TWI761067B - Automatic coring machine for betel nut - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic coring machine for betel nut, comprising a base, a control unit, at least one material selection unit, a conveying unit, and a core removal unit. The at least one material selection unit has a material selection barrel for loading a plurality of betel nuts, a material selection track set on the top of the material selection barrel, and a first sensor located at the end of the selection track. When the betel nut is moved to the end of the selection track, the first sensor will determine whether an inner skin part of the betel nut faces a set position. If the position is not correct, the betel nut will be thrown. The conveying unit has at least one clamping seat corresponding to the material selection track for clamping the betel nut. The core removal unit including a pressurized fluid source and a nozzle. When the conveying unit transfers the betel nut to the nozzle, and the nozzle is facing the inner skin part of the betel nut. The nozzle is used to spray fluid to cause a capsule core in the betel nut to be ejected outward, thereby completing the betel nut coring operation.

Description

betel nut automatic coring machine

This creation relates to an automatic machine, in particular to an automatic betel nut corer that can quickly remove the capsule core and maintain the integrity of the appearance.

According to medical records, it is pointed out that betel nut has the effects of digestion, stomach, deworming, miasma, and diarrhea. It can be seen that eating betel nut in moderation does have certain benefits to the body.

However, the general way of eating betel nut is divided into Hunan-style cooked eating method and Taiwan-style raw food eating method. The so-called Hunan (Hunan-style) cooked eating method is to cook betel nut with ash juice in the early stage, and then roast and smoke it dry. , the shelf life can be extended. At present, most of them are imported from tropical regions such as Hainan Island, Thailand and Taiwan, and the edible methods are divided into two categories: dry shell and processing, and the latter is more common. Dried betel nut is chewed and eaten directly, while processed betel nut is soaked, dried and then caramelized on the shell. It even has various flavors such as sesame, sweet-scented osmanthus, mint and cream. The most common way of eating in Taiwan at present is to cut the betel nut open, add a piece of botanical flower and some lime and other condiments in the middle, and the other is to coat the botanical leaf with lime and then wrap the betel nut without adding the botanical flower. The table-top eating method has to spit out red juice, which causes problems such as unsightly, unsanitary, environmental damage and pollution, which has always been one of the reasons why people are distressed and disliked.

For the existing dried-shell betel nut, although the red juice can be avoided to cause unsightly appearance, the dried-shell betel nut has not taken out the inner core, and the core also becomes harder after drying, so when biting the food, You have to have people with good teeth to be easy to eat, and its taste is quite poor.

To this end, another type of dry-shell betel nut currently available in mainland China is cut in half manually, and the hard and bitter core in the center is removed. edible. However, due to the use of manual cutting one by one, the processing speed is slow and the cost is high, which cannot achieve mass production benefits. More importantly, the dried shell betel nut after cutting can not retain the original granular betel nut. Complete appearance, thereby reducing the purchase intention of chewers.

This creation of betel nut automatic core removal machine has the function of removing the core of the betel nut, and uses the method of fluid punching to hit the delicate pulp of the betel nut, so that the core of the betel nut can be quickly forced out of the outside of the pulp, so as to quickly remove the core of the betel nut. In addition, the manufacturing process is simple and convenient, the use effect of mass production can be achieved, and the integrity of the appearance of the granular betel nut can be maintained at the same time.

Therefore, an automatic betel nut coring machine proposed in this creation includes: a machine base; a control unit, which is arranged on the machine base and includes a control module for controlling the power and operation required by the following units program; at least one material selection unit is arranged on the machine base, and has a material selection barrel for accommodating the softened betel nut with the stalk removed, a material selection track connected in the material selection barrel and extending outward, and A first sensor located at the end of the material selection track, when the softened betel nut is displaced along the material selection track to the end of the material selection track, the first sensor determines an inner skin portion of the softened betel nut Whether it faces a set orientation, if the inner surface of the softened betel nut is not facing the set orientation, it will be thrown back to the material selection barrel and then screened; a conveying unit is placed on the machine base and is connected to the material selection unit. , the conveying unit has at least one conveying table and a clamping seat arranged on the conveying table, which is used to transfer the loaded softened betel nut to the clamping seat; a core removing unit is arranged on the machine seat and is connected with After the conveying unit, the coring unit has a source of pressurized fluid and a nozzle. When the conveying unit transfers the softened betel nut to the side of the nozzle, the nozzle is facing the inner skin of the softened betel nut, using the The nozzle sprays fluid to form an opening in the inner skin so that the A capsule core in the softened betel nut is sprayed out to complete the de-cored operation of the softened betel nut.

According to the betel nut automatic coring machine of the above-mentioned present creation, it further comprises a collecting unit, which is arranged on the machine base and is located in front of the material selection unit, and the collecting unit has a collecting trough for arranging a plurality of softened betel nuts. , and at least one conveyor belt for conveying softened betel nut.

According to the betel nut automatic coring machine of the above-mentioned creation, it further comprises a cutting unit, which is arranged on the machine base and is connected to the material selection unit, the cutting unit has a lifting and pressing cylinder, and a When the tool on the lifting and pressing cylinder transfers the clamping seat carrying the softened betel nut to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder through the transfer table, the tool is driven by the lifting and pressing cylinder to move up and down to cut the softened betel nut 's tail.

According to the betel nut automatic corer of the present invention, the conveying unit further has at least a push rod, a conveying table, a drive motor for driving the displacement of the conveying table, and a lifting table, when the lifting table has been loaded When there is the softened betel nut, the lifting table is raised so that the softened betel nut is lifted, and then the softened betel nut is pushed to the clamping seat by the push rod, so that the clamping seat can clamp the betel nut.

The betel nut automatic coring machine according to the above-mentioned creation, further comprises a storage unit, which is arranged on the machine base and is connected to the cored unit for collecting the softened betel nut that has been cored.

According to the above-mentioned automatic betel nut corer of the present invention, wherein the storage unit has a downwardly inclined discharge guide plate and a storage groove at the bottom of the discharge guide plate, and the softened betel nut that has been cored is conveyed through the conveying platform To one side of the discharge guide plate, release the clip seat, so that the cored and softened betel nut falls to the discharge guide plate, and then slides down into the storage groove.

According to the betel nut automatic corer of the present invention, the material selection unit further has a first air nozzle located on the front side of the first sensor, and a second air nozzle located below the first sensor.

The betel nut automatic coring machine according to the above-mentioned present creation, wherein, the transmission sheet is The element has a slide rail group and a guide rail located between the two material selection units, the slide rail group has a slide rail and a slider, the push rod is arranged at the front end of the slider, the guide rail The rail is located parallel to one side of the slide rail.

According to the above-mentioned automatic betel nut coring machine of the present invention, the cutting unit further has a second sensor, and the second sensor is used to detect when the clamping seat transfers the softened betel nut to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder. Measure the softened betel nut to double check whether the inner skin of the softened betel nut is facing the set orientation.

The betel nut automatic coring machine according to the above-mentioned invention further comprises a de-stemming head unit having a main frame body, a plurality of axles, a plurality of belts, a plurality of belt tensioners, and a feeding channel.

The betel nut automatic coring machine according to the present invention further includes a third sensor disposed above the material selection barrel for detecting the softened betel nut at the end of the material selection track.

According to the betel nut automatic coring machine of the above-mentioned creation, wherein, the collecting unit further has a blanking tray connected to the end of the conveyor belt, and the blanking tray is inclined downward and is located above the material selection barrel, and through the conveying The softened betel nut transported to the blanking tray will automatically drop into the selection barrel.

According to the betel nut automatic corer of the above-mentioned creation, wherein, the material selection unit further has a dial plate positioned above the material selection barrel, and the material selection barrel is a vibration type material barrel, and has a material adjacent to the material selection barrel. The helical guide of the track.

The betel nut automatic coring machine according to the above-mentioned invention, wherein the pressurized fluid source of the coring unit is an air compressor.

To sum up, the creation of the betel nut automatic core removal machine has the function of removing the core of the betel nut. It uses fluid pressure to hit the tender pulp of the softened betel nut, so that the core of the betel nut can be quickly forced out of the outside of the pulp, so as to achieve rapid The decapsulated core is simple and convenient to manufacture, and it can also achieve the effect of mass production, while maintaining the integrity of the appearance of the granular softened betel nut.

10: Depeding head unit

11: Main frame

12: Wheel axle

13: Belt

14: Belt

15: Belt tensioner

16: Feeding channel

20: base

30: Control unit

31: Control module

32: Detection module

40: Aggregate unit

41: Aggregate chute

42: Conveyor belt

43: Blanking tray

50: Material selection unit

51: Material selection barrel

511: Spiral guide

52: Material selection track

521: last paragraph

53: First sensor

54: Lifting table

541: Cylinder

542: Limit block

55: dial

56: The first air nozzle

57: Second air nozzle

58: Third sensor

60: Transmission unit

61: Slide rail group

611: Slide rail

612: Slider

62: putter

63: Guide rail

64: Teleporter

65: drive motor

66: Clamping seat

661: Clip Wall

70: Removal unit

71: Lift and Boost Cylinder

72: Knives

73: Second sensor

74: Collection Bucket

80: Core removal unit

81: Pressurized fluid source

82: Nozzle

83: Shell

84: Outer cover

85: Waste chute

90: Storage unit

91: discharge guide

92: Storage slot

100: softened betel nut

101: Tee head

102: Inner epidermis

103: Outer skin

104: Tee tail

105: capsule core

106: Resection

107: Opening

[Fig. 1] is an external view of a preferred embodiment of the betel nut automatic coring machine of the present invention.

[ Fig. 2 ] is a schematic view of the depeding head unit.

[Figure 3] is a schematic diagram of the material selection unit.

[Fig. 4] is a schematic diagram of pushing the softened betel nut on the lift table.

[Fig. 5] is a schematic view of the lifting table carrying the softened betel nut rising upward.

[ Fig. 6 ] is a schematic diagram of the excision unit.

[Fig. 7] is a top view of the betel nut automatic corer.

[Fig. 8] is a schematic diagram of the excision unit excising the pedunculated tail.

[ Fig. 9 ] is a schematic diagram of the core removal unit.

[FIG. 10] is a schematic diagram of the clamping base holding the softened betel nut.

[ FIG. 11 ] is a schematic diagram of the clamping wall of the clamping base being displaced outward to loosen the softened betel nut in the storage unit.

As shown in [Fig. 1] and [Fig. 2], a preferred embodiment of the betel nut automatic coring machine of the present invention includes a stalk removal head unit 10, a machine base 20, a control unit 30, and a collection unit 40. , two material selection units 50 , a conveying unit 60 , a cutting unit 70 , a core removal unit 80 , and a storage unit 90 .

As shown in Fig. 2, the pedicle removal unit 10 can be installed on one side of the machine base 20 alone, and has a main frame body 11, a plurality of axles 12, a plurality of belts 13, 14, a plurality of belt tensioners 15, and a feeder The material chute 16, the aforementioned belts 13, 14 are wound on different axles 12, and can be driven by a power motor (not shown) to form a reverse turning loop (as shown in the solid line in [Fig. 2]). Arrows and dotted arrows), the above-mentioned belt tensioner 15 can hold the belts 13 and 14 in one In addition to the predetermined tightness, the force spacing between the belts 13 and 14 can be automatically fine-tuned according to the external dimensions of the softened betel nut 100 . When the softened betel nut 100 enters the feeding channel 16 one by one under the action of external force, and is pushed between the two belts 13 and 14, the pedicle 101 of the softened betel nut 100 is clamped by the two belts 13 and 14 relative to each other. The shearing force generated when the belts 13 and 14 turn in opposite directions can quickly peel off the pedicle 101 from the body of the softened betel nut 100 . In addition, the softened betel nut 100 after peeling off the pedicle 101 reveals an inner skin portion of the betel nut 100 102 (the pulp part), as shown in [Figure 4]. Alternatively, after the pedicle 101 is peeled off, an opening 107 is also formed in the inner epidermis of the softened betel nut 100, as shown in FIG. 11 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the control unit 30 is placed on the base 20 and includes a control module 31 and a detection module 32 electrically connected to the control module 31 , wherein the control module 31 is a control module 31 for controlling The power and operation procedures required by the following units are equipped with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to set the parameters of the betel nut automatic corer to execute all operation procedures, including controlling the operation of the motor, and Drive the slide rail to act, and can also control the detection of the sensor, etc. The various driving actions and sequences will be described in detail later.

The collecting unit 40 is arranged at one end of the machine base 20, and has a collecting trough 41 for placing a plurality of softened betel nuts 100, at least one conveyor belt 42 for conveying the betel nuts 100, and a conveyor belt 42 connected to the end The blanking tray 43. Incidentally, the betel nut 100 placed in the collecting trough 41 has been removed from the stalk 101 by the de-stemming unit 10 , and has been boiled and softened in advance to become the softened betel nut 100 .

As shown in [FIG. 3] and [FIG. 4], the aforementioned material selection units 50 are respectively arranged on the machine base 20 and connected to the conveyor belt 42 of the collection unit 40, and the aforementioned material selection units 50 each have at least one The material selection barrel 51 located on one side of the above-mentioned conveyor belt 42, a spiral material selection track 52 formed on the top of the material selection barrel 51, and a first sensor 53 (CCD, Charge-coupled Device), one adjacent to the first sensor 53 and can be driven by a pressure cylinder 541 (as shown in FIG. 5 ) at the bottom to generate a lifting action in a timely manner The lifting material table 54 and a dial 55 located above the material selection barrel 51. In this embodiment, the material selection barrel 51 is a vibrating material barrel, and has a spiral guide portion 511 adjacent to the material selection rail 52 . The elevating material table 54 is installed in a horseshoe-shaped limit block 542 in a liftable manner, and the dial 55 is erected in the middle of the material selection barrel 51 . Stop the gear and move forward along the material selection track 52 to facilitate feeding.

As shown in FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the blanking tray 43 is positioned above the material selection barrel 51 in a downwardly inclined manner, and the softened betel nut 100 transported to the blanking tray 43 via the conveyor belt 42 will automatically fall down into the material selection barrel 51 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the aforementioned material selection unit 50 further has a first air nozzle 56 located on the front side of the first sensor 53 and a second air nozzle 57 located below the first sensor 53 . Because the material selection barrel 51 uses dynamic vibration to make the softened betel nut 100 move along the material selection track 52 one by one, the softened betel nut 100 moves forward one by one. When the softened betel nut 100 travels to the end of the material selection track 52 521, and come to the position of the first sensor 53, in order to ensure that only one softened betel nut 100 can be sent to the lift table 54 at a time, at this time, the softened betel nut 100 has already advanced to the first sensor 53 At the time, the softened betel nut 100 connected to the rear side (that is, located at the first air nozzle 56 ) will be ejected by the first air nozzle 56 and blown back into the material selection barrel 51 along the arrow 4A, and at the same time , the first sensor 53 will sense the placement position of the softened betel nut 100 located at the end 521 of the material selection track 52 , when the first sensor 53 detects an outer skin portion 103 of the softened betel nut 100 When the inner surface part 102 is located in a set orientation (that is, whether the inner surface part 102 is facing the inner side of the material selection barrel 51, and whether a pedicle tail 104 is facing the orientation of the lifting material table 54), the determination method is to use CCD to distinguish whether the skin part 103 of the softened betel nut 100 matches the set color; if the first sensor 53 determines that the skin part 103 of the softened betel nut 100 is not the set color, that is, the orientation of the softened betel nut 100 is incorrect ( That is to say, the inner skin portion 102 of the softened betel nut 100 at this time is toward the lifting material table 54), and the second air nozzle 57 sprays gas immediately, and the softened betel nut 100 is blown and thrown back into the material selection barrel 51, and so on and so forth, to ensure that The correctness of the arrangement direction of the softened betel nut 100 at the end 521 of the feeding track 52; on the contrary, if the arrangement of the softened betel nut 100 is correct (that is, the pedicle 104 of the softened betel nut 100 faces the lifting table 54), the softened betel nut 100 Then, due to the continuous vibration of the material selection barrel 51 , it is pushed forward to the lifting table 54 . In addition, when the lifting table 54 has already loaded the softened betel nut 100, and the first sensor 53 also has the softened betel nut 100, at this time, the second air nozzle 57 will also move the softened betel nut 100 here again along the arrow 4B. Blow back into the material selection barrel 51 to continue material selection.

Next, as shown in [FIG. 3] and [FIG. 4], the aforementioned material selection unit 50 further includes at least one third sensor 58, and the third sensor 58 is disposed above the material selection barrel 51 for detecting Measure the softened betel nut 100 at the end 521 of the material selection track 52 . During the material selection process, when the softened betel nut 100 comes to the position of the first sensor 53, and the first sensor 53 has judged that the orientation is correct, then the third sensor 58 will be viewed from the top again. position to detect for the second time whether the softened betel nut 100 is in the correct orientation, if it is correct, it will be pushed to the lifting table 54; otherwise, when the third sensor 58 is performing the second orientation detection At the time, if it is determined that the position of the softened betel nut is not correct, the material will also be thrown, which is to use the second air nozzle 57 to blow back into the material selection barrel 51, thereby improving the ability of the material selection unit 50 to be more effective. Correctness of material selection.

It is worth mentioning that, since the softened betel nut 100 has a dark outer skin portion 103 and a light-colored inner skin portion 102, in this embodiment, the softened betel nut 100 has the characteristics of dark and light color appearance to set the softening. The orientation of betel nut material selection. Secondly, the betel nut 100 after the stalk removal head 101 can be softened and then sent to the collecting tank 41 . In addition, the stalked betel nut has a dark green outer skin and a light yellow-green inner skin; while the softened (boiled) betel nut has a dark brown outer skin and a light pink inner skin. Therefore, the appearance of softened betel nut can be identified by color, which can be used to identify the orientation of softened betel nut.

As shown in [FIG. 1] and [FIG. 3], the conveying unit 60 is arranged on the machine base 20 and is connected to the aforementioned material selecting unit 50. The conveying unit 60 has a Slide rail group 61, at least one push rod 62, at least one guide rail 63, one transfer table 64, one A drive motor 65 for driving the transfer table 64 to rotate and displace, and at least one clamping seat 66 disposed on the transfer table 64 . The slide rail set 61 has a slide rail 611 and a slide block 612 , the push rod 62 is mounted on the front end of the slide block 612 , the guide rail 63 is parallel to one side of the slide rail 611 , and is located on the side of the slide rail 611 . Between the lift table 54 and the transfer table 64 . In this embodiment, the conveyor belt 42 and the blanking tray 43 , the material selection unit 50 , the push rod 62 and the guide rail 63 are all provided with two groups, and each group is located on both sides of the slide rail group 61 , respectively. In order to form a two-way material selection operation, and corresponding to the above-mentioned two-way material selection operation, a plurality of clipping seats 66 are arranged on the conveying table 64. In this embodiment, eight clipping seats 66 are provided, refer to [Fig. 7]. When the lifting table 54 has already carried the betel nut 100, the lifting table 54 is lifted so that the betel nut 100 is lifted upward and higher than the limit block 542, as shown in FIG. 612 pushes the push rod 62 to push the softened betel nut 100 to the clamping seat 66 along the guide rail 63, so that the clamping seat 66 clamps the softened betel nut, as shown in FIG. 10 .

In addition, in this embodiment of the present case, the betel nut automatic coring machine is a disc type machine, so the transfer table 64 is set in a disc type; in practice, in order to meet the needs of mass production, the transfer table is It is changed to a layout method of crawler long operation line. At this time, the stalk removal unit, the collecting unit, the material selection unit, the conveying unit, the cutting unit, the core removal unit and the storage unit will be arranged in sequence. A long operating line to form a consistent automatic processing operation.

As shown in [FIG. 6] and [FIG. 8], the cutting unit 70 is mounted on the machine base 20, and has a lifting and pressing cylinder 71, and at least one cutter 72 mounted on the lifting and pressing cylinder 71. In this embodiment, there are two sets of the cutters 72 , which are respectively arranged on both sides of the lift cylinder 71 . The cutters 72 are disc cutters that are driven by a motor to rotate to facilitate cutting operations. And the cutting unit 70 further has a second sensor 73, when the transfer table 64 transfers the betel nut 100 on the clamping base 66 to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder 71 along the arrow A in [FIG. 7], using the The second sensor 73 detects the appearance of the softened betel nut 100 for secondary confirmation whether the orientation of the softened betel nut 100 is correct. If the orientation is correct, proceed to the next step; if the orientation is incorrect, release the clamping seat 66 to For material throwing, the softened betel nut 100 is thrown to a collecting bucket 74 located below the cutting unit 70, as shown in [Fig. 1]. Therefore, when the clamping seat 66 carrying the softened betel nut 100 is transferred to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder 71 via the transfer table 64, the lifting and pressing cylinder 71 drives the cutter 72 to move from top to bottom, so as to cut the One pedicle tail 104 of the betel nut 100 is softened, so that a cut-out portion 106 is formed at the tail of the betel nut 100, as shown in [FIG. 8].

As shown in FIG. 9 , the core removal unit 80 is installed on the machine base 20 and has a pressurized fluid source 81 and at least one nozzle 82 . In this embodiment, the pressurized fluid source 81 is an air compressor. In addition, the pressurized fluid source 81 can use a pressurized liquid (eg, water) in addition to gas as a spray medium. The core removal unit 80 further has an upper casing 83 and an outer cover 84 disposed on the machine base 20, so that the nozzle 82 is installed on the casing 83 and corresponds to the betel nut 100 on the clamping base 66, In this embodiment, corresponding to the aforementioned two-way material selection operation, two nozzles 82 are also provided. However, when the transfer table 64 transfers the softened betel nut 100 with the pedicle 104 removed to the side of the nozzle 82 along the arrow 7B in FIG. An opening 107 is formed, so that a capsule core 105 inside the softened betel nut 100 can be ejected from the opening 107 (in this embodiment, by starting the air compressor, pressurized air at a pressure of 5-7 kg/cm ² is used) Continuously spray twice, with a spray time of 0.1-0.2 seconds, to flush out the core 105). At this time, the capsule core 105 of the softened betel nut 100 will be sprayed into a waste trough 85 below the core removal unit 80, see [FIG. 1]. In the use state, the outer cover 84 needs to be closed on the casing 83 to prevent the capsule core 105 from splashing out.

As shown in [FIG. 1] and [FIG. 11], the storage unit 90 has a downwardly inclined discharge guide plate 91 and a receiving groove 92 located at the bottom of the discharge guide plate 91 for storing the removed pedicle 104 and the bag. Softened betel nut 100 of core 105. Finally, when the transfer table 64 transfers the softened betel nut 100 with its tail and core removed to the side of the discharge guide 91 along the arrow °C in FIG. The wall 661 is displaced along the direction of the arrow 11A in [FIG. 11] (the softened betel nut 100 after core removal will form an opening 107), see [FIG. 11], so that the cored softened betel nut 100 falls to the The discharge guide plate 91 slides down into the storage groove 92 along the inclined discharge guide plate 91 , and it is completed.

In this embodiment, the slide rail group 61 , the driving motor 65 , the lifting/lowering cylinder 71 and the pressurized fluid source 81 are all controlled by the control module 31 , and the first sensor 53 , the first The two sensors 73 and the third sensor 58 are controlled by the detection module 32 .

According to the above, the present invention can not only soften the betel nut 100 by operating the stalk removal unit 10 , the material selection unit 50 , the conveying unit 60 , the cutting unit 70 and the core removal unit 80 in sequence. The pedicle head 101 and the pedicle tail 104 are removed. Therefore, without cutting the body of the softened betel nut 100, the capsule core 105 with poor internal taste can be quickly taken out, and most importantly, the granular softened betel nut can be maintained. The integrity of the appearance of 100 can not only increase the taste of chewing food, but also have no bitterness and other miscellaneous tastes. In addition, through the automatic mechanized processing, not only the operation is fast, but also the output can be increased.

The above descriptions are only a few preferred embodiments of this creation, which should not limit the scope of implementation of this creation. shall remain within the scope of this creative patent.

20: base

30: Control unit

31: Control module

32: Detection module

40: Aggregate unit

41: Aggregate chute

42: Conveyor belt

43: Blanking tray

50: Material selection unit

60: Transmission unit

64: Teleporter

65: drive motor

70: Removal unit

74: Collection Bucket

80: Core removal unit

85: Waste chute

90: Storage unit

91: discharge guide

92: Storage slot

Claims (10)

An automatic betel nut coring machine, comprising: a machine base; a control unit, arranged on the machine base, comprising a control module for controlling the power and operation procedures required by the following units; at least one material selection unit , is placed on the machine base, and has a material selection barrel for accommodating the softened betel nut with the stalk removed, a material selection rail connected in the material selection barrel and extending outward, and a material selection rail located at the end of the material selection rail The first sensor of the segment, when the softened betel nut is displaced along the material selection track to the end of the material selection track, it is judged through the first sensor whether an inner skin portion of the softened betel nut is facing a set orientation, if The inner skin part of the softened betel nut is not facing the set direction, then it is thrown back to the material selection barrel for screening; a conveying unit is arranged on the machine base and is connected to the material selection unit, and the conveying unit has at least one A conveying table and a clamping seat arranged on the conveying table are used to transfer the loaded softened betel nut to the clamping seat; a core removal unit is arranged on the machine seat and is connected to the conveying unit, the The core removal unit has a source of pressurized fluid and a nozzle. When the conveying unit transfers the softened betel nut to the side of the nozzle, the nozzle is facing the inner skin part of the softened betel nut, and the nozzle is used to spray fluid to make the inner skin part. An opening is formed so that a capsule core in the softened betel nut can be ejected outward to complete the betel nut core removal operation. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a collecting unit, which is arranged on the machine base and is located before the material selecting unit, and the collecting unit has a collecting unit for arranging a plurality of softened betel nuts. A trough, and at least one conveyor belt for conveying softened betel nut. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cutting unit, which is arranged on the machine base and is connected to the material selection unit, the cutting unit has a lifting and pressing cylinder, and a loading device When the tool on the lifting and pressing cylinder transfers the clamping seat carrying the softened betel nut to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder through the transfer table, the tool is driven by the lifting and pressing cylinder to move up and down, so as to cut off the Soften the tail of the betel nut. The automatic betel nut corer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cutting unit further has a second sensor, and the second sensor is used when the clamping seat transfers the softened betel nut to the side of the lifting and pressing cylinder. The device detects the softened betel nut to confirm twice whether the inner skin of the softened betel nut is facing the set orientation. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conveying unit further has at least one push rod, a drive motor for driving the displacement of the conveying table, and a lifting table, when the lifting table has carried the To soften the betel nut, the lifting table is raised so that the softened betel nut is lifted, and then the softened betel nut is pushed to the clamping seat by the push rod, so that the clamping seat clamps the softened betel nut. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 5, wherein the conveying unit further has a slide rail group and a guide rail located between the two material selection units, and the slide rail group has a slide rail and a slide rail. The push rod is arranged at the front end of the slider, and the guide rail is parallel to one side of the slide rail. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material selection unit further has a first air nozzle located on the front side of the first sensor, and a second air nozzle located below the first sensor mouth. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a de-stemming head unit having a main frame body, a plurality of axles, a plurality of belts, a plurality of belt tensioners, and a feeding channel . The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third sensor disposed above the material selection barrel to detect the softened betel nut at the end of the material selection track. The betel nut automatic corer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material selection unit further has a dial located above the material selection barrel, the material selection barrel is a vibrating material barrel, and has a side adjacent to the material selection barrel. The spiral guide of the material selection track.

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