KR20190133354A - A Tube Transferring Type of a X-ray Investigating Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an X-ray inspection device of a pipeline transfer structure and, specifically, to an X-ray inspection device of a pipeline transfer structure capable of being coupled to a conveyor structure. The X-ray inspection device of the pipeline transfer structure comprises a transfer conduit (21) forming a flow path capable of transferring an inspection object while an inspection area (14) is formed, an input unit (13) coupled to one end of the transfer conduit (21) and having a specimen inlet port (132) formed thereon, a discharge unit (15) having a rejecter (153) coupled to the other end of the transfer conduit (21) to change a discharge path, and an inspection module (12) arranged above the inspection area (14); and the inspection area (14) has a different structure from the other part of the transfer conduit (21).

Description

A tube transfer ring type of a X-ray Investigating Apparatus

The present invention relates to an x-ray inspection apparatus for a pipeline transfer structure, and more particularly to an x-ray inspection apparatus for a pipeline transfer structure that can be coupled to the conveyor structure.

X-ray inspection is applied in a variety of industries, and various types of inspection apparatus are known in each application, depending on the type of product. For example, an X-ray inspection apparatus may be applied for defect inspection of a printed circuit board, defect inspection of an electronic device, defect inspection of a food container, or detection of foreign matter in food. X-ray inspection apparatus may also be used to check whether the content corresponds to a normal product by measuring the content of certain components in meat such as meat. X-ray inspection apparatus having various structures for inspection of various kinds of products are known in the art. For example, WO 2006/001465 is an X-ray foreign matter detection device that irradiates an X-ray to an object to be conveyed into a pipe at a predetermined detection position and detects whether or not a foreign substance is mixed based on the amount of X-rays transmitted through the object. The present invention relates to an X-ray foreign matter detection device in which a test piece unit is installed near a pipe and capable of passing a position detecting position at a speed substantially equivalent to that of the inspected object, and the test piece is disposed thereon. US 2014/0170947 A1 also discloses a meat inspection system comprising a supply means, radiation inspection equipment, cutting equipment and exhaust equipment, the radiation inspection equipment being a means such as x-ray technology. US 6,600, 805 also discloses a method for analyzing fat content by irradiating meat with x-rays in the high- and low-energy bands.

Meat can be graded according to the fat content, and it is difficult to accurately measure the fat content contained in meat which is cut and packaged to a certain size. The prior art discloses a method for detecting foreign matter by X-rays or a method for analyzing fat content, but the analysis of fat content is difficult, or the structure or operation is complicated and analyzed accordingly by analyzing the content by a plurality of X-ray tubes. Has the disadvantage that the accuracy of is reduced. In order to solve this problem, a transport pipeline having a structure suitable for content analysis needs to be applied. Where transport lines are used for the inspection of meat or similar products, the operating part, except for the transport line, is similar to a typical x-ray system. It is therefore advantageous for the conveying conduit to be detachably coupled to an X-ray inspection apparatus having a conveyor or similar conveying structure. However, the prior art or the known art does not disclose an X-ray inspection apparatus having such a structure.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art has the following object.

Prior Art 1: WO 2006/001465 (Anritsu Sanki Systems Kabushiki Kaisha, published on January 05, 2006) X-ray foreign substance detection device Prior Art 2: US 2014/0170947 A1 (Marel Iceland EHF, released June 19, 2014) Meat Inspection System Prior Art 3: US 6,600,805 B1 (Foss Electric A / S, Hillerod, published June 29, 2003) Method and Apparatus for Determination of Properties of Food or Reed

An object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray inspection apparatus for a pipeline transfer structure having a structure capable of measuring accurate contents while transferring a product such as meat through a transfer pipeline and at the same time having a structure in which the transfer pipeline is coupled to the conveyor structure.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the X-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transfer structure includes a conveying conduit formed with a flow path capable of conveying the inspection object while the inspection region is formed; An input unit coupled to one end of the transfer conduit and having a specimen inlet formed therein; A discharge unit having a ejector coupled to the other end of the transfer conduit to change the discharge path; And an inspection module disposed above the inspection region, wherein the inspection region has a different structure from other portions of the transfer conduit.

According to another suitable embodiment of the invention, the transport module is coupled to the inspection module so as to be detachable.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the transfer module is detachably coupled to the inspection module by a pair of coupling modules coupled to both sides of the inspection area.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, a pair of coupling module includes a fixing bracket; A movable member movable along the fixing bracket; And fixing means for fixing the moving member to a fixed position of the fixing bracket.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the inspection area consists of a guide flange formed on both of the guide pipe and the guide pipe.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the induction tube is a glass material or a stretchable synthetic resin material.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the structural deformation region is a rectangular cross section, an inverted trapezoidal cross section or an elliptical cross section.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the inspection object can be inspected by the conveyor unit in a state where the transport conduit is removed.

The X-ray inspection apparatus according to the present invention prevents meat or similar products from being contaminated during the inspection process by transferring the inspection product through the conveying pipe. X-ray inspection apparatus according to the present invention is to improve the precision of the inspection by modifying the structure of the conveying pipe at the inspection position. It also ensures that the test specimen can be precisely controlled by being introduced during the test. In addition, the x-ray inspection apparatus according to the present invention is to be used with a variety of x-ray apparatus due to the structure coupled to the inspection device so that the speed pipe can be separated. This reduces the cost of designing, manufacturing and operating the inspection apparatus.

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the x-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transport structure according to the present invention.
Figure 2a, 2b shows an embodiment of a transport pipeline module detachable from the X-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transport structure according to the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the coupling module of the conveying line in the inspection apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the transport pipeline module applied to the inspection apparatus according to the present invention.
5 illustrates an embodiment of a method of operating a test apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments set forth in the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments are provided for clarity of understanding and the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following description, components having the same reference numerals in different drawings have similar functions, and thus are not repeatedly described unless necessary for understanding of the invention, and well-known components are briefly described or omitted. It should not be understood to be excluded from the embodiment of.

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the x-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transport structure according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an X-ray inspection apparatus having a pipeline transfer structure includes a transfer conduit 21 having a flow path capable of transferring an inspection target while the inspection region 14 is formed; An input unit 13 coupled to one end of the transfer conduit 21 and having a specimen inlet 132 formed thereon; A discharge unit 15 having a rejector 153 coupled to the other end of the transfer conduit 21 to change the discharge path; And an inspection module 12 disposed above the inspection region 14, wherein the inspection region 14 has a different structure from other portions of the transfer conduit 21.

X-ray inspection apparatus can be applied to the inspection of various kinds of products, for example, in the analysis of the components of food and beverage, container beverages, packaged food, food transported for packaging or similar products. In addition, the test apparatus can detect the content of a specific component from the test target, and for example, the test target can be used to detect the amount of fat contained in the meat. The inspection apparatus may be applied to various kinds of food and beverage inspection, and may be applied for detecting foreign substances, detecting specific components, or measuring the content of specific components in various ways. In addition, the X-ray inspection apparatus may be made of a structure that is applied to the product to be conveyed through the conveying conduit, or may be made of a structure that can be used with a structure in which the inspected object is conveyed by, for example, a conveyor or other conveying means. have. For this purpose the conveying conduits can be made in a detachable structure as described below.

The inspection device according to the invention can have two different means of conveyance for inspection, and the conveying conduit 21 and the conveyor unit can be used together. The two transfer means may be installed either one or both, but preferably each transfer means may be appropriately selected according to the inspection object. The transfer conduit 21 is detachably coupled to an inspection device having various transfer means and can be applied to inspection of an inspection object suitable thereto.

The transfer module 20 includes an input unit 13 into which an inspection object is input, an inspection region 14 in which the inspection object is inspected by an X-ray tube and a detector, a discharge unit 15 and an input unit in which the inspection object is completed. And a conveying conduit 21 for conveying the inspection object conveyed through the 13 to the discharging unit 15.

The conveying conduit 21 may have a linear tube shape as a whole, and a flow path for conveying the inspection object may be formed therein. The internal transport path may have a cross section suitable for the transport of the product, for example circular, elliptical, polygonal, complex shapes thereof or similar shapes. The conveying conduit 21 may be made of a structure extending from one portion of the inspection frame 11 to the other portion of the inspection frame 11 via the interior of the inspection frame 11. The inspection frame 11 may be made of various structures capable of fixing the inspection module 12 and may be a movable structure. In addition, the inspection module 12 may be disposed above the inspection frame 11.

The inspection module 12 may include a sealed space in which the X-ray tube is disposed and a detector 17 disposed below the sealed space. The detector 17 may be planar, and may be disposed between the X-ray tube and the detector such that the transfer conduit 21 is detachable. If the inspection device has a conveyor unit 16 for the transport of the inspection object, the transport conduit 21 may be arranged above the conveyor unit. By such a structure, the X-ray inspection apparatus having the conveyor unit can be simply converted to the inspection jig according to the present invention.

The inspection region 14 formed in the conveying conduit 21 may have a different shape from other parts of the conveying conduit 21, for example, while the inspection objects pass through the inspection region 14 one by one in turn. It is necessary to pass through the inspection area 14 in a state where inspection objects such as meat cut to a certain size do not overlap each other. To this end, the cross-sectional area along the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the inspection region 14 may be rectangular, inverted- trapezoidal or elliptic in shape. For example, the upper surface and the bottom surface facing each other with a relatively small height may be formed to have a relatively large area. In such a structure, the size of the cross-sectional area along the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the inspection region 14 may be the same as other parts. The inspection object in the conveying conduit 21 may be conveyed by a pressure applied into the conveying conduit 21. In this way, the internal pressure of the conveying conduit 21 can be made constant along the longitudinal direction by being formed to have the same cross-sectional area as the other portion in the inspection region 14. It can be determined according to the vertical distance of, so that the extension length and width of the inspection area 14 can be determined. An X-ray tube and a detector 17 may be disposed above and below the inspection area 14, respectively, to obtain an X-ray image of the inspection object. In addition, X-ray transmission levels of different parts of the test object are detected from the obtained X-ray image, and thus, whether or not the test object is defective may be determined.

The portion where the inspection region 14 is formed may be an inspection position DA for an inspection object, and X-rays may be irradiated to the inspection position DA.

One end of the transfer conduit 21 may be formed to protrude to the outside of the inspection frame 11, the injection unit 13 may be formed at one end protruding. One end of the feed conduit 21 may be bent upwardly, whereby the input unit 13 may be formed at a higher position than the other portion of the feed conduit 21. In addition, the conveying conduit 21 may extend in a horizontal direction with respect to the ground, and this control facilitates the conveyance control of the inspection object conveyed by the pressure. However, the inspection object may be transferred in various ways, and is not limited to the presented embodiments. The input unit 13 may be a T-shaped connector structure, and the inlet 131 to which the inspection object is supplied may be located below. And a specimen inlet 132 for the injection of the test specimen may be formed on the upper side, the transfer conduit 21 may be connected to a portion extending in the horizontal direction. The inlet 131 may be connected to the supply line of the test object, and the test specimen may be input through the test piece inlet 132. The loading of the test specimen may be made for the detection of the conveying speed of the test object or the confirmation of the focal position of the X-ray tube. The test specimen may be distinguished from the test target, and may be introduced through the specimen inlet 132 periodically or at any time. In addition, the time at which the test specimen reaches the test area 14 and the time at which the test piece is discharged may be measured, and thus, the transfer speed of the test object may be measured. In addition, suitability of the inspection module 12 position may be detected from the X-ray image acquired in the inspection region 14. Based on this, the transfer pressure to the inspection object can be adjusted, and the position of the inspection area 14 or the position of the X-ray tube can be adjusted. The inspection module 12 may indicate whether or not the inspection object is inspected in the inspection area 14 is normal, and the inspection object after the inspection may be transferred to the discharge unit 15. Discharge unit 15 may be a T-shaped connector or similar shaped connector and one portion may be connected to transfer conduit 21. The outlet 152 may be a horizontally extending portion, and the lower connection portion may be a defective discharge passage 151. A rejector 153 that controls whether the defective discharge passage 151 is opened or closed may be formed above the defective discharge passage 151. It may be formed in a rotatable slope at the intersection of the discharge port 152 and the bad discharge passage 151, the bad discharge passage 151 may be connected to the transfer conduit 21 while the slope is rotated by the operation of the rejector 153. have.

The discharge unit 15 may have various structures, and depending on the inspection object, the rejector 153 may be operated in various ways and is not limited to the embodiments shown.

The transfer module 20 may be detachably coupled to the inspection frame 11 or the inspection module 12 by a pair of coupling modules 30a and 30b coupled to both sides of the inspection region 14. The conveyor unit 16 may be made of a detachable structure with respect to the inspection frame 11, and the transfer module 20 may include the inspection frame 11 or the conveyor unit 16 in a coupled state or in an uncoupled state. May be coupled to the inspection module 12. The coupling modules 30a and 30b may be coupled to both sides of the test area 14, and the coupling modules 30a and 30b may be made to be separated from or coupled to the test module 12. In addition, the transfer module 20 may be coupled to or separated from the inspection frame 11 or the inspection module 12 by the coupling or separation of the coupling modules 30a and 30b.

The transfer module 20 may be coupled or coupled to the inspection frame 11 or inspection module 12 in various ways and is not limited to the embodiments shown.

Figure 2a, 2b shows an embodiment of a transport pipeline module detachable from the X-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transport structure according to the present invention.

2A and 2B, the opening / closing door 24 may be opened for coupling the transfer module 20, and thus a coupling space may be formed below the inspection module 12. The transfer module 20 may be inserted below the inspection module 12 at the front of the inspection module 12. Coupling modules 30a and 30b may be disposed on both sides of the inspection area 14, and 1 and 2 fixing vanes 23a and 23b may be formed on both sides of the coupling modules 30a and 30b, respectively. Coupling sites of the coupling modules 30a and 30b may be formed in the lower portion of the inspection module 12. The 1 and 2 fixed vanes 23a and 23b may each have a pair of wing pieces in the shape of a square plate, and the 1 and 2 fixed vanes 23a and 23b are guided to the inspection frame 11 or the inspection module 12. And a guide groove that can be fixed can be formed. Guided by the coupling module (30a, 30b), when the transfer module 20 is fixed in a fixed position by the 1, 2 fixed vanes (23a, 23b), the opening and closing door 24 is closed to the locking tab 26 It can be fixed while being closed.

The conveyor unit 16 may include a conveyor 161 operated by the operation units 162a, 162b, and the upper portion may be flat while the front and rear portions may form inclined surfaces in the downward direction. And the inclined surfaces facing each other may be connected by a plane coupling surface, the plane coupling surface may be made in a shape parallel to the upper plane. The detector 17 may be disposed below the conveyor unit 16, and the X-ray tube 27 may be disposed inside the inspection module 12.

The area where the transfer module 20 and the conveyor unit 16 are disposed may be shielded by shielding units 22a and 22b formed at the front and the rear of the inspection module 12, and the shielding units 22a and 22b May be made of a curtain structure or the like, but is not limited thereto.

Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the coupling module (30a) of the transfer pipe in the inspection apparatus according to the present invention.

3, the coupling module 30a includes a fixing bracket 31; A movable member 32 movable along the fixing bracket 31; And fixing means 33 for fixing the movable member 32 to the fixed position of the fixing bracket 31.

The fixing bracket 31 may have an upper portion of a rectangular plate shape and may be fixed to a lower portion of the inspection module. An induction body 311 extending along the fixing bracket 31 may be formed at a lower portion of the fixing bracket 31, and the lower portion of the lower portion may have a rectangular cross-sectional shape along the induction body 311. A guide rail 312 that becomes a tunnel may be formed. The circular rod-shaped moving member 32 may be coupled to the cylindrical portion so as to be movable, and the coupler 34 may be coupled to the moving member 32 by the fixing means 33. The coupler 34 may have a structure in which a balance block is formed at the bottom of the disc while the upper portion having the coupling hole formed at the center becomes a disc shape. And the fixing means 33 may be composed of a cylindrical control body and a linear screw 331 extending upward from the upper center of the control body. The coupler 34 and the fastening means 33 can be coupled to the movable member 32 by the linear screw 331 being coupled through the coupler 34 and the movable member 32 to the engagement site 321. . The transfer module may be coupled to the bottom of the movable member 32, and the movable member 32 may be moved along the guide rail 312. The elastic contact portion 323 may be formed at the end of the movable member 32, and the closing plate 313 may be coupled to the end of the fixing bracket 31. The transfer module may be coupled to the front portion to which the fixing means 33 is coupled, and the transfer module may move accordingly when the moving member 32 is moved along the guide rail 312. When the transfer module is moved to the predetermined position, the fixing member 33 may be firmly coupled to the coupler 34 and the moving member 32 may be fixed at the predetermined position. And the cylindrical adjustment body may be positioned to be in contact with the front portion of the transfer module, thereby having a function of a stopper to be fixed to the transfer module of the adjustment body in a predetermined position.

A pair of coupling modules 30a may be coupled to the transfer conduit, and the coupling modules 30a may have the same or similar structure. In addition, the coupling module 30a may have various structures and is not limited to the embodiments shown.

Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the transport pipeline module applied to the inspection apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the transfer pipeline module includes an inspection area, and the inspection area 14 may be formed of coupling flanges 44a and 44b formed on both of the induction pipe 42 and the induction pipe 42. have.

The induction pipe 42 may be made of glass, tempered glass, synthetic resin, or the like, and may be cylindrical or similar. First and second connection portions 41a and 41b are formed at both sides of the induction pipe 42, so that conduits of various structures for the transport of the inspection object may be connected. It may also be made of a stable structure by at least one fixing member 43 while being made of a rigid material such as stainless steel of the coupling flanges 44a and 44b for fixing both sides of the induction pipe 42. In this way, the inspection area is made of a guide tube module structure has the advantage that it can be made of different diameters or materials depending on the inspection object. In addition, the induction pipe 42 may be made of a structure that can be changed in shape while being made of elastic silicone or a similar material.

As shown in the lower part of FIG. 4, the X-ray XR irradiated from the X-ray tube 27 passes through the inspection region 14 and the inspection object IO, and it may be determined whether the defect is due to the transmission image. For this reason, it is advantageous to determine whether or not the thickness transmitted in the vertical direction in the inspection region 14 is defective. It is therefore advantageous at least in the vertical direction in the inspection area 14 that the cross-sectional area is formed so that it does not overlap, for example, an inverted-trapezoidal shape or a rectangular shape having both small side lengths or the like. It is also advantageously formed in an elliptical shape as compared to the circular shape. Therefore, the inspection area 14 or the induction pipe 42 can be made in such a shape, and the appropriate ellipse shape according to the inspection object IO is made by the induction pipe 42 being made of elastic synthetic resin material. Can lose.

The inspection area 14 may be made of various structures or materials and is not limited to the embodiments shown.

5 illustrates an embodiment of a method of operating a test apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the entire operation of the inspection apparatus may be controlled by the control module 51. When the specimen is introduced through the input unit described above, the moving speed or transmission image of the specimen may be detected by the specimen detection unit 52. In addition, according to the detection result of the specimen detection unit 52, the injection speed or the movement speed of the inspection object may be adjusted by the injection control unit 53. The operation of the X-ray tube and the detector can be controlled by the control module 51, and the test result can be stored by the test unit 54. When the inspection object having completed the inspection reaches the discharge unit, the discharge control unit 56 may be operated according to the inspection result information transmitted from the inspection unit 54. If the inspection object is bad, the ejector 55 may be operated by the discharge control unit 56 to adjust the discharge direction of the inspection object.

The inspection device may be operated in various ways and is not limited to the embodiments shown.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the presented embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and modifications without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention with reference to the presented embodiments. . The invention is not limited by the invention as such variations and modifications but only by the claims appended hereto.

11: inspection frame 12: inspection module
13: input unit 14: inspection area
15: Discharge Unit 16: Conveyor Unit
17: detector 20: transfer module
21: conveying conduits 22a, 22b: shielding unit
23a, 23b: 1, 2 fixed wing 24: opening and closing door
26: locking tab 27: x-ray tube
30a, 30b: mating module 31: retaining bracket
32: moving member 33: fixing means
34: coupler 41a, 41b: first and second connection sites
42: guide tube 43: fixed member
44a, 44b: mating flange 51: control module
52: specimen detection unit 53: injection control unit
54: inspection unit 55: rejector
56: discharge control unit 131: inlet
132: specimen inlet 151: defective discharge passage
152: outlet 153: ejector
161: conveyor 162a, 162b: operating unit
311: guide body 312: guide rail
313: finish plate 321: joining site
323: telescopic contact portion 331: linear screw
DA: check position IO: check target
XR: X-Ray

Claims (8)

A transfer conduit 21 in which a test path 14 is formed and a flow path capable of transferring the test object is formed;
An input unit 13 coupled to one end of the transfer conduit 21 and having a specimen inlet 132 formed thereon;
A discharge unit 15 having a rejector 153 coupled to the other end of the transfer conduit 21 to change the discharge path; And
An inspection module 12 disposed above the inspection region 14,
The inspection area (14) is X-ray inspection apparatus of the pipeline transfer structure, characterized in that it has a different structure from the other parts of the transfer conduit (21). The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transfer module (20) is coupled to the inspection module (12) so as to be detachable. 3. The pipeline transfer according to claim 2, wherein the transfer module 20 is detachably coupled to the inspection module 12 by a pair of coupling modules 30a and 30b coupled to both sides of the inspection region 14. X-ray inspection device of the structure. The method of claim 3, wherein the pair of coupling modules (30a, 30b) comprises a fixing bracket (31); A movable member 32 movable along the fixing bracket 31; And fixing means (33) for fixing the movable member (32) to a fixed position of the fixing bracket (31). 2. The x-ray inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inspection region (14) consists of an induction tube (42) and a coupling flange (44a, 44b) formed on both sides of the induction tube (42). The x-ray inspection apparatus of a pipe conveying structure according to claim 5, wherein the induction pipe (42) is made of a glass material or a stretchable synthetic resin material. 2. The x-ray inspection apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structural deformation region has a rectangular cross section, an inverted trapezoidal cross section, or an elliptical cross section. The x-ray inspection apparatus for a transfer structure according to claim 1, wherein the inspection object can be inspected by the conveyor unit in a state in which the transfer conduit (21) is removed.

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