KR102222212B1 - A capsule manufacturing apparatus for producing various capsules by circulating fluid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a capsule raw material supply unit 100; A nozzle 200 that receives the capsule material from the capsule material supply unit 100 and discharges the capsule material in a drop type according to a preset condition; As a cooling tank 300 in which a capsule material drop 210 dropped from the nozzle 200 is accommodated and a fluid 310 for cooling the capsule material drop 210 is stored, the capsule material drop 210 and A cooling tank 300 in which a capsule 220 is formed through contact with the fluid 310; A capsule supply passage 350 for flowing the capsule 220 and the fluid 310 generated from the cooling tank 300 to a preset position; A mesh 500 located under the capsule supply passage 350 and configured as a network of a preset size to selectively collect only the capsule 220 having a diameter larger than the preset size; Is located under the mesh 500, the fluid collection tank 420 in which the fluid 310 filtered through the mesh 500 is stored and the capsule 220 collected by the mesh 500 are separated A collection unit 400 comprising a capsule collection tank 410 that is; And a fluid tank 320 receiving the fluid 310 from the fluid collection tank 420, which supplies the fluid 310 to the cooling tank 300 through the fluid supply passage 340. ); Including, the fluid 310, circulating the fluid tank 320, the cooling tank 300, and the fluid collection tank 420, provides a capsule manufacturing apparatus.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD A capsule manufacturing apparatus for producing various capsules by circulating fluid}

The present invention relates to a capsule manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing various capsules with a circulating fluid. Specifically, the capsule manufacturing apparatus relates to a capsule manufacturing apparatus capable of reusing a fluid by circulating a fluid, and handling both a capsule manufacturing process that requires a fluid and a capsule manufacturing process that is not required.

Recently, in the fields of cosmetics and food, technology using capsules has been developed. By using a capsule, it is possible to increase the preservability of raw materials stored in the capsule, and the capsule has a texture or aesthetically rich effect. Capsules may have various properties or properties of the raw materials to be preserved therein, and may undergo different capsule manufacturing processes depending on the physical and chemical properties of the raw materials.

Conventionally, only a device including a capsule manufacturing process of one type or similar physical properties is manufactured, and when a manufacturing process of another capsule is required, a separate device is installed, resulting in a problem of low production efficiency and economy.

For example, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1128488 relates to a die roll setting auxiliary device of a capsule manufacturing apparatus, and the soft capsule manufacturing apparatus is a device for manufacturing capsules using gelatin supplied from a gelatin tank. Since raw materials are not considered, there is a problem that an additional device is required to manufacture capsules other than gelatin.

In addition, conventionally, there has been a problem that each capsule may be mixed when the capsules are recovered by increasing the size or number of capsules as necessary, and since it does not include the process of reusing once the cooling liquid is used, the capsule manufacturing apparatus There was a problem that did not consider production efficiency and economics.

For example, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0586019 relates to a soft gelatin capsule maker, in which a gelatin sheet is pressed with a drum to form, and the capsule solution is directly dropped from several nozzles into a cooling tank containing cooling liquid. Let's make it fall and make it. However, this causes several nozzle pipes to fall into one cooling collection tank, so each nozzle must be controlled at the same time with delicate and identical specifications, and if a problem occurs with some of the nozzles, the size or shape of the capsules collected at once into the tank is not constant. There is a danger of things getting mixed up. In addition, since the process of reusing the coolant once and then reused is not included, production efficiency and economy are low, and there are problems such as quality deterioration.

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1128488

(Patent Document 2) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0586019

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems.

Specifically, a plurality of capsule processes are possible in one device to manufacture various capsules.

This is to reuse the fluid used to manufacture the capsule.

This is to effectively control the nozzle by using one nozzle.

It is to manufacture capsules with high production efficiency and economy, and excellent quality.

An embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems,

Capsule raw material supply unit 100; A nozzle 200 that receives the capsule material from the capsule material supply unit 100 and discharges the capsule material in a drop type according to a preset condition; As a cooling tank 300 in which a capsule material drop 210 dropped from the nozzle 200 is accommodated and a fluid 310 for cooling the capsule material drop 210 is stored, the capsule material drop 210 and A cooling tank 300 in which a capsule 220 is formed through contact with the fluid 310; A capsule supply passage 350 for flowing the capsule 220 and the fluid 310 generated from the cooling tank 300 to a preset position; A mesh 500 located under the capsule supply passage 350 and configured as a network of a preset size to selectively collect only the capsule 220 having a diameter larger than the preset size; Is located under the mesh 500, the fluid collection tank 420 in which the fluid 310 filtered through the mesh 500 is stored and the capsule 220 collected by the mesh 500 are separated A collection unit 400 comprising a capsule collection tank 410 that is; And a fluid tank 320 receiving the fluid 310 from the fluid collection tank 420, which supplies the fluid 310 to the cooling tank 300 through the fluid supply passage 340. ); Including, the fluid 310, circulating the fluid tank 320, the cooling tank 300, and the fluid collection tank 420, provides a capsule manufacturing apparatus.

In addition, the fluid tank 320 is located under the cooling tank 300, and a cooling pump 330 is located in the fluid supply passage 340, so that the fluid It is preferable that the fluid 310 flows into the cooling tank 300 from the tank 320.

In addition, when the operation of the cooling pump 330 is stopped, it is preferable that the inflow of the fluid 310 from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 is blocked.

In addition, a flow path blocking member 360 is located in the fluid supply flow path 340, and the flow blocking member 360 opens and closes the fluid supply flow path 340, so that the cooling tank 300 is removed from the fluid tank 320. ), it is preferable that the inflow of the fluid 310 is blocked.

In addition, the fluid layer 311 formed on the outside of the capsule 220 passes through the mesh 500 and is separated into the fluid collection tank 420, and the diameter of the mesh 500 is the capsule 220 Smaller than the diameter of the capsule 220 is preferably collected on the mesh 500 and separated by the capsule collection tank 410.

In addition, the mesh 500 is a size between the diameters of the first mesh 501 having the largest diameter, the third mesh 503 having the smallest diameter, and the first mesh 501 and the third mesh 503 Including a second mesh 502, the capsule collection tank 410 includes a first capsule collection tank 411, a second capsule collection tank 412 and a third capsule collection tank 413, the The first mesh 501, the second mesh 502, and the third mesh 503 overlap in the vertical direction, and according to the size of the capsule 220, the capsules collected in the first mesh 501 ( 220) is separated into the first capsule collection tank 411, passes through the first mesh 501, and the capsule 220 collected in the second mesh 502 is the second capsule collection tank ( It is preferable that the capsule 220 separated by 412, passing through the second mesh 502, and collected in the third mesh 503 is separated by the third capsule collecting tank 413.

In addition, the mesh 500 is preferably inclined in a vertical direction.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a fluid recovery passage 440 communicating the collection unit 400 and the fluid tank 320.

The present invention, in one device, it is possible to manufacture a variety of capsules such as alginate capsules, agar capsules, gelatin capsules, double capsules.

The fluid used to make the capsule can be recovered and reused.

The capsule can be continuously dropped from the nozzle and adjusted to the desired scale.

The size of the capsule can be adjusted according to the diameter of the nozzle.

Various types and large quantities of capsules can be collected in a single process.

By adjusting the flow rate of the fluid flowing in the cooling tank, the production rate of the capsule can be controlled.

1 is a view showing a capsule manufacturing apparatus.
2 is a view showing that a capsule is formed.
3 is a view showing the mesh, the diameter of the mesh and the diameter of the capsule.
4 is a view showing a plurality of meshes and collection tanks.
5 is a view showing the size of the capsule according to the diameter of the nozzle.
6 is a view showing the capsule production amount according to the diameter of the nozzle.

Hereinafter, "drop type" refers to a method in which fluid forms a drop, which is a fluid droplet, and falls at intervals of time, and "vertical direction" refers to an axis perpendicular to the ground, and " "Up and down direction" means the top and bottom of the ground, and "collect" means that it remains on the surface without passing through.

It should be noted that these directional standards are only for the description of the present invention, and the scope of the rights specified by the claims of the present invention should not be construed as being reduced or changed even if the directions are different or the term referring to them is different.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1. Description of the configuration of the capsule manufacturing device

The capsule manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention includes a capsule raw material supply unit 100, a nozzle 200, a cooling tank 300, and a collection unit 400. With reference to Figs. 1 to 4, the configuration of a capsule manufacturing apparatus will be described.

1.1 Capsule raw material supply unit (100)

The capsule raw material supply unit 100 is a space for storing raw materials of various types of capsules 220.

The capsule material supply unit 100 may perform an operation of being heated or agitated according to the type of the raw material and in what state the raw material is placed at room temperature or under the driving conditions of the process.

For example, since the agar capsule, which is one of the capsules 220 of the present invention, exists as a solid at room temperature, the capsule material supply unit 100 for storing the agar capsule may be heated to maintain the agar capsule in a liquid state. One end of the capsule material supply unit 100 is connected to the nozzle 200, and the capsule 220 stored in the capsule material supply unit 100 may fall into the nozzle 200.

At this time, at one side of the capsule material supply unit 100, a heating device for heating the capsule material supply unit 100 may be additionally installed.

At this time, when the capsule material supply unit 100 is heated or agitated, the working conditions may be performed so that the raw material of the capsule 220 is not damaged.

1.2 Nozzle (200)

The nozzle 200 is a tube through which the capsule material drop 210 is discharged from the capsule material supply unit 100. Although the raw material of the capsule 220 is stored in the capsule raw material supply unit 100, it does not have the form of a capsule. The raw material of the capsule 220 passes through the nozzle 200 and falls in a drop method that falls under a preset condition. The resulting capsule material drop 210 falls into the cooling tank 300 located under the nozzle 200. The capsule material drop 210 is in contact with the fluid 310 flowing through the cooling tank 300 and cooled to form the shape of the capsule 220 including a sphere, and then separated from the fluid 310 to form the capsule 220. To form.

In this case, the preset condition refers to a time period in which the capsule material drops 210 falling from the nozzle 200 are dropped, and the period of time may be adjusted according to the required production amount or production speed. In addition, the nozzle 200 may have various injection diameters. Since the diameter of the capsule material drop 210 varies according to the size of the injection diameter, the nozzle 200 is sprayed according to the required size of the capsule 220. The diameter can be adjusted. The production speed and production amount of the capsule 220 may vary depending on the injection diameter, the time interval and the speed of falling from the nozzle 200, which will be described later. The positions and structures of the nozzle 200 and the cooling tank 300 are not limited to those shown.

The temperature of the nozzle 200 may be 80 to 100°C at the maximum, 60 to 120°C at the maximum, and the diameter of the nozzle 200 is 10 to 40 mm, 5 to 50 mm at the maximum, and the diameter of the nozzle is 10 to 40mm, the maximum range may be 5 ~ 50mm, but is not limited thereto.

In this case, in the case of the capsule material drop 210 made of alginate or a raw material having similar properties, a separate process of contacting the fluid 310 is not performed, which will be described later.

1.3 Cooling tank (300)

The cooling tank 300 is a pipe in which the fluid 310 is stored and the fluid 310 flows, and one side of the cooling tank 300 is connected to the fluid supply passage 340. The fluid supply passage 340 is a space in which the fluid 310 supplied from the fluid tank 320 flows, and the cooling tank 300 is supplied with the fluid 310 from the fluid tank 320.

At this time, a cooling pump 330 may be further formed in the fluid supply passage 340, so that the flow rate of the fluid 310 supplied from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 can be adjusted, and the fluid ( The fluid 310 may be pulled up from the fluid tank 320 so as to smoothly supply 310). The supplied fluid 310 flows in the cooling tank 300 and contacts the capsule material drop 210 falling from the nozzle 200. At this time, the flow rate of the fluid 310 can be adjusted, and if the flow rate of the fluid 310 is fast, the production rate of the capsule 220 can be increased.

In FIG. 2(a), a process in which the capsule material drop 210 is formed into the capsule 220 is shown. The fluid in contact with the capsule material drop 210 forms a fluid layer 311 outside the capsule material drop 210. The fluid layer 311 means a fluid 310 attached to the outside of the drop 210 or capsule 220. The fluid 310 may be, for example, hydrocarbons or ester oils, but is not limited thereto. The fluid 310 has an optimal temperature range of -20 to -10°C, a maximum temperature range of -20 to 0°C, or an optimal temperature range of -20 to -30°C. ) To lower the temperature. The flow direction of the fluid 310 in the cooling tank 300 flows toward the capsule supply passage 350. By adjusting the flow rate of the fluid 310, the rate and amount at which the capsule 220 is produced can be controlled. For example, when the speed of the fluid 310 is increased, the time to flow in the cooling tank 300 is shortened, and it moves to the capsule supply passage 350, so that the production speed and the production amount of the capsule 220 can be increased. .

When the capsule material drop 210 falls from the nozzle 200, it is not in the form of the capsule 220, but is cooled in contact with the fluid 310, so that a capsule 220 including a spherical shape can be formed. It may be a capsule 220 in which the fluid layer 311 is formed.

The other side of the cooling tank 300 is connected to the capsule supply channel 350, and in the capsule supply channel 350, the capsule material drop 210 sufficiently flows in the cooling tank 300, and sufficiently contacts the fluid 310 It is formed in a position where it can be cooled. The capsule supply passage 350 flows the capsule 220 generated from the cooling tank 300 to a preset position. The preset position refers to the pedestal 351 or the mesh 500, but is not limited thereto.

The pedestal 351 is a plate in which the capsule 220 can be accommodated, and the capsule 220 having a fluid layer 311 passing through the capsule supply passage 350 inclined vertically to the lower side of the capsule supply passage 350 is formed. This is to ensure that it can be stably introduced into the mesh 500. The capsule 220 on which the fluid layer 311 has moved the pedestal 351 may be moved to the mesh 500.

In this case, the capsule supply passage 350 is shown below the cooling tank 300, but is not limited to the illustrated position. For example, the capsule supply passage 350 may be formed on the side of the cooling tank 300, and the flow direction of the capsule 220 in which the fluid layer 311 is formed may also be changed to the side.

In this case, the number of cooling tanks 300 is illustrated as one, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed in plural.

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의 크기가 될 수 있고, 외경 35

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이 될 수 있으나, 이에 제한되는 것은 아니다,At this time, the cooling tank 300 has an outer diameter of 35

, Inner diameter 15

Can be the size of the outer diameter 35

, Inner diameter 25

May be, but is not limited thereto,

At this time, the capsule 220 may maintain its shape and properties while moving.

In the case of alginate capsules made of alginate as a raw material, it may exist in a spherical shape in a solid state. In the case of manufacturing a material having such a property, the fluid 310 is not supplied to the cooling tank 300. In addition, the capsule material drop 210 dropped from the nozzle does not form a fluid layer 311 on the surface. Since there is no need to supply the fluid 310 from the fluid tank 320, the fluid supply passage 340 can be closed. When the fluid supply passage 340 is closed, the fluid 310 is not supplied, so that the fluid 310 may not exist in the cooling tank 300.

In this case, it is not necessary to use a separate device even when manufacturing capsules of different properties, it is closed by the flow path blocking member 360 installed on the fluid supply channel 340, and the fluid 310 through the fluid supply channel 340 ) Can be cut off. In addition, when the flow path blocking member 360 is installed, it is possible to block the flow of the fluid 310 that may flow back from the fluid tank 320, and thus block the flow path even when manufacturing the capsule 220 using the fluid 310 Member 320 may be used. The flow path blocking member 360 refers to a member capable of blocking a flow path, such as an electromagnetic valve and a solenoid valve, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, when the fluid tank 320 is located below the cooling tank 300, the fluid 310 is supplied from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 through the fluid supply passage 340 against gravity. In order to do so, it is necessary that the cooling pump 330 is positioned on the fluid supply passage 340. At this time, by stopping the operation of the cooling pump 330, the supply of the fluid 310 to the cooling tank 300 may be stopped.

2(b) shows a process of forming the capsule 220 of a material having such a property. Since there is no need to contact the fluid layer 311, it is dropped from the nozzle 200 to form the capsule 220. The capsule 220 passes through the capsule supply passage 350 connected to the lower side of the cooling tank 300, and the capsule 220 having a diameter larger than the mesh 500 may be separated into the capsule collection tank 410.

In this case, by not using a surfactant when manufacturing the raw material of the capsule 220, the fluid component is prevented from adsorbing or penetrating into the capsule when manufacturing the capsule 220, thereby additionally removing the fluid 310 after separating the capsule 220 The ethanol washing process can be omitted.

At this time, the formed capsule 220 is, for example, a polysaccharide polymer alginate capsule composed of mannuronic acid and gluronic acid, and an agar capsule, a polysaccharide in which agarobiose obtained from red algae is polymerized. , Gelatin capsule, a 20kDa~50kDa protein polymer obtained by decomposing collagen, an animal protein, has the effect of maintaining moisture for a long time by forming a moisturizing film, and a wax capsule that changes phase variably by temperature change, a double containing functional substances inside A capsule may be included and may be generated, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

1.4 Collection unit 400

The collection unit 400 includes a capsule collection tank 410, a fluid collection tank 420, a recovery pump 430, and a fluid recovery passage 440.

The capsule collection tank 410 is larger than the diameter of the mesh 500, and the capsule 220, which is not filtered by the mesh 500, moves in the left and right direction of the mesh 500, falls, and is separated and collected. The capsule collection tank 410 may be formed of a size and material suitable for collecting capsules. At this time, the capsule collection tank 410 may maintain its shape and properties while the capsule 220 falls.

The fluid collection tank 420 separates and collects the fluid 310 that has moved through the mesh 500 in the vertical direction. The fluid collection tank 420 may be supplied to the cooling tank 300 to separate all the used fluids 310.

The fluid 310 supplied from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 is separated from the mesh 500 into a fluid collection tank 420 after forming the capsule 220, and then returned to the fluid tank 320. It can be moved, and the fluid 310 can be recycled and reused through a process in which the capsule 220 is formed.

One end of the fluid collection tank 420 may be connected to the fluid recovery channel 440, and the fluid 310 separated by the fluid collection tank 420 moves through the fluid recovery channel 440 and enters the fluid tank 320. Can be saved.

A recovery pump 430 may be further formed in the fluid recovery passage 440 to control the flow rate of the fluid 310 moving from the fluid collection tank 420 to the fluid tank 320, and It can help flow.

1.5 mesh (500)

The mesh 500 refers to a material or a mesh in which a fine mesh is penetrated. The mesh 500 is composed of a network of a preset size, and can selectively collect only the capsule 220 having a diameter larger than the preset size. In consideration of the size of the capsule 220 to be generated, the mesh 500 may have a mesh 500 having a predetermined size smaller than the diameter of the capsule 220.

The mesh 500 is formed in the lower side of the capsule supply passage 350 and the pedestal 351 to pass the fluid 310 and separate the capsule 220, and the mesh 550 is partially included in the fluid collection tank 420. Can be fixed. If the capsule 220 on which the fluid layer 311 is formed is larger than the diameter of the mesh according to the diameter of the mesh, it cannot pass through the mesh 500 and moves along the mesh 500 to be separated into the capsule collection tank 410. have.

In FIG. 3, the diameter d2 of the net is formed smaller than the diameter d1 of the capsule 220 on which the fluid layer 311 is formed, so that the fluid layer ( 311) can be separated from the capsule 220, the fluid layer 311 is filtered by the mesh 500, the fluid 310 can be separated in the fluid collection tank 420.

At this time, the mesh 500 can be inclined in a vertical direction with respect to the ground, so by gravity, the capsule 220 can be easily moved to the collection unit 400, and the fluid due to an increase in friction with the mesh 500 The 310 may be easily separated from the capsule 220, but is not limited thereto.

In this case, the shape of the mesh 500 may be formed in any shape, such as a square or a circle, and when the shape of the mesh 500 is a square, the diameter may mean the length of the largest edge.

At this time, by periodically cleaning the residue or foreign matter that may exist in the mesh 500, it is possible to maintain the size of the diameter of the network.

In this case, the fluid 310 may be sufficiently separated from the capsule 220 when the capsule 220 moves along the mesh 500 or stops.

The mesh 500 may be formed in multiple layers, and in this case, the meshes of each mesh 500 may have different diameters, so that the capsules 220 having different diameters may be separated. At this time, by varying the injection diameter and speed of the nozzle 200, the capsule material drop 210 having a different diameter may be formed.

For example, in FIG. 4, the mesh 500 is a first mesh 501 having the largest network diameter, a third mesh 503 having the smallest diameter, and the first mesh 501 and the third mesh. It may include a second mesh 502 that is a size between the diameters of the network having a predetermined size of 503, the first mesh 501, the second mesh 502, the third mesh 503 It overlaps in the vertical direction. Depending on the size of the capsule 220, the size of the capsule 220 is large, so that the capsule 220 that has not passed the first mesh 501 is separated into the first capsule collection tank 411, and the first The capsule 220 that has passed through the mesh 501 and has not passed the second mesh 502 is separated by the second capsule collection tank 410, passes through the second mesh 502, and 3 The capsule 220 that has not passed through the mesh 503 may be separated into the third capsule collection tank 413. The number of the illustrated mesh 500 and the capsule collection tank 410 is only an example and is not limited to the illustrated number, and may be formed as necessary.

1.6 Double Capsule Manufacturing Process

In accordance with the present invention, a description will be given of the process of manufacturing a double capsule.

A double capsule is a capsule containing a raw material for a capsule containing an oil-soluble functional substance inside and a water-soluble functional substance on the outside. The capsule material drop 210 is discharged from the capsule material supply unit 100 by the above-described drop method, and falls into the cooling tank 300. The fluid layer 311 is formed on the outside of the oil-soluble functional material, which is the dropped capsule material drop 210 by the fluid 310 flowing in the cooling tank 300. The drop 210 cooled by the fluid 310 creates a capsule 220.

The cooling tank 300 may be a plurality as described above, and the capsule 220 already formed of an oil-soluble functional material may flow to another cooling tank 300. At this time, the cooling tanks 300 are connected by flow paths, and may include a flow path blocking member. At this time, the capsule raw material to be supplied to the other cooling tank 300 changes the raw material stored in the capsule raw material supply unit 100, or from the other capsule raw material supply unit 100, for example, to supply a water-soluble functional material such as alginate or agar. I can.

In this case, since alginate may be solidified at room temperature, a separate fluid 310 is not required, and thus the fluid 310 may not be supplied to the other cooling tank 300. In this case, the alginate capsule raw material may be dropped onto the capsule 220 formed of an oil-soluble functional material to manufacture a double capsule.

In addition, even for a material such as agar, the fluid 310 may not be supplied to the cooling tank 300 in a state in which the oil-soluble functional material has already been cooled. However, first, after a material such as agar is dropped to the outside of the capsule 220 formed of a useful functional material, the fluid 310 can be supplied, and at this time, it will be easier to maintain the shape of the capsule 220. . At this time, the generated capsule 220 and the fluid 310 flow through the capsule supply passage 350 and pass through the mesh 500. While moving the mesh 500, the capsule 220 and the fluid 310 are separated and separated into a capsule collection tank 410 and a fluid collection tank 420, respectively, to generate a double capsule.

2. Capsules manufactured by capsule manufacturing equipment

The capsule manufactured by the capsule manufacturing apparatus is illustrated. However, it is not limited to the following conditions and types, and illustrates the working conditions of the capsule and the capsule manufacturing apparatus.

2.1 Alginate capsule manufacturing

Alginate Capsule no Raw material name content One Purified water 84.80 2 Sodium alginate 0.50 3 Potassium alginate 0.50 4 glycerin 7.00 5 Butylene Glycol 5.00 6 Xanthan gum 0.20 7 1.2 Nucleic acid diol 2.00

Raw materials 1 to 7 are precisely weighed and completely dissolved using an azimixer at room temperature, then connected to a capsule machine to form a capsule.

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로 할 수 있다.At this time, the nozzle is 2mm, the hourly production (g/hr) is 140g, the fluid fluid is 0.5% calcium chloride solution, the cooling temperature is -25℃, the fluid flow rate is min/2L, and the cooling tank size is 35 outside diameter.

, Inner diameter 15

It can be done with.

2.2 Baby capsule manufacturing

Baby Capsule no Raw material name content One Purified water 82.35 2 Butylene Glycol 8.00 3 glycerin 5.00 4 Agar 0.70 5 Gellan gum 1.50 6 Xanthan gum 0.15 7 Hydroxyethyl cellulose 0.20 8 Sodium hyaluronate 0.10 9 1.2 Nucleic acid diol 2.00

Raw materials 1~9 are precisely weighed and completely dissolved using an azimixer at heating (95℃), and then connected to a capsule machine to form a capsule.

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로 할 수 있다.At this time, the nozzle is 2mm, the output per hour (g/hr) is 140g, the fluid liquid is mineral oil, the cooling temperature is -15℃, the flow rate is min/2L, and the cooling tank size is 35 outside diameter.

, Inner diameter 15

It can be done with.

2.3 Gelatin capsule manufacturing

Gelatin capsules no Raw material name content One Purified water 85.35 2 gelatin 2.50 3 Butylene Glycol 5.00 4 glycerin 5.00 5 Hydroxyethyl cellulose 0.15 6 1.2 Nucleic acid diol 2.00

Raw materials 1 to 6 are precisely weighed, heated (95℃), completely dissolved using an azimixer, and then connected to a capsule machine to form a capsule.

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로 할 수 있다.At this time, the nozzle is 2mm, the output per hour (g/hr) is 140g, the fluid liquid is mineral oil, the cooling temperature is -15℃, the flow rate is min/2L, and the cooling tank size is 35 outside diameter.

, Inner diameter 15

It can be done with.

2.4 Double capsule manufacturing

Double capsule no Raw material name content One Purified water 85.25 2 Butylene Glycol 5.00 3 glycerin 5.00 4 Agar 1.50 5 Gellan gum 1.00 6 Xanthan gum 0.10 7 Hydroxyethyl cellulose 0.15 8 1.2 Nucleic acid diol 2.00 9 Vegetable fluid 100.00

Raw materials 1 to 8 are precisely weighed, heated (95℃), completely dissolved using an azimixer, and then molded by connecting the double capsule exclusive nozzle (double nozzle) to the capsule machine.

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로 할 수 있다.At this time, double nozzle is 2mm (outer box)/0.5mm (inner box), hourly production (g/hr) is 140g, fluid fluid is mineral oil, cooling temperature is -15℃, flow rate is min/2L, cooling tank size is OD 35

, Inner diameter 15

It can be done with.

2.5 Capsule size and capsule production per nozzle diameter

5 shows capsule sizes for each nozzle diameter.

It is shown that each time the diameter of the nozzle 200 increases by 0.5 and 1 mm, the size of the capsule 220 increases to within about 0.5 mm and 1 mm, respectively. Since the capsule material drop 210 falls through the diameter of the nozzle 200, the size of the capsule material drop 210 increases when the diameter of the nozzle 200 increases, and the capsule 220 formed through the capsule material drop 210 The size can also be increased. However, this shows that the size of the capsule 220 changes according to the diameter of the nozzle 200 and is not limited thereto.

6 shows the capsule production amount for each nozzle diameter.

It is shown that when the diameter of the nozzle 200 is doubled, the production amount per hour of the capsule 220 is approximately doubled. For example, when the diameter is 1.5mm, the hourly output is 105g/hr, and when the diameter is 3mm, the hourly output is 210g/hr. In this case, an increase in the aperture of the nozzle 200 may mean that the number of apertures of the nozzle 200 increases, and may mean that the size of the aperture of the nozzle 200 increases.

By changing the diameter of the nozzle 200, the capsule size and production amount can be adjusted, and as described above, the period of time, which is a preset condition of the nozzle 200, is reduced, and the falling speed of the capsule material drop 210 is increased. And, by increasing the speed and flow rate of the fluid 310 flowing through the cooling tank 300, it is possible to increase the production amount of the capsule 220.

As described above, in the present specification, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention, but this is only illustrative, and those skilled in the art It will be appreciated that examples are possible. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the claims.

100: capsule raw material supply unit
200: nozzle
210: drop capsule material
220: capsule
300: cooling tank
310: fluid
311: fluid bed
320: fluid tank
330: cooling pump
340: fluid supply flow path
350: capsule supply flow
351: pedestal
360: flow path blocking member
400: collection unit
410: capsule collection tank
411: first capsule collection tank
412: second capsule collection tank
413: third capsule collection tank
420: fluid collection tank
430: recovery pump
440: fluid recovery channel
500: mesh
501: first mesh
502: second mesh
503: third mesh
d1: diameter of the capsule
d2: diameter of the net

Claims (8)

As a capsule manufacturing device that contains oil-soluble functional materials and water-soluble functional materials as raw materials for capsules, and can manufacture single capsules and double capsules,
Capsule raw material supply unit 100 provided in one or more;
A nozzle 200 that receives the capsule material from the capsule material supply unit 100 and discharges the capsule material in a drop type according to a preset condition;
As a cooling tank 300 in which a capsule material drop 210 dropped from the nozzle 200 is accommodated and a fluid 310 for cooling the capsule material drop 210 is stored, the capsule material drop 210 and A cooling tank 300 having one or more capsules 220 formed through contact with the fluid 310;
A capsule supply passage 350 for flowing the capsule 220 and the fluid 310 generated from the cooling tank 300 to a preset position;
A mesh 500 located under the capsule supply passage 350 and configured as a network having a preset size to selectively collect only the capsule 220 having a diameter larger than the preset size;
Is located under the mesh 500, the fluid collection tank 420 in which the fluid 310 filtered through the mesh 500 is stored and the capsule 220 collected by the mesh 500 are separated A collection unit 400 comprising a capsule collection tank 410 that is; And
A fluid tank 320 that receives a fluid 310 from the fluid collection tank 420, and supplies a fluid 310 to the cooling tank 300 through a fluid supply passage 340, a fluid tank 320 ; Including,
The fluid 310,
Circulate the fluid tank 320, the cooling tank 300 and the fluid collection tank 420,
The single capsule,
The capsule raw material falls from the capsule raw material supply unit 100 to the cooling tank 300, and a fluid layer 311 is formed outside the capsule raw material in the cooling tank 300 to form the single capsule,
The double capsule,
The oil-soluble functional material is dropped from the capsule raw material supply unit 100 to the cooling tank 300, and the fluid layer 311 is formed outside the oil-soluble functional material in the cooling tank 300 to form the single capsule. Is formed, and the cooling tank 300 is formed in a plurality so that the single capsule is moved to another cooling tank 300, and the moved single capsule contains alginate and agar falling from the other capsule raw material supply unit 100. In contact with a water-soluble functional material selected from the group to form the double capsule,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 1,
The fluid tank 320 is located under the cooling tank 300,
A cooling pump 330 is located in the fluid supply passage 340,
The fluid 310 is introduced into the cooling tank 300 from the fluid tank 320 by the operation of the cooling pump 330,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 2,
When the operation of the cooling pump 330 is stopped,
Inflow of the fluid 310 from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 is blocked,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 1,
A flow path blocking member 360 is located in the fluid supply flow path 340,
The flow path blocking member 360 opens and closes the fluid supply flow path 340 so that the flow of the fluid 310 from the fluid tank 320 to the cooling tank 300 is blocked,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 1,
The fluid layer 311 formed on the outside of the capsule 220 passes through the mesh 500 and is separated into the fluid collection tank 420,
The diameter of the mesh 500 is smaller than the diameter of the capsule 220 and the capsule 220 is collected on the mesh 500 and separated by the capsule collection tank 410,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 5,
The mesh 500 includes a first mesh 501 having the largest diameter of a network having a preset size, a third mesh 503 having the smallest diameter of a network having a preset size, and a preset mesh of the first mesh 501. It includes a second mesh 502 that is smaller than the diameter of the network of the size and larger than the diameter of the network of the predetermined size of the third mesh 503,
The capsule collection tank 410 includes a first capsule collection tank 411, a second capsule collection tank 412 and a third capsule collection tank 413,
The first mesh 501, the second mesh 502, and the third mesh 503 overlap in the vertical direction, and according to the size of the capsule 220,
The capsule 220 collected in the first mesh 501 is separated into the first capsule collection tank 411,
The capsule 220 passed through the first mesh 501 and collected in the second mesh 502 is separated into the second capsule collection tank 412,
The capsule 220 passing through the second mesh 502 and collected in the third mesh 503 is separated into the third capsule collection tank 413,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 1,
The mesh 500 is inclined in a vertical direction,
Capsule manufacturing device.
The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a fluid recovery passage 440 communicating the collection unit 400 and the fluid tank 320,
Capsule manufacturing device.

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