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material, to solve above-mentioned background
The problem of being proposed in technology.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides following technical scheme：
A kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material, including tank body and upper lid；The tank body is arranged to hollow cylinder
Body, inside is set to hybrid chamber, and top open part is provided with lid；Upper lid mutually the screwing and tank by screw bolt and nut
Body is fixedly connected；Priming apparatus is provided with upper lid；The priming apparatus is made up of water dish and water inlet pipe；The water dish is consolidated
Base face is scheduled on, and water dish right-hand member is connected with water inlet pipe；Water dish is arranged to disc, and lower surface is evenly equipped with some sprays
Main agitating shaft mounting hole is provided with the middle part of mouth, and water dish；The main agitating shaft mounting hole both sides are symmetrically arranged with auxiliary stirring
Axle mounting hole；Water dish is internally provided with runner；Force (forcing) pump is provided with the water inlet pipe；Master is provided with the hybrid chamber to stir
Mix device, assisting agitating apparatus and scraper；The main agitating device is by main stirring motor, main agitating shaft and main stirring sheet group
Into；The main stirring motor is fixed on cap upper surface, and the main shaft of main stirring motor is fixedly connected with main agitating shaft；The master
Agitating shaft passes through the main agitating shaft mounting hole set on water dish to stretch into tank body；Main shaft bottom is staggeredly equipped with three layers of master
Stirring sheet；The assisting agitating apparatus is provided with two sets, is symmetricly set on main agitating device both sides, and assisting agitating apparatus is by auxiliary
Help stirring motor, auxiliary agitating shaft and auxiliary stirring sheet composition；The auxiliary stirring motor is arranged on cap upper surface, and auxiliary
The main shaft of stirring motor is fixedly connected with auxiliary agitating shaft；The auxiliary agitating shaft passes through the auxiliary agitating shaft set on water dish
Mounting hole is extended in the middle part of tank body, and auxiliary shaft bottom is staggeredly equipped with three layers of auxiliary stirring sheet；The scraper is set
Put in tank base, and scraper is made up of scraper motor, scraper rotating shaft, bottom material scraping plate and side wall material scraping plate；It is described to scrape
Material motor is fixed on tank body bottom surface, and the main shaft of scraper motor and one end of scraper rotating shaft are fixed；The scraper rotating shaft it is another
End is fixedly connected with bottom material scraping plate；The bottom material scraping plate is provided with two panels, and two panels bottom material scraping plate is arranged on always
On line, bottom material scraping plate end is fixedly connected with side wall material scraping plate；Feed arrangement, bottom sidewall are provided with tank body top sidewall
On be provided with drainage conduit；The feed arrangement is made up of feed pipe and feed pipe；Described feed pipe one end is connected with tank body, another
End seal is closed, and feed pipe is internally provided with feeding auger；One end of the feeding auger is fixedly connected with the main shaft of feeding motor；Institute
Feeding motor is stated to be fixed on feed pipe Closed End；The feed pipe is arranged at the top of feed pipe；Tank base passes through vibration damping
Device is connected with bottom plate；The vibration absorber is made up of spring, guide pillars and bushes；The spring top is fixed with tank body bottom surface to be connected
Connect, bottom is fixedly connected with bottom plate, spring inner is provided with guide pillars and bushes；It is fixedly connected at the top of the guide pillar with tank body, bottom
Portion is arranged in guide pin bushing；The guide pin bushing bottom is fixedly connected with bottom plate.
It is used as further program of the utility model：The upper lid and tank body are made of stainless steel.
It is used as further program of the utility model：The bottom scraper plate surface is evenly equipped with some material guide holes.
It is used as the utility model further scheme：The length of the main agitating shaft is the 2/3 of tank body height.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are：
This uses the new setting by priming apparatus, is entered drum in water dish using force (forcing) pump, water sprays from nozzle
Go out, be easy to expand the spray area of water, be easy to be sufficiently mixed with raw material, improve the quality of fermentation raw material；Pass through main stirring
The setting of device and assisting agitating apparatus, can adjust main agitating device and assisting agitating apparatus according to the number of fermentation raw material
Open and close, when fermentation raw material is few, only need to open main agitating device, when fermentation raw material is more, open assisting agitating apparatus
Main agitating device is aided in be stirred raw material, beneficial to the mixing quality for improving raw material；By the setting of scraper, to adhesion
Raw material in tank wall and bottom is swept, and is easy to improve the mixing quality of raw material, and beneficial to complete discharge；Bottom material scraping plate table
The material guide hole that face is set is beneficial to reduce rotational resistance；By the setting of feed arrangement, it is easy to raw material being uniformly added to tank body
In, prevent and once add the phenomenon that excessive raw material causes mixing quality to reduce；By the setting of vibration absorber, to raw material
The vibration produced in mixed process is absorbed, and prevents equipment Long-term Vibration from shortening the service life of equipment.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of main agitating device in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of assisting agitating apparatus in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of priming apparatus in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of scraper in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of vibration absorber in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of feed arrangement in the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material.
In figure：Covered on 1-, 2- priming apparatus, 3- feed arrangements, 4- assisting agitating apparatus, 5- tank bodies, 6- scrapers, 7-
Bottom plate, 8- hybrid chambers, 9- vibration absorbers, 10- drainage conduits, the main agitating devices of 11-, 12- bolts, 13- nuts, the main stirring electricity of 14-
Machine, the main agitating shafts of 15-, the main stirring sheets of 16-, 17- auxiliary stirring motors, the main agitating shafts of 18-, the main stirring sheets of 19-, 20- force (forcing) pumps,
21- water inlet pipes, 22- runners, the main agitating shaft mounting holes of 23-, 24- nozzles, 25- water dishes, 26- auxiliary agitating shaft mounting holes, 27-
Side wall material scraping plate, 28- bottoms material scraping plate, 29- scraper motors, 30- scraper rotating shafts, 31- material guide holes, 32- springs, 33- guide pin bushings,
34- guide pillars, 35- feed pipes, 36- feeding motors, 37- feeding augers, 38- feed pipes.
Embodiment
The technical scheme of this patent is described in more detail with reference to embodiment.
Refer to Fig. 1-7, a kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material, including tank body 5 and upper lid 1；The tank body 5
It is arranged to hollow cylinder, inside is set to hybrid chamber 8, and top open part is provided with lid 1；The upper lid 1 passes through bolt 12
It is fixedly connected with mutually screwing for nut 13 with tank body 5, and upper lid 1 and tank body 5 are made of stainless steel；It is provided with upper lid 1
Priming apparatus 2；The priming apparatus 2 is made up of water dish 25 and water inlet pipe 21；The water dish 25 is fixed on the bottom surface of lid 1,
And the right-hand member of water dish 25 is connected with water inlet pipe 21；Water dish 25 is arranged to disc, and lower surface is evenly equipped with some nozzles 24, and spray
The middle part of water pond 25 is provided with main agitating shaft mounting hole 23；The main both sides of agitating shaft mounting hole 23 are symmetrically arranged with auxiliary agitating shaft
Mounting hole 26；Water dish 25 is internally provided with runner 22；Force (forcing) pump 20 is provided with the water inlet pipe 21；Pass through priming apparatus 2
Setting, drum is entered in water dish 25 using force (forcing) pump 20, water sprays from nozzle 24, be easy to expand water spray area,
It is easy to be sufficiently mixed with raw material, improves the quality of fermentation raw material；Main agitating device 11 is provided with the hybrid chamber 8, it is auxiliary
Help agitating device 4 and scraper 6；The main agitating device 11 is by main stirring motor 14, main agitating shaft 15 and main stirring sheet 16
Composition；The main stirring motor 14 is fixed on the upper surface of lid 1, and the main shaft of main stirring motor 14 is fixed with main agitating shaft 15 and connected
Connect；The main agitating shaft 15 passes through the main agitating shaft mounting hole 23 set on water dish 25 to stretch into tank body 5, and main agitating shaft 15
Length be the height of tank body 5 2/3；The main bottom of agitating shaft 15 is staggeredly equipped with three layers of main stirring sheet 16；The auxiliary stirring dress
Put 4 and be provided with two sets, be symmetricly set on the main both sides of agitating device 11, and assisting agitating apparatus 4 is by auxiliary stirring motor 17, auxiliary
Agitating shaft 18 and auxiliary stirring sheet 19 are constituted；The auxiliary stirring motor 17 is arranged on the upper surface of lid 1, and auxiliary stirring motor
17 main shaft is fixedly connected with auxiliary agitating shaft 18；The auxiliary agitating shaft 18 passes through the auxiliary agitating shaft set on water dish 25
Mounting hole 26 extends to the middle part of tank body 5, and auxiliary agitating shaft 18 bottom is staggeredly equipped with three layers of auxiliary stirring sheet 19；Stirred by master
The setting of device 11 and assisting agitating apparatus 4 is mixed, can be stirred according to the number of fermentation raw material to adjust main agitating device 11 and auxiliary
The keying of device 4 is mixed, when fermentation raw material is few, only main agitating device 11 need to be opened, when fermentation raw material is more, open auxiliary
Agitating device 4 aids in the main agitating device 11 to be stirred raw material, beneficial to the mixing quality for improving raw material；The scraper
6 are arranged on the bottom of tank body 5, and scraper 6 is by scraper motor 29, scraper rotating shaft 30, bottom material scraping plate 28 and side wall material scraping plate
27 compositions；The scraper motor 29 is fixed on the bottom surface of tank body 5, and the main shaft of scraper motor 29 is consolidated with one end of scraper rotating shaft 30
It is fixed；The other end of the scraper rotating shaft 30 is fixedly connected with bottom material scraping plate 28；The bottom material scraping plate 28 is provided with two panels, and
Two panels bottom material scraping plate 28 is set on the same line, and the surface of bottom material scraping plate 28 is evenly equipped with some material guide holes 31, end with
Side wall material scraping plate 27 is fixedly connected；By the setting of scraper 6, the raw material for sticking to the side wall of tank body 5 and bottom is swept, just
In the mixing quality for improving raw material, and beneficial to complete discharge；The material guide hole 31 that the surface of bottom material scraping plate 28 is set, which is beneficial to reduce, to be revolved
Turn resistance；It is provided with the top sidewall of tank body 5 in feed arrangement 3, bottom sidewall and is provided with drainage conduit 10；The feed arrangement 3
It is made up of feed pipe 38 and feed pipe 35；Described one end of feed pipe 38 is connected with tank body 5, other end closing, inside feed pipe 38
It is provided with feeding auger 37；One end of the feeding auger 37 is fixedly connected with the main shaft of feeding motor 36；The feeding motor
36 are fixed on the Closed End of feed pipe 38；The feed pipe 35 is arranged on the top of feed pipe 38；Pass through setting for feed arrangement 3
Put, be easy to raw material being uniformly added in tank body 5, prevent once add excessive raw material cause mixing quality reduce
Phenomenon；The bottom of tank body 5 is connected by vibration absorber 9 with bottom plate 7；The vibration absorber 9 is by 33 groups of spring 32, guide pillar 34 and guide pin bushing
Into；The top of spring 32 is fixedly connected with the bottom surface of tank body 5, and bottom is fixedly connected with bottom plate 7, and spring 32 is internally provided with guide pillar
34 and guide pin bushing 33；The top of guide pillar 34 is fixedly connected with tank body 5, and bottom is arranged in guide pin bushing 33；The bottom of guide pin bushing 33 with
Bottom plate 7 is fixedly connected；By the setting of vibration absorber 9, the vibration produced in raw material mixed process is absorbed, equipment is prevented
Long-term Vibration shortens the service life of equipment.
The better embodiment to this patent is explained in detail above, but this patent is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment party
, can also be on the premise of this patent objective not be departed from formula, the knowledge that one skilled in the relevant art possesses
Make a variety of changes.
Claims (4)
1. a kind of efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material, including tank body（5）With upper lid（1）；Characterized in that, the tank body
（5）It is arranged to hollow cylinder, inside is set to hybrid chamber（8）, top open part is provided with lid（1）；The upper lid（1）It is logical
Cross bolt（12）And nut（13）Mutually screw and tank body（5）It is fixedly connected；Upper lid（1）On be provided with priming apparatus（2）；Institute
State priming apparatus（2）By water dish（25）And water inlet pipe（21）Composition；The water dish（25）It is fixed on lid（1）Bottom surface, and
Water dish（25）Right-hand member and water inlet pipe（21）Connection；Water dish（25）It is arranged to disc, lower surface is evenly equipped with some nozzles
（24）, and water dish（25）Middle part is provided with main agitating shaft mounting hole（23）；The main agitating shaft mounting hole（23）Both sides are symmetrical
It is provided with auxiliary agitating shaft mounting hole（26）；Water dish（25）It is internally provided with runner（22）；The water inlet pipe（21）It is upper to set
There is force (forcing) pump（20）；The hybrid chamber（8）In be provided with main agitating device（11）, assisting agitating apparatus（4）And scraper
（6）；The main agitating device（11）By main stirring motor（14）, main agitating shaft（15）With main stirring sheet（16）Composition；The master
Stirring motor（14）It is fixed on lid（1）Upper surface, and main stirring motor（14）Main shaft and main agitating shaft（15）It is fixedly connected；
The main agitating shaft（15）Through water dish（25）The main agitating shaft mounting hole of upper setting（23）Stretch into tank body（5）In；Main stirring
Axle（15）Bottom is staggeredly equipped with three layers of main stirring sheet（16）；The assisting agitating apparatus（4）Two sets are provided with, is symmetricly set on
Main agitating device（11）Both sides, and assisting agitating apparatus（4）By auxiliary stirring motor（17）, auxiliary agitating shaft（18）Stirred with auxiliary
Mix piece（19）Composition；The auxiliary stirring motor（17）It is arranged on lid（1）Upper surface, and auxiliary stirring motor（17）Main shaft
With auxiliary agitating shaft（18）It is fixedly connected；The auxiliary agitating shaft（18）Through water dish（25）The auxiliary agitating shaft peace of upper setting
Fill hole（26）Extend to tank body（5）Middle part, and auxiliary agitating shaft（18）Bottom is staggeredly equipped with three layers of auxiliary stirring sheet（19）；Institute
State scraper（6）It is arranged on tank body（5）Bottom, and scraper（6）By scraper motor（29）, scraper rotating shaft（30）, bottom
Material scraping plate（28）With side wall material scraping plate（27）Composition；The scraper motor（29）It is fixed on tank body（5）Bottom surface, and scraper motor
（29）Main shaft and scraper rotating shaft（30）One end fix；The scraper rotating shaft（30）The other end and bottom material scraping plate（28）Gu
Fixed connection；The bottom material scraping plate（28）It is provided with two panels, and two panels bottom material scraping plate（28）Set on the same line, bottom
Material scraping plate（28）End and side wall material scraping plate（27）It is fixedly connected；Tank body（5）Feed arrangement is provided with top sidewall（3）, bottom
Drainage conduit is provided with the wall of portion side（10）；The feed arrangement（3）By feed pipe（38）And feed pipe（35）Composition；The feeding
Pipe（38）One end and tank body（5）Connection, other end closing, feed pipe（38）It is internally provided with feeding auger（37）；The feeding
Auger（37）One end and feeding motor（36）Main shaft be fixedly connected；The feeding motor（36）It is fixed on feed pipe（38）Envelope
On closed end face；The feed pipe（35）It is arranged on feed pipe（38）Top；Tank body（5）Bottom passes through vibration absorber（9）With bottom plate
（7）Connection；The vibration absorber（9）By spring（32）, guide pillar（34）And guide pin bushing（33）Composition；The spring（32）Top and tank
Body（5）Bottom surface is fixedly connected, bottom and bottom plate（7）It is fixedly connected, spring（32）It is internally provided with guide pillar（34）And guide pin bushing（33）；
The guide pillar（34）Top and tank body（5）It is fixedly connected, bottom is arranged on guide pin bushing（33）In；The guide pin bushing（33）Bottom and bottom plate
（7）It is fixedly connected.
2. the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the upper lid（1）With
Tank body（5）It is made of stainless steel.
3. the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the bottom material scraping plate
（28）Surface is evenly equipped with some material guide holes（31）.
4. the efficient mixing arrangement of shock reducing type fermentation raw material according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the main agitating shaft
（15）Length be tank body（5）The 2/3 of height.
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