JPH11346638A - Noodle manufacturing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a noodle manufacturing machine having improved workability and quality of products and useful for manufacturing of Japanese noodles, noodles, etc., while suppressing weight scattering of the noodles by providing a control means, etc., controlling a varying means varying a rolling gap. SOLUTION: This noodle manufacturing machine has a rolling device 1 rolling noodles between a rolling gap G, a measuring means 16 measuring a weight of the noodles rolled in the rolling device 1, a varying means 4 varying the rolling gap G and a control means 7 controlling the varying means 4 by comparing a measured value of the measuring means 16 with a prescribed value. The noodle manufacturing machine further has a splitting device 8 splitting the longish noodle rolled by the rolling device 1 along the carrying direction and a cutting device 10 cutting the noodles split by the splitting device 8 at every prescribed lengths, and the measuring means 16 is preferably constituted so as to measure the weight cut by the cutting device 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a noodle making machine for making noodles such as udon and soba.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of noodle-making machine is a device in which raw materials such as flour are kneaded, and then the kneaded noodles are passed through a rolling gap between a pair of rolling rollers to form a band by rolling. It is. Further, on the downstream side of the rolling roller, a cutting device that cuts a long noodle formed in a strip shape along the transport direction, and a cutting device that cuts the cut noodle in a width direction at a predetermined length. And are provided.

[0003] Then, the noodles produced by such a noodle-making machine are boiled up, wrapped, and stored in a single piece.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional noodle making machine, the thickness of the noodle after rolling is set by setting the rolling gap between the rolling rolls to a desired value. When the thickness of the noodles was 1 mm, the rolling gap was set to 1 mm.

However, in practice, the rolling gap is 1 m.
Even if it is set to m, the thickness of the noodle after rolling is often 1 mm or more. This is probably because the kneaded noodles having elasticity have elasticity and are slightly restored in the thickness direction after rolling.

Therefore, conventionally, a method has been adopted in which the rolling gap is set to be slightly narrower in advance, assuming the restoration amount of the noodles after rolling.

[0007] However, even with such a method, the moisture content of the kneaded noodles and the thickness of the noodles just before the rolling rolls vary depending on the season, the day, and even the time. The variance occurred.

[0008] As described above, when the thickness of the noodles after rolling varies, the thickness of the noodles varies among the individual commodities even when the commodities are finally packaged and shipped one by one.

On the other hand, the width of a single noodle by the cutting device and the cutting length by the cutting device are extremely small in comparison with the thickness, so that the thickness is eventually reduced to the weight variation per ball. It is directly connected, which in turn leads to variations between products. For example, a product having a thickness of 1 mm for noodles and 1.1
mm, a weight variation of as much as 10% occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle-making machine capable of suppressing weight variations of noodles.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a noodle making machine according to the present invention comprises:
In a noodle making machine including a rolling device 1 for rolling noodles through a rolling gap G, a measuring device 16 for measuring the weight of the noodles rolled by the rolling device 1 and a variable device for changing the rolling gap G And a control means 7 for controlling the variable means 4 by comparing the measured value of the measuring means 16 with a preset set value.

In the noodle making machine according to the present invention, the measuring means 16 measures the weight of the noodles rolled by the rolling device 1. Then, the measured value is sent to the control means 7, and the control means 7
In, the measured value is compared with a preset value.

As a result of the comparison, if the measured value is larger than the set value, the control means 7 activates the variable means 4 to narrow the rolling gap G to reduce the thickness of the noodle after rolling. Conversely, when the measured value is smaller than the set value, the rolling gap G is widened to increase the thickness of the noodles.

As described above, the measuring means 16 successively measures the weight of the noodles after rolling, and the measurement result is fed back to the variable means 4 via the control means 7, so that the thickness of the noodles can be adjusted at the rolling stage. .

[0015] The "rolled noodles" in the present invention are:
The noodle band formed into a band by rolling, the noodle band which is cut in the longitudinal direction, a bundle of the noodle band, the noodle band and the noodle band cut into a predetermined length, and the noodle band is divided into pieces. All of the noodle balls and the like are intended, and include all the states of the noodles after being rolled by the rolling device 1. Furthermore, when the rolling device 1 is formed in multiple stages from the upstream side to the downstream side, the noodles in the middle stage, that is, the noodles rolled by the upstream rolling device 1 are also included.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a rolling device 1 for rolling noodles through a rolling gap G and a noodle rolled by the rolling device 1 are provided with a predetermined length. In a noodle making machine including a cutting device 10 for cutting each time, measuring means 16 and 21 for measuring the thickness or weight of the noodles rolled by the rolling device 1 and changing the rolling gap G or the cutting length of the noodles are changed. It is also possible to provide a variable means for causing the control means 7 to control the variable means by comparing the measured values of the measuring means 16 and 21 with a preset set value.

That is, in the case of using the measuring means 21 for measuring the thickness of the rolled noodle in the noodle making machine, for example,
The measured value of the thickness is sent to the control means 7 and compared with a set value relating to the thickness, and the variable means is controlled based on the comparison result. In such a case, by measuring the thickness of the noodle having a large influence on the weight variation of the rolled noodles, which is likely to cause variations, and feeding back the measurement result, the weight variations of the rolled noodles can be suppressed.

When the variable means is configured to change, for example, the cutting length of the noodles, the control means 7 controls the feed speed of the noodles, the cutting interval of the cutting device 10 and the like, thereby cutting the noodles. The cutting length of the noodle to be cut by the device 10 is adjusted. Therefore, the variation in the weight of the noodle after rolling is absorbed by adjusting the cutting length of the noodle.

In addition, in the noodle making machine according to the fourth aspect, one of the measuring means 16, 21 and the variable means is provided in addition to the four types in which the measuring means 16, 21 and the variable means are respectively combined one by one. It is also possible to use two types of combinations, or to use two types of both means.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a rolling device for forming the noodle W1 into a belt-shaped noodle band W2 by rolling the kneaded long noodle W1 between the rolling gaps G. The rolling device 1 includes a pair of rolling rollers 2 and 3 for rolling the noodle W1 from the front side and the back side, and a gap between the outer peripheral surfaces of the rolling rollers 2 and 3 is a rolling gap G.

The gap between the rolling rollers 2 and 3 can be adjusted. That is, one rolling roller 2 is fixed, and the other rolling roller 3 is configured to be movable. The movable rolling roller 3 is moved toward and away from the fixed rolling roller 2 so that both rolling rollers 2 are fixed. , 3 roller shaft 2
The rolling gap G can be adjusted by changing the distance between a and 3a.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a roll gap adjuster as a variable means for changing the rolling gap G. The roll gap adjuster 4 has an adjusting bar 5 whose tip is attached to the roller shaft 3a of the rolling roller 3 on the movable side.
The roller shaft 3a of the movable-side rolling roller 3 can be moved by moving the adjusting bar 5 with respect to the adjusting body 6 by a driving unit (not shown) provided in the adjusting body 6. . Further, a control unit 7 as control means for controlling the roll gap adjuster 4 is incorporated in the adjuster body 6.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a cutting device for cutting the long noodle band W2 rolled by the rolling device 1 into small pieces along the conveying direction. The cutting device 8 includes rollers 9 with cutting edges provided on the front side and the back side of the noodle band W2, respectively, and cuts the noodle band W2 by rotation of the rollers 9 with the cutting edge. It is to be a bundle W3 of thin noodle strings.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a cutting device for cutting the noodle strings W3 cut by the cutting device 8 along the width direction at predetermined intervals.
The cutting device 10 includes a cutter 11 that rotates at a constant speed,
And a receiving plate 12 arranged at a position where the tip of the cutter 11 contacts. Then, each time the cutter 11 makes one rotation, the noodle string bundle W3 is cut at once in the width direction.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a transport conveyor arranged downstream of the cutting device 10 for transporting the noodle strings W4 (noodle strings for four balls) cut by the cutting device 10. The conveyor 13 comprises an upstream first conveyor 14 and a downstream second conveyor 15.
Reference numerals 5 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the transport direction.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a weight measuring device provided between the conveyors 14 and 15 as measuring means for measuring the weight of the noodle strings W4 cut by the cutting device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the weight measuring device 16 has a mounting surface 17 on which all four noodle strings W4 having a predetermined length conveyed downstream by the first conveyor 14 can be mounted. The mounting surface 17
Is set to a height substantially flush with the placement surfaces 14a and 15a of the conveyors 14 and 15, and the bundle W4 of the placed noodle strings can be automatically fed in the transport direction. Then, when the cut noodle strings W4 are placed on the placement surface 17, the weight of four balls is measured, and the measured value is transmitted to the signal cable 18.
Is sent to the control unit 7 in the adjuster body 6 of the roll gap adjuster 4 via the control unit 7.

In the memory of the control section 7, a desired weight (for four balls) of the noodle string W4 is stored in advance as a set value. Then, the set value and the measured value sent from the weight measuring device 16 are compared one by one, and the driving unit of the roll gap adjuster 4 is controlled based on the comparison result to determine the moving direction and the moving amount of the adjusting bar 5. Is controlled.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a noodle string chute arranged on the downstream side of the second conveyor 15 on the downstream side.

Next, the use state of the noodle making machine having the above configuration will be described. First, the noodle making machine is operated with the rolling gap G set in advance to a desired value (for example, when the thickness of the noodle string W4 is to be 1 mm, the gap G is set to 1 mm).

Then, the kneaded noodle W1 passes between the rolling gaps G of the rolling rollers 2 and 3 to form a strip-shaped noodle band W2. The noodle band W2 is finely cut by the cutting device 8 and heads to the downstream cutting device 10.

The bundle W of the noodle strings cut by the cutting device 8
When the number becomes 3, the tip end of the cutter 11 abuts on the receiving plate 12 for each rotation, thereby cutting the bundle W3 of four noodle strings along the width direction at predetermined intervals.

A bundle W4 of noodle strings cut to a predetermined length
Is dropped on the placement surface 14a of the first conveyor 14 below, is placed, and is conveyed to the placement surface 17 of the weighing device 16 downstream.

The bundle W4 of the predetermined length of the noodle strings is
When the noodle strings W4 are placed on the placement surface 17, the weight measuring device 16 detects the placement of the noodle strings W4 and measures the weight.

Then, the measured value is transmitted to the signal cable 18.
Is sent to the control unit 7 via the
Is compared with the set value.

If the measured value is larger than the set value,
That is, when the weight of the bundle W4 of the noodle strings of a predetermined length is heavier than the set value, it is determined that the thickness of the noodle strings W4 (the thickness of the noodle band W2) is large, and the control unit 7 controls the driving unit. The adjustment bar 5 is moved forward to reduce the distance between the two roll shafts 2a and 3a to narrow the rolling gap G. Accordingly, the thickness of the noodles W2 in the rolling stage is slightly reduced, and the weight of the bundle of noodles W4 is slightly reduced, which is equal to the set value. When the measured value is smaller than the set value, it is determined that the thickness of the noodle string W4 is small, and the rolling gap G is widened.

In this manner, the weight measuring device 16 automatically and continuously measures the conveyed bundle of noodle strings W4 cut to a predetermined length. As a result, the rolling thickness of the noodles W2 in the rolling stage is automatically adjusted. Therefore, even if the state of the noodles W1 sent to the rolling rolls 2 and 3 changes with time or the like, the thickness of the noodles W2 after rolling can be kept at a constant value, and as a result, the noodles W1 are sent to the noodle string chute 19 The weight of the bundle of noodles W4, that is, the noodles W4 packaged one by one thereafter can be constantly maintained at a constant value, and the variation in weight and the variation in products can be extremely reduced.

In particular, since the weight of the rolled noodle W4 is directly measured, a thickness error with respect to a desired thickness is reduced.
Four measurement areas are stacked and measured.
Therefore, compared to the configuration for measuring the thickness of the noodle W4, the measurement error is small and the feedback control can be performed with high accuracy.

In this embodiment, the bundle W4 of the cut noodle strings is configured to be measured over the entire width direction, but the length of the mounting surface 17 of the weight measuring device 16 in the width direction is measured. By making the length shorter than the above, the bundle of noodles sent W
4 may be measured in a part of the width direction.
For example, it is also possible to measure the weight of a bundle W4 of noodle strings for one ball. However, the bundle W4 of the noodle strings cut as described above
Is measured over the entire width direction (corresponding to the width of the noodle band W2), whereby there is an advantage that the measurement can be averaged in the width direction.

In the above embodiment, the weight measuring device 16 is arranged downstream of the cutting device 10 so as to measure the weight of the bundle of noodles W4 cut by the cutting device 10. The 16 locations are not limited to this.

That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the cutting device 10 is installed on the downstream side of the conveyor 13 and the long noodle string W3 before cutting is continuously measured by the weight measuring device 16. You may comprise. In such a case, the weight measuring device 16
The weight of the noodle string W3 in the portion passing on the mounting surface 17 is continuously measured, that is, the weight of the noodle string W3 per predetermined length is continuously measured. Then, the measured value is also sent to the control unit 7 as a continuous signal, and the gap of the rolling gap G is continuously adjusted based on the measured value, so that real-time feedback control becomes possible, and a more detailed gap can be obtained. As a result of the adjustment, maintenance of the thickness of the noodle strings W3 sent to the cutting device 10, that is, the noodle strings W3
Can be made uniform in weight.

Accordingly, the weight per ball of the bundle W4 of the noodle strings cut into a predetermined length by the cutting device 10 is also uniform, and
Weight variation can be suppressed.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the cutting device 8 may be installed between the second conveyor 15 and the cutting device 10, and in such a case, the weight measuring device 16 may be used for the noodle after rolling. The weight of the band W2 will be continuously measured.

As described above, the weight measuring device 16 uses the noodle belt W
2. The weight of any one of the noodle strings W3 after cutting and the noodle strings W4 having a predetermined length after cutting can be measured.

Further, a configuration is also possible in which a part of the noodle string bundle W4 cut to a predetermined length by the cutting device 10 is withdrawn and transferred to a separately installed weight measuring device 16 to measure the weight. Good.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a rotatable take-out plate 20 is disposed on the downstream side (lower side) of the cutting device 10, and when taking a measurement, the take-out plate 20 is automatically rotated to take out the take-out plate. 20
The weight measuring device 16 placed next to the noodle strings W4 placed thereon
The weight may be measured by sliding down on the mounting surface 17 of.
In such a case, the mounting surface 17 of the weight measuring device 16 may be configured not to automatically feed the mounted noodle strings W4.

However, as in the above embodiment, the weight measuring device 1
It is preferable that the weight of the noodle strings W4 is automatically measured while the noodle strings W4, noodle band W2, and the like are being transported. There is an advantage that measurement can be performed continuously without interruption.

In the above embodiment, the rolled noodles W2,
Although the configuration for directly measuring the weights of W3 and W4 has been described, a measuring means for measuring the thickness of the rolled noodles W2, W3 and W4 may be used.

As an example of the measuring means for measuring the thickness,
As shown in FIG. 5, a non-contact sensor 21 such as a laser sensor
1 can be used, and the position measured by the laser sensor may be any position on the downstream side of the rolling device 1 such as between the rolling device 1 and the cutting device 8.

Thus, the rolled noodles W2, W2, W3
By measuring the thickness of the noodle strings W4 after the rolling, the rolling gap G is changed based on the result of comparison between the measured values and the set values by storing the set values of the thickness in the control section 7 as well. The thickness of the noodle belt W2, which greatly affects the weight of the noodles, can be kept constant. As a result, it is possible to suppress the weight variation of the noodle strings W4 after rolling.

However, since the thickness is generally measured continuously at one point in the width direction of the noodle band W2 or the noodle strings W3 and W4, a plurality of measuring means are arranged along the width direction to measure at each measurement point. It is desirable to average the values, which can cope with the case where the thickness of the noodles W2, W3, W4 varies in the width direction.

In the above embodiment, the rolled noodles W
In order to keep the weights of W2 and W3 and W4 constant, variable means for changing the rolling gap G was used.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the cutting length is changed by 0.

As means for changing the cutting length, means for changing the cutting interval of the cutting device 10 such as changing the rotation speed of the cutter 11 can be adopted. Further, means for changing the feed speed of the noodles W1, such as changing the rotation speed of the rolling rolls 2 and 3, may be employed.

As described above, by adjusting the cutting length of the noodle strings W3, the weight variation of the noodle strings W4 can be suppressed. In particular, while the thickness of the noodle band W2 after rolling is an element that is easily affected by the state of the noodle W1 before rolling and the like, the cutting length by the cutting device 10 is an element that is easily stabilized. There is an advantage that thickness variations can be adjusted and absorbed with high precision by the cutting length.

The form of each device such as the rolling device 1 is not particularly limited. That is, for example, in the rolling device 1, a plate using a plate on the fixed side may be used.

[0055]

As described above, in the noodle making machine according to the present invention, the rolling gap is widened and narrowed based on the measured value of the weight of the noodle after rolling, and the thickness of the noodle is adjusted at the rolling stage. Thereby, even if the state of the noodles before rolling changes, the weight of the noodles after rolling can always be maintained at the set value. Therefore, the variation in the weight of the noodles per ball can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art, and the variation between the products can be suppressed.

In addition, since the weight of the noodles is directly measured, the measurement error is small, and the variation in the weight of the noodles can be suppressed more reliably.

Further, in the noodle making machine according to claim 4,
Measure the weight of the noodles directly after rolling, or measure the thickness of the noodles after rolling, which has a large degree of influence on the weight variation of the noodles, and the noodles in the rolling stage based on the measurement results By adjusting the thickness of the noodles and the cutting length of the noodles, the weight variation of the noodles after rolling can be suppressed. Therefore, the variation in the weight of the noodles per ball can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art, and the variation between the products can be suppressed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an essential part showing a noodle making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main part.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing a noodle making machine according to another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an essential part front view showing a noodle making machine according to another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part showing a noodle making machine according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rolling device, 4 ... Roll gap adjuster (variable means), 7 ... Control part (control means), 8 ... Cutting device, 10 ... Cutting device, 16 ... Weight measuring device (measuring means),
17: mounting surface, 21: non-contact sensor (measuring means), G:
Rolling gap,

Claims (4)

[Claims] In a noodle making machine comprising a rolling device (1) for rolling noodles through a rolling gap (G), a measuring means for measuring the weight of the noodles rolled by the rolling device (1). (16), a variable means (4) for changing the rolling gap (G), and a control means for controlling the variable means (4) by comparing a measured value of the measuring means (16) with a preset value. (7) A noodle-making machine comprising: 2. A cutting device (8) for cutting a long noodle rolled by the rolling device (1) along a conveying direction, and a noodle cut by the cutting device (8) at predetermined lengths. The noodle making machine according to claim 1, further comprising a cutting device (10) for cutting the noodles, wherein the measuring means (16) is configured to measure the weight of the noodles cut by the cutting device (10). 3. The measuring means (16) is provided on a mounting surface (1) on which a long noodle rolled by the rolling device (1) is mounted.
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of measuring the weight of the noodle at a portion passing over the mounting surface.
The described noodle making machine. 4. A rolling device (1) for rolling noodles through a rolling gap (G), and a cutting device (10) for cutting noodles rolled by the rolling device (1) into predetermined lengths. A measuring means (16, 21) for measuring the thickness or weight of the noodle rolled by the rolling device (1), and a variable for changing the rolling gap (G) or the cutting length of the noodle. And a control means (7) for controlling the variable means by comparing the measured value of the measuring means (16, 21) with a preset value.