CN215027774U - Material mixing device and cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a material mixing device and cleaning system, wherein, this material mixing device includes: a plurality of containers, each container for holding a material; the dynamic mixer is provided with a plurality of first feed inlets and at least one first discharge outlet; the conveying pipes are respectively connected between the containers and the first feeding holes; and a plurality of delivery pumps respectively arranged on the delivery pipes to deliver the materials in the containers to the dynamic mixer through the delivery pipes. The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can effectively improve the mixing efficiency.

Description

Material mixing device and cleaning system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of production equipment, in particular to a material mixing device and a cleaning system.

Background

At present, a material mixing device basically mixes two or more materials by using a static mixer. Because there is not mechanical movable part in the static mixer, it only relies on the inside fluid passage who forms to mix the material, and the material is difficult for misce bene and mixing speed is slow like this, consequently has the problem that mixes inefficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a material mixing device and a cleaning system, which are used for solving or relieving one or more technical problems in the prior art.

As an aspect of an embodiment of the present application, an embodiment of the present application provides a material mixing device, including:

a plurality of containers, each container for holding a material;

the dynamic mixer is provided with a plurality of first feed inlets and at least one first discharge outlet;

the conveying pipes are respectively connected between the containers and the first feeding holes;

and a plurality of delivery pumps respectively arranged on the delivery pipes to deliver the materials in the containers to the dynamic mixer through the delivery pipes.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: and the plurality of flow meters are respectively arranged on the conveying pipes and are connected with the conveying pump.

In one embodiment, the flow meter is located between the transfer pump and the dynamic mixer.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: and the safety valves are respectively arranged on the conveying pipes, are positioned at the inlet and outlet ends of the conveying pump and are communicated with the output end of the conveying pump.

In one embodiment, a dynamic mixer comprises:

the mixing device comprises a shell, a first feeding hole and a first discharging hole, wherein a mixing cavity is defined in the shell, and the shell is provided with the first feeding hole and the first discharging hole which are communicated with the mixing cavity;

and the stirrer is rotatably arranged in the mixing cavity through the driving part.

As another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, an embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning system, including:

the material mixing device of any of the above embodiments;

the cleaning device is provided with a plurality of liquid supply pipes for supplying cleaning liquid, and each liquid supply pipe is respectively communicated with each container in a cleaning state so as to input the cleaning liquid into the container.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises: and each reversing valve is provided with a first input end, a first output end and a second output end, the first input end is communicated with the output end of the conveying pipe, and the first output end is communicated with the first feeding hole.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises: and the input end of each one-way valve is respectively communicated with each second output end.

This application embodiment adopts above-mentioned technical scheme, owing to adopt a plurality of first feed inlets of a plurality of containers and dynamic mixer to carry out the one-to-one connection with a plurality of conveyer pipes to set up the delivery pump to each conveyer pipe, under the transport effect of delivery pump, the material in each container can be carried to the dynamic mixer fast like this, and the dynamic mixer then can stir the multiple material of input, makes multiple material homogeneous mixing. Based on this, can effectively improve the mixing efficiency of material to improve production efficiency.

The foregoing summary is provided for the purpose of description only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features of the present application will be readily apparent by reference to the drawings and following detailed description.

Drawings

In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar parts or elements throughout the several views unless otherwise specified. The figures are not necessarily to scale. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only some embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a material mixing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a material mixing device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the connections between a controller and a flow meter and a delivery pump according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a cleaning system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will recognize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a material mixing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the material mixing apparatus 100 may include: a plurality of containers 110, each container 110 for containing a material; a dynamic mixer 120 having a plurality of first feed ports 121 and at least one first discharge port 122; a plurality of delivery pipes 130, each delivery pipe 130 being connected between each container 110 and each first inlet port 121, respectively; and a plurality of delivery pumps 140 respectively provided on the delivery pipes 130 to deliver the materials in the respective containers 110 to the dynamic mixer 120 through the delivery pipes 130.

The material may be a viscous material, such as milk, juice, additives, etc.; the material may also be a particulate material such as fruit pieces, grains, etc. Wherein the viscosity of the viscous material may be greater than or equal to 20000 cp.

The container 110 has a second inlet 112 for material input and a second outlet 113 for material output, and the inside of the container 110 defines a containing cavity 111 for containing material. The container 110 may be a vessel such as a tank or a jar, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the container 110.

The plurality of containers 110 means that the number of the containers 110 is two or more, each container 110 may contain one material, and the plurality of containers 110 may contain different materials. For example, when the number of the containers 110 is two, one container 110 may be used to contain the material a, the other container 110 may be used to contain the material B, so as to convey the two materials to the dynamic mixer 120 for mixing, and the first discharge port 122 of the dynamic mixer 120 may output the mixed material a and the mixed material B. Specifically, the material A is milk, and the material B is fruit particles.

It will be appreciated that multiple containers 110 may also contain the same material. The types of the materials contained in the plurality of containers 110 may be selected and adjusted according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Accordingly, the plurality of transfer pipes 130, the plurality of transfer pumps 140, and the plurality of first feed openings 121 are also denoted as two or more in number. The number of the delivery pipes 130, the delivery pumps 140 and the first feed openings 121 is adapted to the number of the vessels 110.

By connecting the delivery pipes 130 between the containers 110 and the first feed openings 121, the containers 110 can be correspondingly connected with the first feed openings 121; further, by providing the transfer pumps 140 in the transfer pipes 130, the transfer pumps 140 and the transfer pipes 130 may be in one-to-one correspondence. Thus, when a plurality of materials are required to be mixed, the plurality of materials can be respectively input into the plurality of containers 110 for containing one material in each container 110, the materials in each container 110 are conveyed into the dynamic mixer 120 through the conveying pipe 130, and the dynamic mixer 120 dynamically mixes the plurality of materials so as to output the mixed materials through the first discharge hole 122.

According to material mixing device 100 of this application embodiment, owing to adopt a plurality of first feed inlets 121 of a plurality of containers 110 and dynamic mixer 120 to carry out the one-to-one and connect to each conveyer pipe 130 sets up delivery pump 140, like this under delivery pump 140's transport effect, the material in each container 110 can be carried to dynamic mixer 120 fast, and dynamic mixer 120 then can stir the multiple material of input for multiple material homogeneous mixing. Based on this, can effectively improve the mixing efficiency of material to improve production efficiency.

Furthermore, in order to alleviate the inhomogeneous problem of static mixer mixture among the prior art, can set up the buffer memory jar at static mixer's output usually and buffer memory the misce bene of static mixer output to just carry out the secondary stirring to the misce bene under the misce bene buffer memory to a certain amount of circumstances, this can consume more transport time and mix time. However, the material mixing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present application may achieve online mixing by continuously and simultaneously inputting the materials in the plurality of containers 110 into the dynamic mixer 120 for mixing and continuously outputting the materials through the first material outlet 122, which may save the conveying time and the mixing time, thereby improving the mixing efficiency. In addition, a buffer tank can be omitted, and the generation cost is saved.

In one example, the delivery pump 140 may be a rotor pump, a reciprocating pump, a screw pump, a centrifugal pump, a piston pump, etc., and the type of the delivery pump 140 may be selected and adjusted according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the delivery pump 140.

Preferably, when mixing the viscous material and the particulate material, the type of the transfer pump 140 provided on the transfer pipe 130 for transferring the viscous material is a rotary pump, and the type of the transfer pump 140 provided on the transfer pipe 130 for transferring the particulate material is a piston pump. So, the rotor pump can provide sufficient pressure energy for viscous material's transport, and the piston pump is difficult for extrudeing broken with granule material, and viscous material and granule material of being convenient for remain respective characteristic after mixing. Such as the specific viscosity of the viscous material and the integrity of the particulate material.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a material mixing device 100 according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the apparatus is different from the above embodiment in that it may further include: the plurality of flow meters 210 are provided in the respective transfer pipes 130, and are connected to the transfer pump 140.

The plurality of flow meters 210 are respectively disposed on each of the conveying pipes 130, so that the flow meters 210 on the corresponding conveying pipes 130 can detect flow information of the material in the conveying pipes 130, and the flow meters 210 can adjust the rotation speed of the conveying pump 140 based on the detected flow information. For example, when the flow meter 210 detects that the flow information is greater than the set value, the rotation speed of the delivery pump 140 is reduced; when the flow rate information detected by the flow meter 210 is less than the set value, the rotation speed of the delivery pump 140 is increased. So, can accurate control the mixing ratio of material, guarantee that the material mixes with invariable mixing ratio, be favorable to improving the mixing precision of material. For example, the two materials are mixed in one ratio of 1:20, 1:50, 1:100 and the like, so that the two materials are always mixed according to a certain ratio.

Preferably, the flow meter 210 is a mass flow meter.

In one embodiment, the flow meter 210 is located between the transfer pump 140 and the dynamic mixer 120. Through setting up flowmeter 210 between delivery pump 140 and dynamic mixer 120, can carry out flow information before the material is carried to first feed inlet 121 and detect for the flow information that detects out can accurately reflect the mixing proportion of material, is favorable to improving the precision to delivery pump 140 rotational speed regulation.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the apparatus may further include: and a plurality of safety valves 220 respectively arranged on the delivery pipes 130, positioned at the input end of the delivery pump 140, and communicated with the output end of the delivery pump 140.

The safety valve 220 has an input end 221, an output end 222 and a pressure relief end 223, the input end 221 of the safety valve 220 is communicated with the second discharge port 113 of the container 110, the output end 222 of the safety valve 220 is communicated with the input end of the delivery pump 140, and the pressure relief end 223 of the safety valve 220 is communicated with the output end of the delivery pump 140.

When the pressure of the material on the conveying section of the conveying pipe 130 between the output end of the conveying pump 140 and the first feeding hole 121 does not exceed the pressure threshold, the input end 221 of the safety valve 220 is opened, the pressure relief end 223 is closed, and the material is conveyed to the first feeding hole 121 through the input end 221 and the output end 222 of the safety valve 220, the input end and the output end of the conveying pump 140 and the conveying section; otherwise, the input end 221 of the safety valve 220 is closed, the pressure relief end 223 is opened, a part of the material output from the output end of the delivery pump 140 is delivered to the first feed inlet 121 through the delivery section, and the other part of the material is re-delivered to the input end of the delivery pump 140 through the pressure relief end 223 of the safety valve 220.

Preferably, in case the transfer pump 140 is a positive displacement pump, a safety valve 220 is provided at the input end of the positive displacement pump and a relief end 223 of the safety valve 220 is in communication with the output end of the positive displacement pump.

Based on this, the flow meter 210, the dynamic mixer 120 and the delivery pipe 130, which are located after the output end of the delivery pump 140, and equipment such as a heat exchanger in the subsequent process section, can be protected.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the dynamic mixer 120 may include: the mixing device comprises a shell 120A, a mixing cavity 123 is defined inside the shell 120A, and a first feeding hole 121 and a first discharging hole 122 which are communicated with the mixing cavity 123 are formed in the shell 120A; and an agitator 124 rotatably disposed in the mixing chamber 123 by a driving part 125.

Wherein, agitator 124 detachably sets up in mixing chamber 123, is convenient for change agitator 124 according to the difference of material kind to adapt to different stirring demands. For example, when it is required to mix materials with a low shear rate, the agitator 124 with a wide pitch of the agitating blades and a low shear force is used; when it is necessary to mix the materials with high shear rate, the agitator 124 with dense agitating blades and high shear force is used.

The stirring speed of the stirrer 124 is controlled by the driving part 125, and the stirring speed can be adjusted according to the material type, for example, when the materials with low shear rate are required to be mixed, the stirring speed of the stirrer 124 is controlled to be 100rpm to 150 rpm; when the materials with high shear rate are required to be mixed, the stirring speed of the stirrer 124 is controlled to be 900rpm to 1800 rpm. In this way, the stirring speed of the stirrer 124 can also be adapted to different stirring requirements.

Based on this, the material mixing device has better commonality and flexibility, is favorable to being applicable to in the material mixing of different types.

Preferably, the driving part 125 is a motor. The motor shaft of the motor is removably connected to the agitator 124. Such that the agitator 124 may rotate as the motor shaft rotates.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the apparatus may further include: the inverter (not shown) is connected to the driving unit 125.

Specifically, taking the driving portion 125 as an example of a motor, by connecting the frequency converter to the motor, the rotation speed of the motor can be adjusted by using the frequency converter, so that the motor can rotate at different frequencies, and further, the agitator 124 is driven to rotate at different frequencies, thereby implementing frequency conversion control on the agitator 124. Thus, the flexibility of mixing is improved.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the apparatus may further include: and a controller 310 connected to the plurality of flow meters 210 and the plurality of transfer pumps 140.

Wherein, the controller 310 receives the flow information detected by the flow meter 210 and controls the rotation speed of the delivery pump 140 on the corresponding delivery pipe 130 according to the flow information. In this manner, the flow of material in the delivery tube 130 can be automatically controlled.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning system 400 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the cleaning system 400 may include: the material mixing device 100 of any of the above embodiments; the cleaning device 410 has a plurality of supply pipes 411 for supplying a cleaning liquid, and each supply pipe 411 is used to communicate with each container 110 in a cleaning state to supply the cleaning liquid into the container 110.

The cleaning device 410 may be a clean In place device cip (cleaning In place), and the cleaning liquid may be water, water In which a cleaning agent is dissolved, or other liquid having a cleaning function.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the cleaning state, the plurality of liquid supply pipes 411 of the cleaning device 410 are connected to the second material inlets 112 of the plurality of containers 110 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so that the cleaning liquid can be input into each container 110, and the cleaning liquid is conveyed into the dynamic mixer 120 through the conveying pipe 130 by the conveying action of the conveying pump 140 and discharged through the first material outlet 122 of the dynamic mixer 120. Based on this, the material mixing device 100 can be cleaned, and the safety of the device in use is ensured.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the system may further include: a plurality of direction valves 420, each direction valve 420 having a first input 421, a first output 422 and a second output 423, the first input 421 being in communication with the output of the delivery pipe 130, the first output 422 being in communication with the first feed opening 121.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simplicity, fig. 4 only shows the reversing valve 420 disposed between one of the ducts 130 and one of the first inlet ports 121, and it is understood that the reversing valve 420 may be disposed between the other ducts 130 and the corresponding first inlet ports 130.

In the material mixing state, the material is conveyed to the first feeding hole 121 through the first input end 421 and the first output end 422 of the reversing valve 420, and is input into the dynamic mixer 120 through the first feeding hole 121 for mixing.

In the cleaning state, the cleaning liquid can be discharged through the first input end 421 and the second output end 423 of the direction valve 420, so that the corresponding delivery pipe 130 and the container 110 connected with the delivery pipe can be cleaned, and the cleaning flow rate can be ensured; the cleaning liquid can also be supplied to the first inlet 121 via the first input 421 and the first output 422 of the directional valve 420 and can be supplied to the dynamic mixer 120 via the first inlet 121, so that the dynamic mixer 120 can be cleaned. In addition, based on the switching operation of the directional valve 420, the delivery modes of the cleaning liquid can be switched between the two delivery modes of discharging through the first input end 421 and the second output end 423 and discharging after being delivered to the dynamic mixer 120 through the first input end 421 and the first output end 422, so that the connection between the directional valve 420 and the dynamic mixer 120 can be cleaned conveniently by switching the directional valve 420 for multiple times, and no dead angle cleaning is realized.

In one embodiment, the system may further comprise: and a plurality of check valves 430, wherein the input end of each check valve 430 is communicated with the second output end 423 of each direction changing valve 420. In this manner, the check valve 430 prevents the cleaning liquid from flowing backward when the cleaning liquid is discharged through the first input 421 and the second output 423 of the direction valve 420.

Other configurations of the material mixing apparatus 100 and the cleaning system 400 of the above embodiments can be adopted by various technical solutions known to those skilled in the art now and in the future, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present specification, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; the connection can be mechanical connection, electrical connection or communication; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact of the first and second features, or may comprise contact of the first and second features not directly but through another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser level than the second feature.

The above disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different structures of the application. The components and arrangements of specific examples are described above to simplify the present disclosure. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive various changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and these should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A material mixing device, comprising:

a plurality of containers, each for holding a material;

the dynamic mixer is provided with a plurality of first feed inlets and at least one first discharge outlet;

the conveying pipes are respectively connected between the containers and the first feeding holes;

a plurality of delivery pumps are respectively arranged on the delivery pipes to deliver the materials in the containers to the dynamic mixer through the delivery pipes.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

and the plurality of flow meters are respectively arranged on the conveying pipes and are connected with the conveying pump.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the flow meter is located between the transfer pump and the dynamic mixer.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

and the safety valves are respectively arranged on the conveying pipes, positioned at the inlet and outlet ends of the conveying pump and communicated with the output end of the conveying pump.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dynamic mixer comprises:

the mixing device comprises a shell, a first feeding hole and a first discharging hole, wherein a mixing cavity is defined in the shell, and the first feeding hole and the first discharging hole are formed in the shell and are communicated with the mixing cavity;

an agitator rotatably disposed in the mixing chamber by a driving part.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

and the frequency converter is connected with the driving part.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

and the controller is connected with the plurality of flow meters and the plurality of delivery pumps.

8. A cleaning system, comprising:

the material mixing device of any one of claims 1 to 7;

the cleaning device is provided with a plurality of liquid supply pipes for supplying cleaning liquid, and each liquid supply pipe is respectively communicated with each container in a cleaning state so as to input the cleaning liquid into the container.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

the first input end is communicated with the output end of the conveying pipe, and the first output end is communicated with the first feeding hole.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

and the input end of each one-way valve is respectively communicated with each second output end.

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