TWM539797U - Single crystal sugar crystallization machine and stirring device thereof - Google Patents

Description

Single crystal rock sugar crystal assisting machine and stirring device thereof

The present invention relates to a rock sugar production equipment, especially a single crystal rock sugar crystallizer capable of producing single crystal rock sugar and a stirring device thereof.

The traditional rock sugar method makes the crystal form of the crystal sugar irregular and contains impurities such as cotton thread, and the quality needs to be improved. Therefore, the present applicant has proposed the "Method and Apparatus for Producing Single Crystal Forming Rock Sugar" in the Patent Publication No. 474794, the apparatus comprising a crystallizer, which is designed for outer and inner double grooves, and the outer layer is used for temperature control. The inner layer has a horizontal horizontal rotary inner hanging basket, and the inner hanging basket is designed as a mesh type hole, so that the sugar contained in the inner hanging basket is in the process of assisting the crystal and the inner layer of the syrup (mother liquid) Uniform contact, and the syrup can be exchanged through the pores to ensure the uniformity of the mother liquor. The inner basket is provided with a baffle to drive the sugar.

However, when the inner basket rotates, many kinds of sugars may fall off in the process of being driven by the baffle, so that the time for the sugar strip to leave the mother liquor is too short, and it is not easy to stably grow into rock sugar of a suitable grain size. Although these sizes of rock sugar are still available for the next process as sugar, if more sugar can be carried away from the mother liquor, providing sufficient time to stabilize the growth of the grains will help to improve production efficiency.

Therefore, in order to further improve the production efficiency of rock sugar, the present author proposes a single crystal rock sugar crystal assisting machine for assisting a sugar to enhance crystal growth by a syrup, comprising: a shell member defining an accommodation space, the capacity a space for accommodating the syrup, the shell member includes a temperature control portion surrounding the accommodating space to control the temperature of the accommodating space by the temperature control portion; and a stirring device located in the accommodating space, including a rotating drum and a plurality of stirring parts, the rotating drum defining a stirring space for setting the sugar and the syrup, wherein the rotating drum has a plurality of flow holes communicating with the accommodating space and the stirring space, each stirring Each of the blocks includes a blocking portion and a scooping portion, the blocking portion is connected to the rotating drum and is disposed at intervals in the stirring space, and the scoop portion is connected to the blocking portion, and a retaining space is defined between the blocking portion and the scoop portion, When the drum rotates relative to the casing, the sugar is retained in the retained space.

The present invention is also a stirring device for a single crystal rock sugar crystal assisting machine, comprising: a rotating drum defining a stirring space, the rotating drum has a plurality of circulation holes communicating with the stirring space; and a plurality of stirring members, each stirring member comprises a blocking portion and a scooping portion are connected to the rotating drum and are disposed at intervals in the stirring space. The scoop portion is connected to the blocking portion, and a retaining space is defined between the blocking portion and the scoop portion.

Further, the temperature control portion has a temperature control space surrounding the accommodating space for a fluid to flow to control the temperature of the accommodating space by the fluid.

Further, the rotating drum is a net body, and the net body has a plurality of mesh holes as the through holes.

Further, the rotating drum has a feeding port and a corresponding discharging port, and the agitating member is arranged on both sides of the feeding port and the discharging port.

Further, the scoop portion connects the blocking portion away from one end of the rotating drum.

Further, the scoop portion is curved.

According to the above technical features, the following effects can be achieved:

1. The agitating member defines a retention space, thereby preventing the sugar from slipping off early when the stirring member is driven, so as to provide a time for the sugar to stabilize the growth of the crystal grains sufficiently, thereby increasing the size of the rock sugar in accordance with the specification in each process, and further To achieve the purpose of improving production efficiency.

2. The scoop portion of the stirring member may be curved to prevent the sugar from being stuck on the stirring member to affect the grain growth or unloading.

In summary of the above technical features, the main effects of the present invention can be clearly demonstrated in the following examples.

Please refer to the first figure for revealing the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer (10) of the present embodiment, comprising: a shell member (1) and a stirring device (2):

The housing member (1) defines an accommodating space (11), and the housing member (1) includes a temperature control portion (12) surrounding the accommodating space (11) to control the temperature control portion (12). The temperature of the accommodation space (11). In detail, the temperature control unit (12) has a temperature control space (121) surrounding the accommodating space (11) for flowing a fluid (for example, water) to The fluid controls the temperature of the accommodating space (11). However, it is not limited to this, and electric heating pipes can also be used.

As shown in the first figure, the stirring device (2) is located in the accommodating space (11), and comprises a rotating drum (21) and a plurality of stirring members (22), the rotating drum (21) defining a stirring space (211) The rotating cylinder (21) has a plurality of through holes (212) communicating with the accommodating space (11) and the stirring space (211). Preferably, the drum (21) is a net body having a plurality of meshes as the through holes (212). In detail, the drum (21) is pivoted to the casing member (1) by a shaft (20), and the shaft (20) is driven by a driving unit (A) (for example, a variable frequency motor). The drum (21) is rotatable relative to the casing member (1). The rotating drum (21) has an inlet port (213) and a corresponding discharge port (214), and the agitating member (22) is provided on both sides of the inlet port (213) and the discharge port (214). And the two sides of the drum (21) are inclined so that the material can be concentrated on the discharge port (214) when discharging.

Continuing to refer to the second figure, each agitating member (22) includes a blocking portion (221) and a scoop portion (222). The blocking portion (221) is connected to the rotating drum (21) and is spaced apart from the stirring. The space (211), the scoop portion (222) is connected to one side of the blocking portion (221), and a retaining space (223) is defined between the blocking portion (221) and the scoop portion (222). In detail, the scoop portion (222) connects the blocking portion (221) away from one end of the rotating drum (21). Preferably, the scoop portion (222) is curved. It should be added that the extending direction of the scoop portion (222) depends on the rotation direction of the rotating drum (21), as shown in the eighth figure, when the rotating drum (210) has different rotating directions, The placement position of the scoop portion (2220) may be on the other side of the stop portion (2210).

For the use, please refer to the third and fourth figures. First, the single crystal crystal sugar crystallizer (10) is connected to a dissolution tank (3), a pre-cooling tank (4), and a temperature control tank (5). ), a honey machine (6) and a condensation tank (7). Then execute the following procedure, which mainly includes dissolved sugar (S01), syrup cooling (S02), temperature control tank temperature control (S03), seeding sugar (S04), vacuum (S05), and assisted crystal (S06) ), discharge mother liquor (S07), sugar unloading (S08) and honey (S09).

For the continuation, please refer to the first figure, the third figure and the fifth figure. In detail, a syrup of about 70~76Bx is prepared by steaming before the dissolution tank (3), and the temperature of the syrup is about 90. ~96 ° C. The syrup temperature is then reduced to a temperature matched to the hammer, preferably from 70 to 75 °C. In addition, a plurality of sugars (B) are placed in the drum (21), wherein the mesh is designed according to the size of the aforementioned sugar (B), and the purpose is to separate the sugar from the syrup when the syrup is discharged, and the aforementioned species The sugar can be in uniform contact with the syrup during the crystal modification process. And the temperature of the fluid in the temperature control space (121) is controlled by the temperature control unit (12) to perform preheating. Next, the syrup (the degree of supersaturation of sucrose is about 1.0) is injected into the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer (10), and the drum (21) of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer (10) is rotated, wherein: rotating The speed is about 0.12 to 0.15 m/sec, the ratio of the amount of sugar to the amount of dissolved sugar is about 1 to 8, and the accommodating space (11) can be controlled by a vacuum pump in the range of 200 to 500 mmHg. 200 to 300 mmHg is the best) to improve the crystallization efficiency. During the rotation of the drum (21), since the agitating member (22) defines a retention space (223), when the aforementioned sugar (B) is carried away from the syrup (C) by the agitating member (22), Staying in the retention space (223) to prevent the seed sugar (B) from slipping off early during the driving process of the agitating member (22) to provide a time for the sugar (B) to stably stabilize the crystal grains, thereby improving The grain size in each process conforms to the standard amount of rock sugar, thereby achieving the purpose of improving production efficiency. Continue to refer to the sixth and seventh figures. After the crystallization is completed, the user can rotate a turntable (13) of the case member (1) to open a discharge cover (14) to open the finished product. crystal sugar.

In view of the above description of the embodiments, the above-described embodiments are merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto. The scope, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the content of the creation of the creation, are within the scope of this creation.

(10)‧‧‧Single crystal sugar crystallizer
(1)‧‧‧Shell
(11) ‧‧‧ accommodating space
(12) ‧ ‧ Temperature Control Department
(121) ‧ ‧ temperature control space
(13)‧‧‧ Turntable
(14) ‧‧‧Unloading cover
(2)‧‧‧Agitator
(21) (210) ‧ ‧ reel
(20)‧‧‧ shaft
(211)‧‧‧Agitated space
(212) ‧‧‧ Circulation holes
(213)‧‧‧Inlet
(214)‧‧‧Discharge port
(22)‧‧‧Agitator
(221) (2210) ‧ ‧ ward
(222) (2220) ‧‧ ‧ spoon
(223) ‧ ‧ stagnation space
(3) ‧‧‧dissolution tank
(4) ‧‧‧Pre-cooling tank
(5) ‧ ‧ temperature controlled sink
(6) ‧‧ ‧ honey machine
(7) ‧ ‧ condensate sink
(S01) ‧ ‧ dissolved sugar
(S02) ‧ ‧ syrup cooling
(S03) ‧‧‧Controlled water tank temperature control
(S04) ‧‧‧ Adding sugar to the crystallizer
(S05) ‧ ‧ start vacuum
(S06)‧‧‧Assisted crystal
(S07)‧‧‧Draining mother liquor
(S08) ‧ ‧ Unloading sugar
(S09) ‧‧ ‧ honey
(A)‧‧‧ drive unit
(B) ‧ ‧ kinds of sugar
(C) ‧ ‧ syrup

[First figure] is a schematic cross-sectional view of a single crystal rock sugar crystallizer of the present embodiment. [Second figure] is a side cross-sectional view of the drum of the present embodiment. [Third image] is a schematic diagram of a system architecture used in the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer of the present embodiment. [Fourth Diagram] is a flow chart of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizing step of the present invention. [Fifth figure] is a side view of the reel of the present embodiment and a schematic diagram of the state of use. [Sixth Drawing] is a partial cross-sectional view of the turntable and the discharge cover of the present embodiment. [Seventh figure] is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the opening of the discharge cover in the present embodiment. [Eighth image] is a side cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the drum of the present invention.

(10)‧‧‧Single crystal sugar crystallizer

(1)‧‧‧Shell

(11) ‧‧‧ accommodating space

(12) ‧ ‧ Temperature Control Department

(121) ‧ ‧ temperature control space

(2)‧‧‧Agitator

(21) ‧‧ ‧ reel

(20)‧‧‧ shaft

(211)‧‧‧Agitated space

(212) ‧‧‧ Circulation holes

(213)‧‧‧Inlet

(214)‧‧‧Discharge port

(22)‧‧‧Agitator

(A)‧‧‧ drive unit

Claims (11)

A single crystal rock sugar crystal assisting machine for assisting a sugar to enhance crystal growth by a syrup, comprising: a shell member defining an accommodating space for accommodating the syrup, the shell member comprising a temperature The control unit surrounds the accommodating space to control the temperature of the accommodating space by the temperature control unit; and a stirring device is located in the accommodating space, and includes a rotating drum and a plurality of stirring members, the rotating drum defines a stirring space The stirring space is configured to set the seed sugar and the syrup, and the rotating tube has a plurality of flow holes communicating with the accommodating space and the stirring space, and each stirring member comprises a blocking portion and a scoop portion, and the blocking portion is connected The rotating drum is disposed at intervals in the stirring space, and the scoop portion is connected to the blocking portion, and the retaining portion defines a stagnation space between the blocking portion and the scooping portion to enable the aforementioned sugar when the rotating cylinder rotates relative to the shell member Stay in the aforementioned detention space. The single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the temperature control portion has a temperature control space, the temperature control space surrounding the accommodating space for a fluid to flow by the The fluid controls the temperature of the accommodating space. The single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to claim 1, wherein the rotating drum is a net body, and the net body has a plurality of meshes as the through holes. The single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to claim 1, wherein the rotating drum has a feeding port and a corresponding discharging port, and the mixing port and the discharging port have the agitation on both sides. Pieces. The single crystal rock candy crystallizer of claim 1, wherein the spoon portion is connected to the end of the rotating portion away from the rotating portion. The single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to claim 5, wherein the scoop portion has an arc shape. The invention relates to a stirring device for a single crystal rock sugar crystallizer, comprising: a rotating drum defining a stirring space, the rotating cylinder has a plurality of circulation holes communicating with the stirring space; and a plurality of stirring members, each stirring part comprises a blocking portion and a scooping portion is connected to the rotating drum and spaced apart from the stirring space. The scooping portion is connected to the blocking portion, and a retaining space is defined between the blocking portion and the scooping portion. The stirring device of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to the seventh aspect of the invention, wherein the rotating drum is a net body, and the net body has a plurality of meshes as the through holes. The stirring device of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to the seventh aspect of the invention, wherein the rotating drum has an inlet port and a corresponding discharge port, and the inlet port and the discharge port are both sides There is the aforementioned stirring device. The stirring device of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to the seventh aspect of the invention, wherein the spoon portion is connected to the end of the rotating portion away from the rotating portion. The stirring device of the single crystal rock sugar crystallizer according to claim 10, wherein the scoop portion has an arc shape.