JPH05164465A - Decision system of state of grain of grain treatment equipment, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform an operator of the state of grains positively after trouble is solved by identifying green unhulled rice or dried unhulled rice on the grain drier side, and transmitting the result over the central control unit side and displaying the result. CONSTITUTION:Green unhulled rice or dried unhulled rice is identified on the grain drier 1 side drying grains, the result of the decision is transmitted over a central control unit 3 as grain data, and the data are displayed to the central control unit 3. Accordingly, the state of grain during drying can be determined positively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a grain condition determination system for grain processing devices and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, dried grains dried by each grain dryer are supplied to a huller and hulled, and these driers and hullers are centralized by a central operating unit by communication. Control and centralized monitoring are performed, and the moisture value of the grain being dried is detected by the dryer and transmitted to the central operation unit,
The moisture value is displayed on the central operating unit, but when the central operating unit powers down or a communication error occurs, data communication with the dryer becomes impossible, and when communication becomes possible after that, it indicates that the drying is in progress. The system did not transmit or display whether the grain condition was raw paddy or dry paddy.

[0003]

The grains contained in each grain dryer are exposed to hot air and dried while being circulated in the dryer, and the dried grains are supplied to the grain huller. It is ground, sorted into brown rice and rice husk, and discharged separately from the machine. At the time of this grain drying, central control and centralized monitoring of these dryers and hullers are carried out by communication, and the moisture value of the drying grain is transmitted to the central operating device as data, and the data is sent to this central operating device. This grain moisture value sent as is displayed.

The state of grains in the dryer is controlled by the central operating unit. When the central operating unit powers down or a communication error occurs, the received data is saved, but the power is turned on again. If the data is different from each other when the communication error is released and the data communication is performed with the dryer, the central operating device side alone may not be able to determine whether it is raw paddy or dry paddy. The purpose of this is to eliminate this and to surely transmit and display to the central operating device whether the state of the grain in the dryer is raw paddy or dry paddy.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a plurality of grain dryers 1 for drying grains and a huller 2 for hulling grains are provided, and the drier 1 and the paddy are also provided. In a grain processing device provided with a central operation device 3 for performing centralized control and monitoring of the slider 2 etc. by communication, it is determined whether the grain being dried by the dryer 1 is raw paddy or dry paddy. The dryer 1
The grain state determination method is characterized in that the content of the determination is performed on the side and the determination content is transmitted to the central operating device 3 as data, and the data is displayed on the central operating device 3.

[0006]

The grain stored in the grain dryer 1 of the grain processing apparatus is exposed to hot air while being circulated in the dryer 1 and dried, and the dried grain is the grain huller 2. Is supplied to the rice paddy, hulled, sorted into brown rice and rice husk, and discharged separately from the machine. At the time of this grain drying, the moisture value of the grain being dried is transmitted as data to the central operation device 3 which performs centralized control and centralized monitoring of the dryer 1 and the huller 2 by communication, and this central operation is performed. This grain moisture value transmitted as data to the device 3 is displayed.

The management of the state of the grains in the dryer 1 is
When the central operating device 3 performs a power down and a communication abnormality occurs in the central operating device 3, the received grain moisture value is saved, and then the power down is eliminated again or the communication abnormality is eliminated. Then, whether the grain being dried in the dryer 1 is raw paddy or dried paddy is determined on the dryer 1 side, and the determination content is transmitted to the central operating device 3 as data, and at the same time, Whether the received data is raw rice,
Alternatively, it is displayed on the central operating device 3 whether it is dry paddy.

[0008]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION When the central operating unit 3 experiences power down and communication abnormality, and then the power down and communication abnormality are eliminated, the grain dryer 1 side is either raw grain or dry grain. Is detected, and the central operating device 3 receives and displays these pieces of information from the dryer 1, so that the operator can surely know the state of the grain being dried.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The illustrated example shows the grain processing device 4, in which a plurality of grain dryers 1 for drying the grains are arranged, and the grain storage tank 5 for storing the grains on one side and the removing of the grains. The paddy hopper 6 for receiving the grains is provided on the other side on the other side, and the entwining grain raising machine 7 with the bucket conveyor is provided inside the hopper 6. On the rear side, there is provided a feed transfer device 9 in which a feed conveyor for receiving grains supplied from the feed grain raising machine 7 via the feed flow down cylinder 8 is rotatably installed, and the feed transfer device is provided. It is configured such that the grains are transferred by 9 and supplied to each of the dryers 1, the stake transfer device 9 is rotationally driven by a stake motor, and the stake sublimator 7 is a stake sublimator motor. It is configured to be rotationally driven by.

On the rear side of each dryer 1, each dryer 1
A discharge transfer device 10 in which a discharge conveyor or the like for receiving the dried grains discharged from the inside is rotatably installed is provided, and the discharge transfer device 10 transfers the grains and discharges through the discharge downflow cylinder 11 The grain is configured to be supplied to the discharge hopper 13 provided in the lower part, and the grain conveyed to the upper part by the bucket conveyor stretched in the discharge grain raising machine 12 is discharged into the storage tank 5 through the supply downflow cylinder 14. The grains in the storage tank 5 are supplied to the huller 2 and hulled, and the discharge transfer device 10 is rotationally driven by a discharge motor. The discharge sublimation machine 12 is configured to be rotationally driven by a discharge sublimation machine motor.

The grain processing device 4 includes the dryers 1,
The stake and discharge transfer devices 9 and 10, the storage tank 5,
The hulling machine 2, the loading / discharging grain raising machines 7, 12 and the central operating device 3 are included in the central operating device 3.
Is information communication input / output, centralized control, centralized monitoring and starting,
The central control unit 16 'for stopping operation, the central display unit 16 having a monitor screen 15 for various displays, and the like are used.

The dryer 1 comprises an upper cooling device 17 and a lower hot air drying device 18. The cooling device 17 has a cooling storage chamber 19 for cooling grains from the upper part. An air-cooled grain collecting trough 2 is provided below the air-cooled storage chamber 19 in which a cold-radiated grain transfer spiral is rotatably installed and a bottom plate 20 can be opened and closed.
1, 21 are provided in communication with each other, and each of the cold-release grain transfer spirals is driven to rotate by a cool-release grain transfer spiral motor. Is provided so as to rotatably install therein a free-falling transfer gutter 22 and a ceiling plate 23. When the bottom plate 20 is open, the grains are dropped and supplied from the cold-collecting gutter 21 to the hot air drying device 18. In the closed state of the bottom plate 20, the grains are transferred rearward in the cold-collected grain trough 21 by the cold-collected grain transfer spiral.
The bottom plate motor is configured to open and close the bottom plate 20.

A full quantity sensor 24 for cooling, which detects the full state of the grains, is provided in the upper part of the cold storage chamber 19, and the presence or absence of grains is provided in the lower part of the cold collection gutter 21. The remaining amount sensor 25 for cooling is provided to detect the. The hot air drying device 18 includes a dry storage chamber 26 for storing grains from above.
Under the dry storage chamber 26, two air blow chambers 27 and three air exhaust chambers 38 are provided, while a delivery valve 29 is rotatably supported on the lower portion of a grain drying chamber 30. 4 are provided to communicate with each other, and the feeding valve 29 is rotationally driven by a feeding valve motor. Below each of the drying chambers 30, a dry grain collecting trough 31 in which a dry grain collecting transfer spiral is rotatably installed is installed. The drying and collecting spiral is configured to be provided and communicated with each other, and the drying and collecting spiral is rotationally driven by the feeding valve motor, and the drying and transferring spiral is provided between the cold storage collecting troughs 21 and 21 above the drying storage chamber 26. Is provided, and the drying transfer spiral is configured to be rotationally driven by a drying transfer spiral motor.

At the upper part of the dry storage chamber 26, there is provided the full sensor 24 for drying for detecting the full state of the grain, and at the lower part of the drying chamber 30 for the dry state for detecting the presence or absence of the grain. The remaining amount sensor 25 for use is provided. A supply port for supplying transfer grains is provided in the center portion in the front-rear direction of the cooling transfer gutter 22 and the dry transfer gutter 32, and the grains are evenly distributed to the cooling storage chamber 19 below the supply ports. A cooling diffusion plate 33 for diffusing and supplying the grains is provided, and a dry diffusion plate 34 for uniformly diffusing the grains to the dry storage chamber 26 is provided.

The blower chamber 27 is provided on the front wall plate of the dryer 1.
A ventilation passage chamber 35 is formed in communication with the ventilation passage chamber 35, and a hot air device 36 and a drying operation device 37 are provided in the ventilation passage chamber 35. Room 3
8 is formed, an air exhaust device 39 is provided in the air exhaust passage chamber 38, and the air exhaust device 39 is rotationally driven by an air exhaust device motor.

On the outer side of the rear wall plate of the dryer 1, there is provided a circulating grain raising machine 40 having a belt with a bucket conveyer installed therein, and an upper portion thereof is a rotatable throw-out cylinder switching valve 41 which is rotated by a throw-out switching motor. Is provided so that one side is communicated with the starting end of the cooling transfer gutter 22 and the other side is connected with the circulation downflow tube 4
3 is connected to the starting end of the dry transfer gutter 32 via a third part, and a lower part is a structure in which a supply gutter 44 is provided between the dry transfer gutter 32 and the end part of the dry grain collecting gutter 31 to communicate with each other. 42 is provided with a paddy flow sensor 45 for detecting the grains passing through the inside of the throw-out cylinder 42, and a throw-out valve opening / closing sensor for detecting the opening / closing of the throw-out switching valve 41. The cold-cooling transfer spiral and the circulating sublimation machine 40 are configured to be driven to rotate by a circulating sublimation machine motor.

The circulating grain raising machine 40 receives the grains falling while being conveyed to the upper portion by the bucket conveyor, and crushes the grains by pressure, and at the same time, detects the water content of the crushed grains. And each part of the moisture sensor 46 is
It is configured to be rotationally driven by a moisture motor. A tank switching valve 47 is provided in the storage tank 5, and the tank switching valve 47 is opened and closed by a tank switching motor that rotates in the forward and reverse directions. The upper part of the storage tank 5 detects the full amount of grains. A tank full amount sensor 48 is provided, and a tank remaining amount sensor 49 for detecting the presence or absence of grain is provided in the lower portion,
By opening the tank switching valve 47, grains are supplied from the storage tank 5 to the grain huller 2 through the supply cylinder 50.

The grain huller 2 receives the grain supplied from the storage tank 5 through the feed cylinder 50, and the grain huller 2
The hulls are hulled between the hulling rolls and sorted by the sorting device into hulls and brown rice, and the hulls are removed from the hulling fan 51 by the hulling exhaust pipe 5.
It is configured to be discharged to the outside of the machine through 2 and brown rice is fried to the upper part by the grain hull and grain raising machine 53 and discharged to the outside of the machine.

On the surface plate of the drying operation device 37 of the dryer 1, each start switch 54 for starting the cooling device 17 for each work, stop switch 55 for stopping operation,
Each start switch 56 for starting the hot air drying device 18 for each work, stop switch 57 for stopping the operation, and other various switches, single drying for drying only the hot air drying device 18 by circulating the grains and the release thereof. From the hot air device 36, the tank setting shaving 58 for setting and operating the double drying in which both the cooling device 17 and the hot air drying device 18 circulate and dry the grain are set, the water setting shaving 59 for setting the finish target moisture, and the hot air device 36. Grain type setting scoop 60 for setting the hot air temperature to be generated and stake amount setting scoop 61, system setting scoop 62 for setting the control number and inspection etc. of the dryer 1 at the time of single drying and system drying, Other various setting parameters, a monitor lamp for displaying a monitor, and a display unit 63 for displaying a message are provided.

Further, a drying control device 65 including a dryer control microcomputer 64 and the like is provided inside, and as shown in FIG. 12, the dryer control microcomputer 64 is provided with digital, analog, the dryer 1 operation switch, and various sensors. Detection, OCR of each motor, operation information, etc. are input, and various motors, operation display monitor, abnormality display monitor, and each dryer 1 are input to the dryer control microcomputer 64 by these various inputs.
Information is output to.

As shown in FIG. 2, the central operating device 3 includes the central display device 16 including the monitor screen 15, the touch panel 66, the driving operation switch display portion 67, and the central control computer 68. ′, A serial data communication interface unit 69, a power supply unit 70, a DC-to-AC level conversion power unit 71 for carrying system output, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the central control computer 6
8 to the dryer 1 of the system setting, each operation switch, each setting switch, each operation switch of the transport system, each sensor of the transport system, OCR of each motor of the transport system, and each dryer 1
Information is input, and the central control computer 68 outputs the transport system (power), monitor display, and operation information by these various inputs. In addition, each operation switch of the dryer 1 of the system setting,
The various setting switches and the operation switches for the transport system are operable on the touch panel 66, and the OCRs of the sensors for the transport system and the motors for the transport system are in a check mode.

Drying control device 65 of the drying operation device 37
The control of the grain judgment on the dryer 1 side by the following is as follows.
This is the configuration that is performed. Further, the control of the grain determination process on the side of the central operating device 3 by the central control device 16 'of the central operating device 3 is configured as follows. The grain determination on the dryer 1 side is detected, that is, whether or not it is a grain stake-in work operation (step 101), and if no stake-in work operation is detected, the process returns to step 101 and the stake When it is detected that it is a work operation, the presence / absence of grains is detected by the remaining amount sensor 25 for drying (step 102), and when it is detected that there is no grain (step 101), the process returns to the detection. Then, the grain data is written in the drying machine control microcomputer 64 as undried (step 103). Next, it is detected whether or not it is the drying work operation (step 104), and if the drying work operation is not detected (step 104), the process returns to the drying work operation. When moisture is detected (step 105) and it is detected that the drying is not completed (step 104), the process returns to the step 104, and when it is detected that the drying is completed, the grain data is the microcomputer 64 for controlling the dryer.
Is rewritten to dry (step 106). Next, it is detected whether or not it is the discharge work operation (step 107),
When the discharge work operation is not detected (step 107), the process returns to step 107, and when it is detected that the discharge work operation is performed, the presence / absence of grains is detected by the remaining amount sensor 25 for drying (step 10).
8), if it is detected that there is (return to step 107),
When it is detected that there is no grain, the grain data is rewritten to the dryer control microcomputer 64 without grain (step 109).

The grain determination process on the side of the central operating device 3 is as follows.
That is, the information of the dryer 1 is input (step 20).
1) This input grain data is compared with the grain data stored in the memory of the central control computer 68 (step 202), and it is detected whether they are the same (step 203). When detected, the grain state stored in the memory of the central control computer 68 is displayed on the monitor screen 15 as grain data (step 2).
04). When it is detected that they are not the same, the grain state is displayed on the monitor screen 15 by the input information of the grain data of the dryer 1 (step 205), and is stored in the memory of the central control computer 68. The stored grain data is rewritten (step 206).

The central control unit 16 'has the following functions in addition to the above. That is, the dryer 1 is used during grain drying.
When is stopped manually or abnormally, the grain being dried is not judged as a dry grain, but it is judged as an undried grain and the moisture content of the grain when stopped is displayed as follows. Therefore, it is configured to clearly determine whether the grain is a dry grain or an undried grain.

In the determination of the drying of the grain, it is detected whether or not the grain is being dried (step 301). If it is detected that the grain is not drying, the process returns to step 301 and it is detected that the grain is being dried. Then, the presence or absence of the input of the operation of the stop switch 57 for stopping the hot air drying device 18 is detected (step 302), and when it is detected that there is no input, the information of the dryer 1 is read (step 303). Then, it is detected whether or not it is a manual stop (step 304), it is detected that it is not a manual stop, and it is further detected whether or not it is an abnormal stop (step 305). It is detected whether the grain moisture is the same as the finishing target moisture (step 306), and if it is not the same, the process returns to (step 302). If it is the same, it is detected that the moisture is stopped. That when the both the dry grain or show moisture value when the stop is configured to be displayed on the monitor screen 15 (step 307). When it is detected that the operation of the stop switch 57 is input in (step 302), the operation information (stop) is output (step 308), and the display of the undried kernel and the display of the moisture content of the kernel at the time of the stop are displayed. Both are displayed on the monitor screen 15 (step 309). When the manual stop is detected in (step 304), the same display as in (step 309) is displayed (step 309). When an abnormal stop is detected in (step 305), an abnormal display is displayed on the monitor screen 15 (step 310), and the same display as in (step 309) is displayed (step 309).

Further, the customer name and the grain varieties name at the time of staking of grains are registered as described below with and without staking work, which enables new input at the time of staking work. It is configured to decrease. The registration of the customer name and the grain variety name is performed as follows, and the double rectangular shape indicates the display content on the monitor screen 15 of the central operating device 3. The monitor screen 15 of the central operating device 3 becomes an operating state / operation selection screen display (step 401), the dryer 1 is designated, and a touch (pick) is made within the designated picture of the dryer 1. (Step 402), the monitor screen 15
Becomes the operation screen display of the dryer 1 (step 403),
When the sticking switch designated for sticking is touched (picked) (step 404), the presence or absence of grains in the dryer 1 of the designated place to be stuck is detected (step 405), and it is detected that there is grains. The monitor screen 15 is displayed as a confirmation screen for prohibition of loading (step 406), the return is returned to (step 401), and the monitor screen 15 is displayed as the customer name selection screen for registration of the customer name and product name (step 407). ), If no grain is detected in (step 405) (step 40)
7), the customer name selection screen (step 407) is returned to (step 401), and the new one is the monitor screen 1
5 is the customer name input screen display (step 408), the return is returned to (step 401), and the end is written (registered) in the memory of the central control computer 68 (step 409), and the customer name is selected. When the screen (step 407) is omitted and the customer name is touched (picked) to select the customer, the process proceeds to (step 409), and the monitor screen 15 becomes the grain name selection screen display (step 41).
0), return returns to (step 401), and the new monitor screen 15 becomes a grain name input screen display (step 41).
1), return is returned to (step 401), end is written (registered) in the memory of the central control computer 68 the input variety name (step 412), the grain name selection screen (step 410) is omitted and the variety When the product name is selected by touching (picking) the name, the process proceeds to (step 412), and the monitor screen 15 becomes the sticking confirmation screen display (step 41).
3), return (step 401) returns, and when the stake-in is started, the monitor screen 15 becomes the operating state / operation selection screen display (step 414), and the stake-in operation command is output to the specified dryer 3 (step 415). ), The output of the tension motor for driving the tension transfer device 9 is turned on (step 41).
6), the output of the motor for driving the submerged grain submersion machine that drives the submerged grain submersion machine 7 is turned on (step 417).

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below. Each setting of the drying operation device 37 of the grain dryer 1
By operating the 8, 59, 60, 61, 62 and various setting scissors to predetermined positions and operating the start switch for starting the drying operation of the touch panel 66 of the central operation unit 3, the dryer 1 set is started. On the side of the dryer 1, the moisture content of the grain is detected by the moisture sensor 46, and the moisture content of the grain and the grain are dried or not dried as grain data to the dryer control microcomputer 64 of the drying operation device 37. Is written, and the grains in the hot air drying device 18 of the dryer 1 are dried from the drying storage chamber 26 to the grain drying chamber 30, the dry grain collecting trough 31, the circulating grain raising machine 40, the throwing barrel 42, and the circulating falling barrel. 43, through the dry transfer trough 32, is supplied onto the dry diffusion plate 34, is uniformly diffused and reduced in the dry storage chamber 26 by the dry diffusion plate 34, and is circulated, and the grain flowing down in the dry chamber 30 Is the hot air device 3
When the moisture sensor 46 detects the same grain moisture as the finishing target moisture set by operating the moisture setting scoop 59, it is determined that the drying of the grain has ended. When the grain data is rewritten to the dryer control microcomputer 64 as dry, and the discharge switch is operated to discharge the dried grain and the residual amount sensor 25 for drying detects that there is no grain, The grain data is rewritten in the dryer control microcomputer 64 as no grain.

The various grain data on the dryer 1 side are input as information to the memory of the central control computer 68 of the central operating unit 3, and the input grain data and the already input central control computer 68 of the central control computer 68 are input. The grain data in the memory is compared, and if they are the same, the grain data in the memory is displayed on the monitor screen 15, and if they are different, the newly input grain data is displayed on the monitor screen 15. Upon display, the grain data in this memory is rewritten with new grain data.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The figure shows an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a grain processing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a central operating device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged screen view of the operating state and operation selection of the central operating device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart.

FIG. 10 is an overall enlarged side view of the grain dryer.

11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged front view of the drying operation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 grain dryer 2 huller 3 central control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of grain dryers 1 for drying grains,
And a grain processing machine provided with a huller 2 for hulling grains, and a central operation device 3 etc. for centrally controlling and centrally controlling the dryer 1, the huller 2 etc. by communication. In the device, whether the grain being dried in the dryer 1 is raw paddy or dried paddy is determined on the dryer 1 side, and the determination content is transmitted to the central operating device 3 as data, and the data is also transmitted. Is displayed on the central operating device 3.