RU2577167C1 - Apparatus for making liquid-like media - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to an installation for producing confectionery multicomponent fluid-like environments. Installation consists of a mechanical mixture comprising at least 2 containers of the same volume, interconnected inner loop conduit and cavitation processing unit having a reactor with an ultrasound transducer. When this main pipe connected blocks equipped with pump and valve actuator, regulating the direction of movement of the mixture in the automatic mode. Each of the capacitances connected to the main conduit with valves actuated by providing automatic operation.

EFFECT: invention provides a fluid-like medium with a high uniformity of particle size of the solid phase and uniform distribution of components throughout the volume.

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Description

The invention relates to the confectionery industry, and in particular to installations intended for multicomponent liquid-like confectionery environments.

A known installation for mixing and sifting various bulk materials and processing liquid media and can find application in chemical, food, pharmaceutical, construction and other industries. The installation contains a drum mixer with a drive, hoppers for loading components and receiving the mixture. The mixer body is made of conical shells located along the vertical axis, interconnected and mounted on the shaft. The shaft has a through hole through which the starting components are loaded. The bottom edge of the component hopper is placed in the shaft hole. Inside the mixer housing there is a mixing device consisting of perforated partitions located perpendicular to the axis of the shaft at the junction of the conical shells and at the outlet of the last shell. The technical result consists in improving the quality of the resulting mixture (see RF patent 2486001 B01F, 9/10 2012).

A known mixer of solid and liquid media, comprising a housing made of cylindrical shells located at an angle to each other and to the axis of the shaft, equipped with a device for dispensing components (see US patent 3362688, B01F 9/02, 1968).

The disadvantages of the known devices are: insufficient quality of the resulting mixture, due to the formation of lumps from mixed materials; low productivity.

A device for mixing flour with liquid components (P3-XTO), consisting of a mixing chamber, nozzles for supplying dry and liquid components and kneading blades (see Technological equipment of bakeries and ways to improve it / A.T. Lisovenko. - M.: Light and food industry, 1982).

The disadvantage of this device is the length of the process of mixing dry components and liquids due to the underdeveloped contact surface of bulk components and liquids, as well as the relative structural complexity of the mixer.

Interconnected devices are described in the method for preparing sugar cookies. The device consists of a mixer, which consists of a mixer tank, a screw pump, a three-way valve, a pipeline, a pipeline with a narrowing. Cavitation installation, which consists of a screw pump, a tubular reactor, a thermometer, a receiving funnel of the installation, a tank for heating the mixture, a cooling jacket. The tubular reactor of the cavitation installation consists of a screw pump, an ultrasonic transducer, an inner wall of the reactor (see RF patent 2491817, A21D 13/08 2012).

The technical task of the claimed invention is the creation of an ergonomic installation and ensuring reliability, eliminating the heterogeneity of the size of the solid particles of the processed media and expanding the arsenal of automatic installations of a similar purpose.

The technical result of the claimed invention is the creation of an installation that provides liquid-like media with high uniformity of particle sizes of the solid phase and uniform distribution of components throughout the volume, providing discrete switching in automatic and manual mode.

The task is achieved by the installation for the production of liquid-like media, consisting of a mechanical mixing unit and a cavitation treatment unit, while the units are connected by a main pipeline equipped with a pump and a valve with an actuator that controls the movement of the mixture in automatic mode, and the mechanical mixing unit includes at least 2 tanks the same volume, interconnected by the internal circuit of the pipeline, and each of the tanks is connected to the main pipeline, through valves with actuator, printing work in automatic mode, and the cavitation processing unit has an ultrasonic transducer.

The installation is depicted in FIG. 1 - installation diagram.

The apparatus for producing liquid-like media consists of a mechanical mixing unit, including at least 2 containers 1, 2 of the same volume, interconnected by the internal contour of the pipeline 3, and a cavitation treatment unit having an ultrasonic transducer 4. In this case, the blocks are connected by the main pipeline 5, equipped with a pump 6 and a valve 7 with a drive that controls the movement of the mixture in automatic mode. Each of the tanks 1, 2 is connected to the main pipeline 5, by means of valves 8, 9, 10, 11 with an actuator, providing automatic operation.

Phased installation work

Stage 1 - valves 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 are closed, the pump 6 is turned off, the ultrasonic transducer of the cavitation processing unit 4 is turned off. Raw material according to the technology for producing liquid-like media with constant stirring by built-in kneading bodies is loaded into a container 1 through a receiving funnel.

Stage 2 - obtaining a prescription mixture.

After mixing in the tank 1, for 2-3 minutes, the pump 6 is turned on, the valve 9 is open to supply the mixture from the tank 1 to the pump 6, and the valve 10 is open to supply the mixture to the tank 2. From the tank 1 by the pump 6, the recipe mixture is fed through the main pipeline 5 through the cavitation processing unit 4, then through the pipeline 3 to the tank 2 until the tank 1 is completely empty.

Result: translation of the components of the prescription mixture into a suspended state and partial dissolution of solid particles.

Stage 3 - obtaining an emulsion. Valves 9, 10 are closed, valve 11 is opened to supply the mixture from tank 2 to pump 6, and valve 8 is opened to supply the mixture to tank 1, valve 7 is closed, the ultrasonic transducer of the cavitation processing unit 4 is turned on. From the tank 2 by the pump 6, the recipe mixture is fed through the main pipe 5 through the cavitation treatment unit 4, then through the pipe 3 to the tank 1 until the tank 2 is completely emptied.

Then, particle size is estimated and, if necessary, the cavitation treatment of the emulsion is repeated, valve 9 is open to supply the emulsion from tank 1 to pump 6, and valve 10 is open to supply the emulsion to tank 2, the ultrasonic transducer of the cavitation processing unit 4 is turned on. From the reservoir 1 by the pump 6, the recipe mixture is fed through the main pipeline 5 through the cavitation processing unit 4, then through the pipeline 3 to the reservoir 2 until the reservoir 1 is completely emptied, etc. Thus, the processing is carried out in discrete mode.

Result: obtaining an emulsion with a high homogeneity of the distribution of components, with a particle size of the solid phase of not more than 6-10 microns of the order of 94-96% and the amount of insoluble sugar is not more than 4-5%.

Stage 4 - after reaching the required dispersion of the emulsion, which has passed cavitation treatment, located in the tank 1 or 2, before it is fed for further use, plasticized fat is introduced (from the remaining amount of “free fat” pre-plasticized to the required density of 720-800 kg / m ³ ) and mixed for 2-3 minutes with an emulsion that has passed cavitation treatment.

Stage 5 - valve 7 opens, valves 9 or 11 open to the position for supplying the finished emulsion from tank 1 or 2 to pump 6. The finished emulsion from tank 1 or 2 by pump 6 is fed through the main pipe 5 through valve 7 is fed for further use until complete emptying the tank 1 or 2.

Result: the entropy of the technological operation is significantly reduced, the constancy of particle sizes of the solid phase is ensured, this operation is intensified.

Claims (1)

Installation for producing liquid-like media, consisting of a mechanical mixing unit and a cavitation processing unit, the units being connected by a main pipeline equipped with a pump and a valve with an actuator that controls the movement of the mixture in automatic mode, the mechanical mixing unit comprising at least 2 containers of the same volume interconnected by the internal contour of the pipeline, and each of the containers is connected to the main pipeline by means of valves with actuators, providing automatic m mode, a cavitation processing unit has an ultrasonic transducer.

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