JPS5959162A - Unfastening of noodles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve unfastening effect of noodles, by blowing air to a noodle line group obtained by a conventional procedure so that the surface of it is hardended, sending air to the noodle line group and unfastening it when it is dropped by its own weight. CONSTITUTION:The noodle belt A prepared by a conventional procedure is cut into noodle lines by the noodle cutting and sending rolls 1 and 2 to give the noodle line group B. When the noodle line group B is introduced by the belt conveyor 3 to a noodle line cutting device consisting of the cutting roll 7 having the blades 6 and the back-up roll 8, the noodle line group B is treated with air sent from the blower 4, so that the surface of it is hardened. The noodle line group B cut by the noodle line cutting device is dropped on the chute 9 by its own weight. In the operation, the noodle line group B is unfastened by air sent from the air inlet 11 of the chute 9. Consequently, unfastening effect is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for improving the loosening effect when loosening noodle strings using air blowing.

In the noodle manufacturing process, the main purpose of loosening the noodles is to uniformly fill them into an oval retainer, to make the density of the noodle mass sparse, and to use steam, hot air, and high temperatures in subsequent processes (steaming, drying, etc.) The purpose is to improve the passage of heat medium such as oil. In order to achieve this goal, many techniques for loosening noodles have been developed, some of which utilize air pressure.

For example, noodle strings cut to a predetermined length are dropped vertically through a chute, and as they fall, pressurized gas is blown onto them in the horizontal direction of the L-shaped chute, causing the noodle strings to hit the opposite side wall. By the way, there is a method (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 56-5062) in which a bundle of raw noodles is dropped in the vertical direction of a chute, or a bundle of raw noodles is suspended into a fixed tube vertically, and the lower end is sequentially cut to a constant length. There is a method (Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-28421) in which compressed air is injected diagonally downward into the interior of the cylinder from the middle part and packed into a mold located at the bottom of the cylinder. However, in the former case, there was a high possibility that the noodle strings would be damaged by abutting them against the side wall of the chute with pressurized gas. In the latter case, the compressed air is powerfully sprayed only on a very limited part of the noodle string group, and as a result, the effect of loosening the noodle string group in a very limited part can be expected, but the noodle string group Not only does this method lack the effect of almost completely loosening the entire body, but it also has the disadvantage that the amount of loosening movement that satisfies the above-mentioned original purpose of loosening is not achieved.

The inventors of the present invention have developed a method of cutting noodle strings into individual servings and blowing air through the noodle strings to loosen them at the point when the flow lines fall due to their own weight. When we tried this, we found that it had a very promising effect on loosening the flow lines.

However, the present inventors were not satisfied with this and conducted research with the aim of further improving the effect of loosening the noodle strings by the above-mentioned air blowing. Conventionally, there has been a method of applying starch or oil to the noodle strings in order to improve the 11 combing effect of the noodles, thereby preventing the axes from colliding with each other. As a result of research on a method for improving the effect of loosening noodle strings without using air, the objective of the present invention was achieved by applying air to the axis (■) in advance to harden its surface before loosening the noodle strings using air blowing. I learned that it is possible to do so.

The gist of the present invention, which was completed based on these findings, is to cut a noodle strip produced by a conventional method into noodle strings, and to harden the surface of the obtained noodle strings by subjecting them to wind blowing treatment. rear,
This method of loosening noodles is characterized in that the group of noodle strings is loosened by blowing air when the group of noodle strings is allowed to fall under its own weight.

The contents of the present invention will be explained below.

In the present invention, noodle sheets are first made from a noodle raw material such as wheat flour.The method is to add water to noodle raw material such as wheat flour, knead it to make a dough, and then roll it to make noodles. It may be manufactured according to a conventional method such as obtaining a belt. Next, the obtained noodle strips are cut into noodle strings using a noodle string cutting device to form noodle string groups. Thereafter, the group of noodle strings is conveyed to a loosening process by a belt conveyor or the like, but in the case of the present invention, wind blowing on the group of noodle strings must be treated once the group of noodle strings passes from the noodle string cutting process to the loosening process. give The purpose of this wind blowing treatment is to harden the surface of each noodle string in the group of noodle strings, thereby effectively loosening the noodle strings by blowing air in the subsequent process. When the surface of the famous noodle strings hardens, the adhesiveness on the surface disappears, and as a result, it becomes possible to effectively prevent the axes from colliding with each other. The surface hardening of each noodle string, which has this effect, is caused by the wind blowing.
This occurs as the surface moisture of each noodle string evaporates due to the drying process. Therefore, each noodle string + eye direction's shield can be effectively prevented 11. Therefore, the necessary degree of surface hardening is desirably such that the moisture content of the noodle strings is reduced by 0.3 to 30% by weight (based on the weight of the noodle strings).

-1, when processing the wind blowing on the noodle strings,
It is preferable to process with warm air of about 35 to 651] in terms of wind blowing and shortening the processing time. However, in this case, it is important to ensure that the quality of the noodle strings is not too high. As the temperature of the noodle strings rises, the noodle strings begin to soften, and even if they are loosened in the subsequent process, the density of the resulting noodle blocks remains sparse until the next process (steaming). , dryness, etc.).

4- When performing wind blowing treatment based on manual conditions, it is preferable to carry out the treatment under conditions where the wind speed is 1 to 3 meters per hour and the treatment time is 10 to 30 seconds in order to achieve the purpose of the present invention. .

The group of noodle strings that have been treated with wind blowing in this way are sent to the loosening process, but as mentioned above, the surface hardening of each noodle string effectively affects how many of the noodle strings are tied together. Since it is prevented, it is very easy to unravel. Therefore, the noodle strings can be loosened very effectively by an extremely simple method of blowing air onto the noodle strings as they fall under their own weight.

When loosening the noodle strings by blowing air, it is preferable to blow the air when the noodle strings are in a hanging state and also to blow air to both sides of the noodle strings in order to more effectively loosen the noodle strings.

The noodle strings loosened in this way are transported to the next process such as drying.

Next, a specific example of the method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Rolls 1 and 2 are used to cut out the axis of the noodle strip A produced by a conventional method.
Cut it out into noodle strips to obtain axis line group B. The cut noodle string group B (I'i) is transported to the axial line cutting device by the belt conveyor 3, and at this stage, the noodle string group B is blown by air from the blower 4 installed above the belt conveyor 3. The noodle string group BI''i which has been subjected to the air blowing process is guided to the noodle string cutting device via the guide row/L15. The noodle string group Bd is cut to a certain length.Then, the cut axis group B falls by its own weight to the shoe 1-9 located directly below the noodle string cutting device.At this time,
The noodle string group B is loosened by air blowing from the air blowing port [1] provided on one side 10 of the chute 9. Incidentally, the air outlet 11 is connected to an air blower (not shown) via an air outlet 12. The noodle strings loosened by the air blowing are conveyed to the next process by a rite installed directly below the outlet of the chute 9.

The method of the present invention is as described above, but according to this method, there is no need to apply starch or oil to the noodle strings in order to improve the 11 gushiing effect as in the conventional method, and the gluing step is not necessary. By simply subjecting the noodle strings to a blowing process prior to the process, it is possible to achieve the same or even greater effect than when applying starch or oil. Additionally, when loosening the noodle strings, in the case of the present invention, the noodle strings are simply exposed to air, so there is no damage to the noodle strings, and furthermore, unlike the conventional method, compressed air is used to loosen the noodle strings. It is possible to eliminate the drawback of local loosening of the noodle strings and improve the loosening effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a simplified process diagram showing a specific example of the method of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Cut the noodle strips produced by a conventional method into noodle strings, apply wind blowing treatment to the obtained noodle strings to harden the surface, and then cut the noodle strings by their own weight. A method for loosening noodles, which comprises loosening the noodle strings by blowing air when they are dropped.