JPH0531378A - Charging control device of grain treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To charge grain on the basis of the moisture of the grain in grain dryer at the time of grain charging work. CONSTITUTION:The presence of the grain received in a grain dryer is detected by operating a charging start device and, when this detected grain is undried grain, the grain is charged in the dryer 2 through a charging and transfer device 1 and, when the detected grain is already dried grain, the charging and transfer device 1 and the dryer 2 are controlled so as to be stopped to make the charging of grain impossible. When grain is present in the grain dryer 2 at the time of charging, the moisture of said grain is detected and charging is performed or not on the basis of the detected moisture to prevent the mixing of undried grain with already dried grain.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stake-in control system for a grain processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, dried grains that have been dried by being loaded with a stake transfer device and transferred to a plurality of grain dryers are discharged from the dryer to a discharge transfer device. And is transferred by this discharge transfer device and discharged into the grain storage tank,
From this grain storage tank, the grains are supplied to the huller and hulled, sorted into brown rice and rice husk and discharged separately, but when the undried grain is loaded, Even when the dried grain is stored in the dryer, it is a system that cannot control the suspension of the undried grain.

[0003]

The undried grain supplied to the feed transfer device is transferred by the feed transfer device and loaded into the grain dryer, and the grain stored in the dryer is , Dried in this dryer, dried grains are discharged to the discharge transfer device, transferred by this discharge transfer device and discharged into the grain storage tank, dried grains from this grain storage tank, It is supplied to a huller, hulled by this huller, sorted into brown rice and rice hulls, and separately discharged outside the machine.

During this series of operations, although the dried grains are stored in the dryer, the stake-in starter, which is operated at the start of the stake-in operation, is operated by an erroneous operation. And the undried grain is transferred by the stake transfer device and sunk into the dryer containing the dried grain, and the undried grain and the dried grain may be mixed. However, it is intended to prevent this problem.

[0005]

According to the present invention, dried grains transferred by a squeeze transfer device 1 and squeezed into a plurality of grain dryers 2 are transferred by a discharge transfer device 3. The grain transfer tank 1 is provided to discharge the grain into the grain storage tank 4 and supply the grain from the storage tank 4 to the grain hulling machine 5 to hull the grain.
Also, when the grain in the dryer 1 is an undried grain by the operation of the stake-in starter 6 that starts the dryer 2 and starts staking the grain, the stake-in transfer device 1 can be additionally staken in. In the case of already dried grains, it is controlled so that additional feeding cannot be performed.

[0006]

By operating the squeeze starter 6,
The stake transfer device 1, the grain dryer 2 and the like are started, and the undried grain supplied to the stake transfer device 1 is the stake transfer device 1
The grain transferred to the grain dryer 2 and loaded into the grain drier 2 and stored in the drier 2 is dried in the drier 1 and the dried grain is discharged to the discharge and transfer device 3. The grains are transferred by the discharge transfer device 3 and discharged into the grain storage tank 4, and the dried grains are supplied from the grain storage tank 4 to the grain huller 5 and then hulled by the grain huller 5 to produce brown rice. And rice husks are sorted and discharged separately from the machine.

When performing the stake-in operation in this series of operations, the stake-in starter 6 is operated to start the stake-in transfer device 1 and the dryer 2, and at the same time the inside of the dryer 2 is started. The presence or absence of the grain of the, is further detected whether the grain is a non-dried grain, or a dried grain, when it is detected that it is a non-dried grain, the transfer device 1 and the drier 1 are continuously operated, undried grains are supplied to the feeding transfer device 1, and the drier 2 is additionally fed and dried. When it is detected that the grains are already dried, the feeding transfer device 1 and the dryer 2 are stopped and the additional feeding of the undried grains is not performed.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the presence or absence of grains in the grain dryer 2 is detected when the undried grains are loaded.
Furthermore, it is detected whether the grain is a non-dried grain or a dried grain, and the non-dried grain is loaded by the detection result, and the non-dried grain and the dried grain are Since the and were not mixed, it was possible to prevent dry spots and prevent erroneous operation.

[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 a grain processing device 7, and a plurality of units for drying the grain, for example, four grain dryers 2 are provided, and a grain storage tank 4 for storing the grain on any one side and The grain huller 5 for removing grain is provided, the hopper 8 for receiving the grain is provided on the other side at the lower part, and the tie-up sublimator 9 provided with the bucket conveyor is provided inside the hopper 8. On the rear side of the dryer 2, there is provided a feed transfer device 1 in which a feed conveyor for receiving grains supplied from the feed grain raising machine 9 through the feed flow down cylinder 10 is rotatably installed, and The transfer device 1 is provided to transfer the grains and supply them to the dryers 2.

On the rear side of each dryer 2, each dryer 2
A discharge transfer device 3 in which a discharge conveyor or the like for receiving dried grains discharged from the inside is rotatably installed is provided. The discharge transfer device 3 transfers the grains, and the discharge flow raising cylinder 11 discharges the grain-raising machine 12 The grain is configured to be supplied to the discharge hopper 13 provided in the lower portion, and the grain conveyed to the upper portion by the bucket conveyor provided in the discharge grain raising machine 12 is discharged and stored in the grain storage tank 4. The grain in the grain storage tank 4 is supplied to the grain huller 5, and is grained by the grain huller 5.

The grain processing device 7 includes the dryers 2,
It is configured by a central control device 14 and the like for controlling the operation of the grain huller 5, the grain storage tank 4, the stake and discharge transfer devices 1 and 3 and the stake and discharge sublimation machines 9 and 12. .. The dryer 2 has a storage chamber 1 for storing grains from above.
5. A drying chamber 16 for drying the grains, and a lower portion of the drying chamber 16 rotatably supporting a feeding valve for feeding and flowing the grains, and a blowing chamber 17 and an exhaust chamber on the left and right sides of the drying chamber 16. 18 is provided, a lower part is provided with a grain collecting gutter 19 having a transfer spiral installed therein, and an upper part of the storage chamber 15 is provided with a transfer gutter 20 having a transfer spiral installed therein and a ceiling plate, and a central part of the transfer gutter 20 in the front-rear direction. The bottom plate is provided with a supply port for supplying the transfer grains, and a diffusion plate 21 for uniformly diffusing the grains into the storage chamber 15 is provided below the supply port.

A discharge funnel 22 for discharging grains is provided on the bottom plate of the transfer gutter 20 at the start end thereof, and an opening / closing valve 24 which can be opened / closed by an opening / closing motor 23 rotating in the forward / reverse direction is provided in the discharge funnel 22. When the valve 24 is opened, the grains are discharged from the discharge funnel 22 through the discharge cylinder 25 to the discharge transfer device 3, and when the valve 24 is closed, the grains are transferred by the transfer spiral in the transfer trough 20. Then, the diffusion plate 21 is configured to evenly diffuse and supply into the storage chamber 15.

The blower chamber 17 is provided on the front wall plate of the dryer 2.
A hot-air device 26 communicating with the air-conditioning device 26 is provided, and an exhaust device 27 is provided on the rear wall plate. Hot air from the hot-air device 26 is passed from the blower chamber 17 to the drying chamber 16 and the exhaust air is discharged. The air is exhausted by the air exhaust device 27 through the chamber 18. On the outside of the rear wall plate of the dryer 2, a circulating grain submersion machine 28 having a belt with a bucket conveyor is installed, and the upper part is
A discharge pipe 29 is provided to communicate with the starting end of the transfer gutter 20.
The lower part is provided with a supply gutter 30 and communicates with the terminal part of the grain collecting gutter 19.

The circulating grain raising machine 28 receives the grains falling while being conveyed to the upper portion by the bucket conveyor, crushes the grains by pinching, and at the same time, detects the water content of the crushed grains. Is provided, and each unit of the moisture sensor 31 is driven to rotate by the moisture motor 32. An openable / closable tank switching valve 33 is provided in the grain storage tank 4, and the tank switching valve 33 is configured to be opened / closed by a tank switching motor 34 that rotates forward and backward.
The inside upper part is provided with a full sensor 35 for detecting the full amount of grains and the lower part is provided with a grain sensor 36 for detecting the presence or absence of the grains. ,
The grain storage tank 4 supplies the grain to the grain huller 5 through a supply cylinder 37.

The grain huller 5 receives the grain supplied from the grain storage tank 4 through the supply cylinder 37, and is hulled between the hulling rolls of the grain huller 5 to form a hull. The rice husk is sorted with brown rice by a sorting device, and the rice husk is discharged from the hulling air exhauster 38 through the hulling air exhaust tube 39 to the outside of the machine. It is designed to be discharged. The central control unit 14 has a box shape, and each selection switch 4 for selecting each of the dryers 2 is provided on the surface plate of the box body.
0, each starting device 6 for starting operation for each work of staking, drying, discharging and hulling, stopping device 41 for stopping operation, and moisture setting scoop for setting finishing target moisture of the grain dried by each dryer 2. 42, a grain type setting groove 43 for setting the hot air temperature generated from the hot air device 26, and a stake amount setting groove 44.
And a digital display unit 45 for digitally displaying various items.

Further, inside the A-D converter 46 for A-D converting the detection value detected by the moisture sensor 31, there is provided an A-D converter.
An operation of the input circuit 47 to which the converted value converted by the D converter 46 is input, each of the selection switches 40, each of the starting devices 6, and the stop device 41, and the operation of the setting keys 42, 43, 44, etc., Input circuits 48 to which the detections of the full weight sensor 35 and the grain sensor 36 are input, and these input circuits 47, 48
A control device 51 including a CPU 49 for performing various arithmetic and logical operations and comparison operations on various input values input from the CPU 49, an output circuit 50 for receiving various commands instructed from the CPU 49, and outputting them is provided. Penetration 42,4
Reference numerals 3 and 44 are rotary switch systems in which predetermined numerical values, types, etc. are set depending on the operating position, and the starter 6 and the stop device 41 are push-button type on / off switches.

The control of the grain feeding and discharging by the control unit 51 is performed as follows. That is, in the stake-in control, when the selection switch 40 is operated (step 101) and the content of this operation is input to the CPU 49, the dryer 2 that starts the stake-in work is selected and the stake-in work is started. When the stake-in starter 6 is operated (step 102) and the content of this operation is input to the CPU 49, the selected grain state in the dryer 2 is read (step 103) and the grain The presence / absence is detected and input (step 104). When the presence / absence of a grain is detected and input, the grain detected by the moisture sensor 31 is an undried grain or a dried grain. Is detected and input (step 105), and if it is detected that the grain is undried, whether or not additional expansion is detected is input (step 106), and if additional expansion is detected, Structure to start the stake-in work Is (step 107).

The construction is such that the stake-in operation is started when the absence of grain is detected and input (step 108). Further, when it is detected and inputted as already dried grain, the display unit 4
5, the sticking prohibition display is displayed, the dryer 2 and the sticking transfer device 1 and the like are stopped and controlled, and the sticking operation of the undried grain cannot be performed (step 109).
In addition, the determination of the undried kernel and the dried kernel is performed by the CPU 49.
When the moisture content is equal to or less than the predetermined value set and stored in, the moisture content is determined to be dry grain, and when the moisture content is higher than the predetermined value, it is determined to be undried grain.

In the discharge control, the selection switch 40 is operated (step 201), and the content of this operation is the CPU 4
9 is input, the dryer 2 for starting the discharging work is selected, and the discharging starting device 6 for starting the discharging work is operated (step 202).
9 is input to the discharge grain in the dryer 2 of the selected discharge source, and the grain storage tank 4 of the discharge destination, for example.
The grain state with the grain inside is read (step 20
3) The presence / absence of grains at the grain discharge destination is detected and input (step 204), and when no grain is detected and input, the grains at the discharge source detected by the moisture sensor 31 are
Whether it is a non-dried grain or a dried grain is detected and input (step 205), and when it is detected that it is a dried grain, the discharging operation is started (step 206). ).

When a grain is detected at the grain discharge destination and is input, the grain of the discharge source detected by the moisture sensor 31 is a undried grain or a dried grain. Is detected and input (step 207), and when it is detected that the grain is undried, a discharge prohibition display is displayed on the display unit 45, and the dryer 2 and the discharge transfer device 3 are displayed.
Etc. are controlled to be stopped so that the work of discharging the undried grain cannot be performed (step 208). When it is detected that the grain is already dried, additional discharge confirmation processing is performed (step 209), and whether or not discharge is possible is detected (step 210).
When discharge OK is detected, the discharge work is started (step 211). When it is detected as NO discharged,
It is configured to return to the start.

The grain of the discharge source is (step 205),
When it is detected that it is undried grain, the discharge confirmation process of this undried grain is performed (step 212), whether the discharge is possible or not is detected (step 213), and when discharge OK is detected, the discharge work is started. (Step 214).
When the discharged NO is detected, the process returns to the start.

In addition, the control device 51 has the following functions. That is, when the grain moisture detected by the moisture sensor 31 is the same as the finishing target moisture set by operating the moisture setting scoop 42, it is determined that the drying of the grain has ended and the dryer is 2 is configured to be automatically stopped, and the fuel pump of the hot air device 26 is set to the same temperature as the hot air temperature set by the operation of the grain type setting scoop 43 and the stake amount setting scoop 44. Is automatically controlled.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below. Operate each selection switch 40 of the central controller 14,
Select the grain dryer 2 to be started, and set the pickers 42, 4
By operating 3, 44 to a predetermined position and operating the drying starter 6 for starting the drying operation, each part of each selected dryer 2, the hot air device 26, the moisture sensor 31, etc. are started, and this hot air device The hot air generated from 26 is supplied to the blower chamber 17
From the drying chamber 16 to the exhaust chamber 18
The grains in the storage chamber 15 are sucked and exhausted at 7, and the grains in the storage chamber 15, the drying chamber 16, the grain collecting gutter 19, the supply gutter 30, the circulation grain raising machine 28, the throwing tube 29, and the transfer are transferred. It is supplied to the diffuser 21 through the gutter 20 and is uniformly diffused and reduced into the storage chamber 15 by the diffuser 21, and the grains flowing down in the drying chamber 16 are exposed to the hot air and dried. When the grain moisture detected by the moisture sensor 31 reaches the finishing target moisture set by operating the moisture setting scoop 42, the dryer 2 is automatically stopped and the drying of the grain is stopped.

When performing the stake-in work, the selection switches 40 of the central control unit 14 are operated to select the dryer 2 to be started, and the stake-in starter 6 for starting the stake-in work is operated. As a result, the dryer 2, the stake transfer device 1, the squeeze submersion machine 9 and the like are started, and the presence or absence of the grain in the drier 2 into which the grain is loaded is detected, and there is no grain. When it is detected that the undried grain supplied to the stake hopper 6 is
It is discharged from the squeeze grain raising machine 9 through the squeeze downflow cylinder 10 to the stake transfer device 1, is transferred by the stake transfer device 1, is squeezed into the dryer 2, and is dried as described above. ..

It is detected that there is a grain in the dryer 2,
When the water content of this grain is detected to be higher than a predetermined value, it is detected to be an undried grain, and the undried grain supplied to the stake hopper 8 is the same as above. It is discharged from the squeeze grain raising machine 9 through the squeeze downflow cylinder 10 to the squeeze transfer device 1, and is transferred by the stake transfer device 1 to be dried by the dryer 2.
It is stretched and dried as described above. When the water content of this grain is the same as a predetermined value or is detected to be low, it is detected as an already dried grain, and the dryer 2, the squeeze submersion machine 9 and the The suspension transfer device 1 is automatically stopped and controlled,
The undried grain is not impregnated.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 System configuration diagram of a grain processing apparatus

FIG. 2 is a block diagram.

FIG. 3 Flow chart

[Fig. 4] Flow chart

[Fig. 5] Side view of the grain dryer with a partial breakage

6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the central control unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Strain transfer device 2 Grain dryer 3 Discharge transfer device 4 Grain storage tank 5 Rice huller 6 Strain starter

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A dried grain transferred by a squeeze transfer device 1 and squeezed into a plurality of grain dryers 2 to be dried and transferred by an discharge transfer device 3 to a grain. The grains are discharged into the storage tank 4 and supplied from the storage tank 4 to the huller 5 for hulling, and the stake transfer device 1 and the dryer 2 are started to remove the grains. The dryer 1 is operated by operating the stake-in starter 6 which starts stake-in.
A stake-in control method characterized in that the stake transfer device 1 is controlled so as to be able to be additionally squeezed when the grain therein is an undried grain, and is controlled so as not to be additionally squeezed when the grain is already dried.