TWI743320B - Tea crumb manufacturing method and equipment used - Google Patents

Abstract

The manufacturing method of the tea crushed particles of the present invention and the equipment used therefor are to provide the original tea flakes to be finely crushed into uniform and tiny particles, and the surface of the particles is tissue-sealed, which can be stored for a long time and has innovative flavor and easy brewing. This method is mainly selected as The tea is finely pulverized into particles, and the target particles are filtered out by the filtering and sieving operation, and then the target particles are uniformly sealed. The surface of each particle is tissue-sealed, and the flavor can be produced through the execution of the sterilization operation and the preparation operation. Unique, and long-term preservation of tea granules.

Description

Tea crushing manufacturing method and equipment used

The tea crushing method of the present invention and the equipment used therefor are to provide the original tea flakes to be finely crushed into uniform and tiny particles, and the surface of the particles is tissue-sealed, and the flavor modulation can also be obtained simultaneously.

Tea leaves that can be brewed quickly, such as black tea bags, are made by crushing the tea leaves and then encapsulating them in a filter bag. The tea leaves are finely crushed and easily and quickly brewed, providing users with urgent needs. There is also Japanese green tea. In order to grind the tea into powder, it can be quickly dissolved for drinking.

Newly introduced a more cold brewing method for brewing tea liquid. The brewing is based on the use of low-temperature boiled water or even ice temperature. In order to increase the rate of release of tea ingredients, finely keratinized tea is used as the material, and the material is used in the tea making process. Especially in the twisting process, the tea corners that fall from the leaf tip or the weaker edge of the leaf periphery are collected and sealed in a filter bag, but due to insufficient leaf tip ingredients, the flavor is lost, and the cost is only low.

In the field of cold brewing tea, there is another method such as black tea bags. The original tea leaves are ground and repackaged in order to achieve rapid dissolution. However, because the grinding operation is not controlled, the oxygen contact area is enlarged, and environmental moisture is easy to invade. , And cannot be stored for a long time.

The tea crushing method of the present invention and the equipment used therefor are to provide the original tea leaves to be finely crushed into uniform and tiny particles, and the surface of the particles is organized and sealed. A sieving operation is used to filter out the desired particles, and the particles are then sealed in a dynamic manner. Before the process of providing the final product, the main purpose is to make the particles complete physical properties.

The second objective of the present invention is that the finished tea is dried by air drying or by energy firepower, so that it can be made into different flavors, and different flavors are determined by pre-operation.

The third object of the present invention is to perform the fine crushing operation, which is to choose one of the methods such as grinding, or high-speed crushing, or reaming, or cutting, or squeezing, or to arrange the front and back crushing processes in different ways Pass exchange operation, achieve perfect particle size uniformity in a compound way.

The fourth object of the present invention is to intervene in a sterilization operation respectively during the fine crushing operation, the filtering operation, or the sealing operation, so as to achieve synchronous or complete sterilization.

The fifth object of the present invention is that in the process of the fine crushing operation and the filtering operation, a thermal evaporation operation or a dehumidification operation can be respectively intervened, and the water content of the particles can be determined in different temperature forms.

The sixth objective of the present invention is that the sealing operation involves a refrigeration and drying operation or a heating operation in a dynamic operation mode to quickly seal the surface structure of the particles.

The seventh object of the present invention is to intervene a flavor modulation operation during the sealing operation to adjust the taste.

The eighth object of the present invention is to arrange a fine crushing device, a filter screen device, and a sealing device in a production process line to provide the use of the above-mentioned method, wherein the fine crushing device, the filter screen device, or the sealing device can choose one or All combined with sterilization unit.

The ninth object of the present invention is that the filtering device and the sealing device can be combined with a refrigeration device or a heat generating unit, respectively, the filtering device and the sealing device are conducted through a conveying device, and the system is operated by programming, and can adapt to a variety of production modes or modulations. Finished flavor.

1: tea

10: into tea

11: Production process

12: Drying operation

13: Hot work is done

14: Push deposit operation

2: Fine crushing device

20: Fine crushing operation

3: Screening device

30: Screening operation

31: Conveying device

4: Sealing device

40: Sealing operation

41: Stir the Space

5: Packaging machine

50: Packing operation

6: Sterilization unit

60: Sterilization operation

7: Refrigeration device

70: Refrigeration and drying operations

71: Tool cooling operation

72: Dehumidification operation

73: Refrigeration and dehumidification operations

8: Heat generating unit

81: Thermal evaporation operation

82: heating operation

9: Modulation device

90: Modulation operation

P: particles

Figure 1 is the basic flow chart of this construction method.

Figure 2 is a detailed operation flow chart of this construction method.

Figure 3 is one of the detailed operation flowcharts of this construction method.

Figure 4 is the second part of the detailed operation flow chart of this construction method.

The tea crushing method of the present invention and the equipment used therefor are to provide the original tea flakes to be finely crushed into uniform and small particles, and the surface of the particles is tissue-sealed. On a production line, a fine crushing device and a filter sieve device are sequentially distributed , A sealing device, and a packaging machine. After the obtained tea is finely crushed by the fine crushing device, the filter screen device performs the filtering operation, and after being transferred by a conveyor device, it enters the sealing device for sealing operation, and finally enters the packaging operation. Through the sterilization unit, refrigeration device, heat generating unit, brewing device, etc., different flavors can be prepared and the finished product can be safely stored. The system is based on the above-mentioned operation arrangements, and can be automated through program operation.

For the manufacturing method and equipment used in the present invention, please refer to the illustration below:

First, please refer to Figure 1. In the first row of the production line, there is a fine crushing device 2, followed by a filter device 3, a sealing device 4, and a packaging machine 5.

The working environment of the above-mentioned fine crushing device 2, filter device 3, and sealing device 4 can be enclosed by a surrounding body (not shown in the figure) as an independent space, and a sterilization unit 6, a refrigeration device 7, a heat generating unit 8 and a Modulation device 9.

The crushing device 2 is responsible for the fine crushing operation 20, the filtering device 3 is responsible for the filtering and sieving operation 30, the sealing device 4 is responsible for the sealing operation 40, and the packaging machine 5 is responsible for the packaging operation 50 to form a consistent operation. The selected finished tea 10 is operated by the crushing device 2 In the fine crushing operation 20, the obtained particles P pass through the sieving device 3 to operate the sieving operation 30, and the sieved particles P are transferred to the sealing device 4 via a conveying device 31 for the sealing operation 40. The operation of the sealing operation 40 is based on the refrigeration device 7 or The heat generating unit 8 selects one of the particles P located in the inner space of the agitating space 41 to perform surface drying and sealing. The agitating space 41 provided by the sealing device 4 is a spatially dynamic container, such as a generally turned container, to complete the sealing operation 40 of the particles P is handed over to the packaging machine 5 to perform the packaging operation 50 to obtain the goods, and the preparation device 9 therein performs the preparation operation 90, which acts in the filtering operation 30 and the sealing operation 40.

The working spaces of the fine crushing device 2, the filtering device 3, and the sealing device 4 are respectively an independent enclosed space, and the traffic paths between adjacent enclosed spaces are enclosed traffic passages.

Please refer to Figure 2 again, the picked tea leaves 1 are formed into tea 10 through the production process 11, wherein the finalization step of the production process 11 can be a drying operation 12, or at a low temperature, or by steaming, or baking The heat is finished 13 and then the tea 10 is completed according to the multiple roasting or rolling production process 11, and the finished tea 10 can be put into storage 14.

The production of tea granules takes the necessary amount of the finished tea 10 and performs a fine crushing operation 20. The fine crushing operation 20 is provided by a fine crushing device 2 that uses a grinding wheel to grind, or a crushing tool, to crush at a high speed, or a knife. The method of shredding or squeezing can be carried out by any method, or it can be carried out by knife cutting first, and preliminary thinning into 10 original pieces of tea, and then grinding or crushing and other interactive layered compound operations. This method The choice of tea can be made in accordance with the essential characteristics of the original tea, such as young leaves or old leaves, and different processing methods can be used.

The above-mentioned finished tea 10 is made by picking tea leaves 1 through the production process 11, wherein the water content of the finished tea 10 is The amount can be higher than the general content to facilitate the operation of the fine crushing operation 20.

The particles P that have completed the fine crushing operation 20 enter a filtering and sieving operation 30. The filtering and sieving operation 30 is provided by a filtering and sieving device 3 which operates in a vibrating or sieving manner. The aperture of the filtering sieve is A filter screen with a density of 50 to 250 mesh is selected. After the filtering and sieving operation 30, a conveying device 31 carries the filtered particles P into the sealing device 4 for sealing operation 40. The sealing device 4 is provided with an agitating space 41 and a content space For a dynamic action, such as stirring, or toggling, or turning, the inside of the stirring space 41 contains the particles P generated by the filtering operation 30, and during the stirring process, a heat generating unit 8 provides heating operation 82. As a result of the heating operation 82, the surface of the particle P can be heated to dry the surface of the particle P (not shown in the figure), and the tissue can be sealed, and finally enter a packaging machine 5 for packaging operation 50 to obtain the finished product .

In the process of the fine crushing operation 20, the filtering and sieving operation 30, and the sealing operation 40, a sterilization operation 60 is provided through a sterilization unit 6. The sterilization operation 60, such as the atomization of sterilizable gas or liquid, can be simultaneously applied to the equipment environment of the fine crushing device 2, the filter screen device 3, and the sealing device 4, or the fine crushing device 2 or the filter screen can be selected separately The device 3 or the sealing device 4 performs a sterilization operation 60 independently, respectively.

In the process of the fine crushing operation 20 or the filtering operation 30, a refrigeration device 7 is used to generate low-temperature energy, which acts on the equipment environment of the fine crushing device 2 and the filtering device 3, and the refrigeration device 7 can perform a low temperature operation. Tool refrigeration operation 71. Tool refrigeration operation 71 provides fine crushing operation 20. During processing, the temperature of the tools of fine crushing device 2 is prevented from heating up and affecting the tea 10. The refrigeration device 7 can also be converted to dehumidification operation 72. The dehumidification operation 72 acts on In the process of the filtering operation 30, it is located inside the equipment environment of the filtering device 3, or the dehumidification operation 72 can act in the equipment environment of the conveying device 31 to extract the evaporated water vapor generated by the operation of the fine crushing operation 20 as much as possible. , And the low-temperature energy of the refrigeration device 7 It can perform refrigeration and dehumidification operation 73, which acts on the path of the particles P that have completed the sealing operation 40 before entering the packaging operation 50. The moisture released by the auxiliary particles P due to the temperature can be extracted and provided before entering the packaging operation 50. , The control and maintenance of the dryness of the particles P can be obtained.

The above-mentioned fine crushing device 2, filter device 3, and sealing device 4 are an independent machine. At the periphery of the work space, it can be surrounded by a enclosure to form a closed space. In addition to the traffic path of the production line, the traffic path is as The transfer path of the particles P (not shown in the figure) can also adopt a peripheral encapsulation method to isolate the front and back of the production line from the external environment, which is easier to control pollution prevention, maintain a high degree of safety in production, and the physical state of the air can be easily regulated and controlled in an enclosed space.

The energy generated by the heat generating unit 8 can perform a thermal evaporation operation 81. The thermal evaporation operation 81 is performed on the particles P after the crushing operation 20, so as to heat the particles P after the crushing operation 20. It evaporates, and the evaporated water vapor enters the filtering operation 30, that is, it is eliminated by the dehumidification operation 72 performed by the refrigeration device 7.

Through the auxiliary operations of the above-mentioned sterilization unit 6, refrigeration device 7, and heat generation unit 8, it is possible to assist the drying process and sterilization operation of the particles P located in each stroke, so that the processing quality of the finished product can be easily controlled in the operating procedure.

Please refer to Figure 3 again (please cooperate with the figure in Figure 2). The finished tea 10 made from tea leaves 1 can be used for fine crushing operation 20, filtering operation 30, and sealing operation 40 through push storage operation 14. , And the sterilization operation 60, tool refrigeration operation 71, dehumidification operation 72, refrigeration and dehumidification operation 73, refrigeration drying operation 70 and heat evaporation operation 81, heating operation 82 And other operations, so that the quality and dryness of the finished particles P can be clearly controlled. Among them, the refrigeration device 7 is used for the cooling operation 71 of the tool, and the other energy is the dehumidification operation 72, which can be generated by heat before the dehumidification operation 72 The unit 8 performs a thermal evaporation operation 81, so that the water is evaporated from the particles P in advance.

The refrigeration device 7 can also perform a refrigeration and drying operation 70, which acts in the sealing operation 40, and works on the internal space of the agitating space 41 provided by the sealing device 4, and uses the low temperature to extract the humidity of the particles P to complete the The particles P can obtain ideal dryness and are easy to store.

Please refer to Fig. 4 again (please cooperate with the diagram in Fig. 2), the tea leaves 1 are formed into tea 10 through the production process 11 for pushing and storing operation 14, and the finished tea 10 is taken for fine crushing operation 20, sieving operation 30, and sealing. Operation 40 and packaging operation 50 are a dynamic operation in the two procedures of screening operation 30 or sealing operation 40. During the process, a preparation device 9 can be used to perform a preparation operation 90 to inject the operated preparation components into the working space environment. , Such as floral elements, or caramel and other sweeteners, are dynamically mixed with the internal particles P to obtain the flavor modulation of the finished product. Finally, the packaging operation 50 is performed, in which the modulation component of the modulation operation 90 is further a packageable particle P The edible agent on the surface is used for comprehensive maintenance of the appearance of the particles P, and the agent (not shown in the figure) can also be mixed with the above-mentioned floral elements or sweeteners, so that the preparation operation 90 is directly connected to the sealing operation 40 The hybrid synchronization is complete.

10: into tea

2: Fine crushing device

20: Fine crushing operation

3: Screening device

30: Screening operation

31: Conveying device

4: Sealing device

40: Sealing operation

41: Stir the Space

5: Packaging machine

50: Packing operation

6: Sterilization unit

60: Sterilization operation

7: Refrigeration device

8: Heat generating unit

9: Modulation device

90: Modulation operation

P: particles

Claims (9)

A method of making tea granules, including: selecting one percent of the tea; one fine-crushing operation to finely crush the above-mentioned finished tea into tiny particles; one filtering and sieving operation to sieve the above-mentioned particles; Located in an agitated space, the surface of these particles is tissue-sealed by temperature modulation. The method of making tea granules as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the fine crushing operation is to choose one or two methods by grinding, or crushing, or knife cutting, or reaming, or squeezing The above assignments are handed over. As described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the method of making tea granules, wherein after the fine crushing operation, before the filtering operation, a thermal evaporation operation is intervened. As described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the method of making tea granules, wherein the sealing operation is a refrigeration and drying operation to seal the surface texture of the particles. As described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the method of making tea granules, wherein the sealing operation is a heating operation to seal the surface texture of the particles. A kind of equipment used for the production of tea crushed grains includes: a first-line crushing device on the process line; a sequential filter and sieve device; a sequential sealing device; and a sequential packaging machine. The equipment used for making tea granules as described in item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the crushing device, or the filtering device, or the sealing device is optionally combined with a sterilization unit. The equipment used for the production of tea granules as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the sealing device Combined with a heat generating unit. The equipment used for the production of tea granules as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the filter and screen device is guided to the sealing device via a conveying device.

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