ES1059540U - Machine conforming merma or (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

"shrinking machine 0" of the type used in the food industry in general and specifically in the processes of forming meat pieces, which distinguishes a chassis that integrates a group of presses with different work functions, essentially characterized because said chassis has at least one front transparent vertical bulkhead operated by a preferably pneumatic cylinder and two vertical opening side bulkheads operated by preferably pneumatic cylinders whose position is normally lowered by rising only to allow access to the interior of the machine only during the tasks of configuration, cleaning and maintenance. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Merma 0 shaping machine.

The object of the present invention as it is expressed in the statement of this specification consists of a merma 0 shaping machine, of those used in the industry food in general and specifically in the processes of conformation of meat pieces.

Normally, both for commercial sale and for private consumption, to meat parts in general and more specifically to the boneless, they are usually given shapes regular (prism, tapered, etc.); this is basically done with three purposes: that the packaging and fitting of the piece in the factory is simpler, than the presentation of the piece in the shopping center be visually more attractive to the consumer and that the cuts or slices obtained from said piece have also regular forms so that when plated, its appearance Be more palatable.

Currently, the conformation of meat pieces (such as boneless ham) is usually done in two different ways: by cutting or by compression.

The cutting can be done by sawing or by guillotined The cutting process has the disadvantage of produce product chips that inevitably are wasted and make the industrial process generate offal and dirt, apart from the loss of product that this represents; also, if the cut is with saw, this leaves in the meat piece stretch marks and even  small tears that are visually unsightly for your subsequent sale. If the cut is manual, it presents in addition to the above, the drawbacks of the finished meat piece it will hardly be symmetrical and that the cut will require a large physical effort by the operator.

In addition to these inconveniences, the machines shapers, either by cutting or by compression, present in general the problem of not being, in principle, designed for your inclusion in a tape-based automated production line conveyor or similar, but to be managed directly by an operator; this way of processing the meat pieces is slow and therefore uneconomic, in addition to the fact that, by Hygiene issues, food products must be Handled as little as possible.

To improve these and other possible drawbacks, the novel shaping machine has been designed decrease in compression operation, specially designed with Two notable improvements: the possibility of joining two or two chassis more machines to work in parallel and multiply production, and its design specially designed for inclusion in a chain of automated production, although it can also be enabled to be operated manually by an operator.

The new machine is mounted on a chassis that it is supported by supports specially equipped with some type of damping to prevent transmission of noise and vibrations, or, on bearings that facilitate its transfer. Said chassis has the necessary fasteners for several presses and thus be able to increase the production of meat pieces in a production chain. It also has the fasteners needed to attach the machine to the belt conveyor, or similar, that is responsible for supplying the meat pieces to process.

On the chassis described above, the Novel machine has at least the elements that are described below.

There is a transparent front opening bulkhead vertical driven by preferably pneumatic cylinder, whose purpose is, when raised, allow access to the piece meat to be processed inside the machine and, when lowered, allows the operator to observe the work process safely to he. There are also two vertical opening side bulkheads operated by preferably pneumatic cylinders whose position It is normally lowered and whose purpose is to allow access to inside the machine only during configuration tasks, cleaning and maintenance of this one.

There is a front bumper with vertical movement and preferably driven by pneumatic cylinder, whose purpose is to make the front limit of the mold of the meat piece.

There is an interchangeable Teflon mold with profile U-shaped, open at the front and back. There is a upper press of vertical movement driven by cylinders preferably oleohydraulic, which will constitute the treadmill upper part of the mold of the piece, said tracer being also of interchangeable character.

There is a later press whose movement is of backward forward, cylinder driven preferably oleohydraulic, which will constitute the rear trampler of the piece, also of interchangeable type.

The mold set, top treadmill and treadmill later it is coordinated in measures to determine the form end of the piece to be pressed, so it constitutes a package interchangeable machine accessory.

The machine also has the corresponding ones electrical, oil-hydraulic and pneumatic control cabinets; both the pneumatic pressure such as oleohydraulics can be generated from autonomously in the machine itself, or be obtained from centralized facilities external to it.

Finally, the machine has a box of command and control, with an emergency stop button and two buttons separate gear (to be operated with both hands at the same time), in addition to other control elements.

The operation of the new machine can be consider divided into two fundamental stages: that of configuration and production itself.

In the configuration stage, the operator provides the accessory package machine to get a certain size or type of meat piece. First of all it should be placed Teflon mold with U-profile suitable for piece size meat that you want to get. They will then be placed in the upper and rear treadmills coinciding with the U profile. Then the side bulkheads will be in the down position. By the machine will be attached to the parts conveyor belt meat, in the case of a production chain automated Such a maneuver will usually be done by doing advance the machine to the conveyor belt through the wheels incorporated.

Finished the configuration, the machine is ready to start the production phase. So the piece Meat to be processed arrives by the conveyor belt until the part front of the machine; there, some type of actuator introduces it inside the U-mold; then lower the bulkhead front and thus the inside of the outside of the machine is isolated; then lower the front bumper to expressly lace enabled for him; then the vertical press acts lowering the upper stepper to the proper position corresponding to the vertical measurement of the meat piece; act then, the rear press comes into operation by moving the corresponding tracer from back to front compressing the meat piece until the mold is properly shaped and until there is no free space inside it. In these conditions, the pressure on the meat piece is maintained during a certain time so that this piece is compacted and acquires permanently the shape of the mold; then the rear cylinder partially withdraws to release the meat piece from the pressure exerted on it in order to lift the stop front and then the front bulkhead; then the press later it resumes its route with the purpose of expelling Definitely out of the machine the finished part, which it will fall back onto the conveyor belt that will take it to the Next section of the chain.

The configuration of the meat pieces is done so as not to reduce the product and when cutting with a Dico or Blade can take advantage of everything and have a greater presentation of the product.

The machine is designed primarily for make different formats Rectangular, Square, Round, Oval with a mold change system.

The new machine allows you to press two pieces to Once with the same mold.

Description of the drawings

In order to illustrate how much so far we have exposed, it is accompanied by the present specification, forming an integral part of it, a set of drawings explanatory but not limiting, of the novel machine merma shaper 0.

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view machine front.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view machine side.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view rear of the machine

Fig. 4 represents a view of the entrance to the mold.

Description of a case study

In figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 that accompany the This report describes, as an example, a case study of realization of the utility model described above in a single press version per chassis.

The new machine is mounted on a chassis (1) which mainly integrates the elements described to continuation:

A transparent front bulkhead (3) opening vertical driven by pneumatic cylinder (4).

Two lateral bulkheads (5) with vertical opening operated by pneumatic cylinders (6) whose position is normally lowered and whose purpose is to allow access to inside the machine only during configuration tasks, machine cleaning and maintenance.

A mold with an U-shaped profile (9), open by its front and back face.

A front stop (7) of vertical movement and preferably driven by pneumatic cylinder (8), whose purpose is to make the front wall of the mold of the piece meat

A vertical press upper press powered by two hydraulic cylinders (10), which will constitute the upper stepper (2) of the mold of the piece.

There is a later press whose movement is of back forward and that powered by two cylinders oleohydraulics (11), which will constitute the rear treadmill (12) of the mold the piece.

They will be independent of the purpose of this invention the materials used in the manufacture of different elements that compose it, as well as the forms, dimensions and accessories that may present, and may be replaced by other technically equivalent ones, provided that no affect the essentiality of it or depart from the scope defined in the claims section.

Established the expressed concept, it is written to then the note of claims, thus synthesizing the news that you want to claim:

Claims (4)

1. Forming machine 0 of the type used in the food industry in general and specifically in the processes of forming meat pieces, in which a chassis is distinguished that integrates a group of presses with different work functions, characterized essentially because said chassis It has at least one transparent vertical front opening bulkhead operated by a preferably pneumatic cylinder and two vertical opening side bulkheads powered by preferably pneumatic cylinders whose position is normally lowered rising only to allow access to the interior of the machine only during configuration tasks , cleaning and maintenance. 2. Merma 0 shaping machine according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the chassis integrates at least one interchangeable mold with a U-shaped profile, open at its front and rear, capable of being closed by its front part by means of a front stop with vertical movement and preferably operated by a pneumatic cylinder, while in its upper part it has an upper press of vertical movement actuated by one or several oleohydraulic cylinders, which incorporates the upper treadmill of the mold of the piece being said treadmill also of interchangeable character, and finally that in its back area it presents a rear press whose movement is from back to front, driven by one or several oleohydraulic cylinders, which incorporates the rear trampler of the piece, also of interchangeable type. 3. The merma 0 shaping machine according to previous claims, characterized in that the mold, upper and rear tread assembly is coordinated in measures to determine the final shape of the workpiece constituting an interchangeable accessory package of the machine. 4. Merma 0 shaping machine according to previous claims, characterized in that the chassis incorporates two equal sets of U-shaped mold, front stop, upper press, lower press and transparent front bulkhead, arranged in parallel, sharing electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic supplies, being able to be its alternate or parallel operation.