WO2010047239A1 - パンコーティング装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a pan-type coating apparatus that performs a coating process on tablets and granular materials, and in particular, a pan coating apparatus that optimizes an introduction path of air supplied to an object to be processed and improves coating performance. About.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a device that rotates a rotary drum having a polygonal cross section (here, an octagon) around a horizontal axis.
- a rotating drum is also called a coating pan, and a spray device for supplying a coating liquid is disposed inside the drum.
- the granular material thrown into the rotating drum rolls as the drum rotates.
- a coating liquid such as a sugar coating liquid is sprayed from the spray device onto the surface of the rolling powder.
- hot air and cold air are appropriately supplied and exhausted from the opening (mouth ring) at the end in the axial direction into the rotating drum, and the formation and drying of the coating layer are promoted.
- an object to be processed (tablets, etc., hereinafter referred to as tablets) is housed in a rotating drum. Thereafter, while rotating the rotating drum, a coating liquid (sugar coating liquid) or a binder liquid is supplied into the drum and adhered to the outer periphery of the tablet.
- a coating liquid saliva coating liquid
- a binder liquid is supplied into the drum and adhered to the outer periphery of the tablet.
- warm air of about 50 to 100 ° C. is appropriately fed to the tablets. With this warm air, the sugar-coating liquid is evaporated and dried on the tablet surface to form a coating layer. Then, the coating liquid is added and dried. By repeating this operation, a number of coating layers are stacked on the outer periphery of the tablet to form a sugar coating layer.
- the above-described coating device for mouth ring supply has a problem that the flow rate of the air supplied into the rotating drum tends to be uneven because the area of the air supply port is not sufficiently secured.
- the spray mist during the coating process is disturbed, resulting in a problem that the coating liquid and the binder liquid cannot be sprayed uniformly on the tablet.
- the spray pattern is disturbed, the spray mist is dried before reaching the tablet, and this dry mist adheres to the drum and causes dirt.
- the distance from the mouth of the drum to the product layer becomes long. For this reason, the workability is remarkably deteriorated and the apparatus itself is increased in size.
- the above-mentioned problem does not occur in a coating apparatus that does not perform mouth ring air supply.
- a coating apparatus with a full punching structure in which the entire circumference of the drum body at the center of the drum is formed by punching metal, air is supplied from an air supply duct provided on the right shoulder of the drum (clockwise 2-4 o'clock direction). For this reason, the drum body is easily heated. For this reason, sugar coating liquid may solidify and adhere to the drum inner surface.
- An object of the present invention is to optimize an air introduction path to be supplied to an object to be processed in a pan type coating apparatus, thereby stabilizing an air flow and improving coating performance.
- the pan coating apparatus of the present invention is provided so as to be rotatable about a substantially horizontal rotation axis, and a rotating drum into which air flows in through an opening formed at an end in the axial direction, and a housing for housing the rotating drum.
- An air supply chamber having a larger cross-sectional area than the opening, the pan coating apparatus comprising a body, provided at the front stage of the opening of the rotating drum and having one end thereof communicating with the opening;
- An air supply duct that is connected to an air supply hole formed on the other end side of the air supply chamber and supplies air into the air supply chamber, and the air supply chamber is connected to the air supply duct by the air supply duct. The flow rate of air flowing into the chamber is lowered and supplied to the opening.
- the pan coating apparatus of the present invention since air is supplied from the air supply duct to the rotating drum via the large volume air supply chamber, the air is supplied into the rotating drum even if a large amount of air is ventilated. The air flow rate is sufficiently reduced and the airflow is stabilized. When the airflow is stabilized, the coating process can be performed without disturbing the spray pattern in the rotating drum, and the product quality is improved. Moreover, scattering of coating dust is reduced, and the number of drum cleaning steps can be reduced. Further, since a long straight body portion for stabilizing the airflow is unnecessary, the distance from the mouth of the rotating drum to the product layer can be shortened, workability is improved, and the apparatus itself is downsized.
- a cross-sectional area facing the opening of the air supply chamber may be set to be 2 to 8 times the cross-sectional area of the opening.
- a box-shaped chamber door may be installed to be openable and closable at a position facing the opening on the front surface of the housing, and the air supply chamber may be formed in the chamber door. That is, the space in the chamber door may be used as the air supply chamber.
- the inside of the front surface of the chamber door may be formed in a curved shape, and a curved inner wall may be provided on the front side of the air supply chamber.
- an air supply chamber having a cross-sectional area larger than that of the drum opening is provided in the front stage of the rotary drum, and the air flow rate is lowered by this air supply chamber so as to be supplied to the rotary drum.
- the flow rate of the air supplied into the rotating drum is sufficiently lowered and the airflow is stabilized even if a large amount of air is ventilated.
- the coating process can be performed without disturbing the spray pattern in the rotating drum, and the product quality can be improved.
- scattering of coating dust can be suppressed, so that the number of drum cleaning steps can be reduced and the production efficiency can be improved.
- the distance from the mouth of the rotating drum to the product layer can be shortened, workability can be improved, and the device itself can be downsized. It becomes.
- the coating process is performed by the mild air introduced from the drum opening via the air supply chamber, the rotating drum is not locally heated. Therefore, when the rotary drum is cooled, the solidified sugar coating liquid is less likely to adhere to the inner surface of the drum. For this reason, the number of drum cleaning steps is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved also in this respect.
- FIG. 1 It is a right view which shows the structure of the pan coating apparatus which is one Example of this invention. It is a front view of the pan coating apparatus of FIG. It is a top view (top view) of the pan coating apparatus of FIG. (A) is a side view of a rotating drum, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the three-dimensional ventilation baffle installed in the rotating drum. It is a top view which shows the state which opened the chamber door. It is a front view of the state which opened the chamber door. (A) is a front view of a wind direction board, (b) is the sectional drawing. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation
- FIG. 1 is a right side view showing a configuration of a pan coating apparatus 10 (hereinafter abbreviated as a coating apparatus 10) according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a front view thereof
- FIG. 3 is a plan view (top view).
- the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a jacketless type coating apparatus using a so-called full punching type rotating drum.
- an object to be processed such as a tablet is accommodated in a rotating drum 1 (coating pan, hereinafter abbreviated as drum) 1.
- a coating process of the to-be-processed object is performed by spraying a coating liquid on the to-be-processed object in a drum.
- the drum 1 is rotatably installed at the center of the casing 2.
- the drum 1 rotates about a substantially horizontal rotation axis O.
- An object to be processed such as gum, chocolate, or tablet is placed inside the drum 1.
- an embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking a tablet as a representative of the object to be processed and taking a coating process for the tablet 3 placed in the drum 1 as an example.
- a drum tilt pan
- a drum tilt pan
- the horizontal rotation type drum has less of these problems and is suitable for high-quality coating processing.
- FIG. 4A is a side view of the drum 1.
- the drum 1 includes a cylindrical body portion 4 and a truncated cone-shaped conical portion 5 formed at both ends of the body portion 4.
- drum 4 is formed with the perforated plate made from stainless steel.
- the outer periphery of the trunk portion 4 can be ventilated by a large number of vent holes 6.
- the conical part 5 is formed of a stainless steel plate material having no holes.
- a front opening 7 is formed on one end side of the conical portion 5. The other end side is closed by an end plate 8, and a rotating shaft 9 is attached.
- FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the baffle 26.
- the baffle 26 is also formed of a stainless perforated plate having a large number of air holes 27.
- the baffle 26 is formed in a mountain shape with a substantially triangular cross section.
- the baffle 26 is fixed to a baffle mounting hole 28 formed in the trunk portion 4.
- the baffle mounting hole 28 is a rectangular opening.
- the bottom edge of the baffle 26 is welded to the periphery of the baffle mounting hole 28.
- the baffle 26 is disposed so as to protrude into the drum 1, whereby a breathable three-dimensional baffle is erected inside the drum 1.
- the baffle 26 when the baffle 26 itself has a three-dimensional ventilation structure, not only the mixing and stirring of the tablet can be promoted, but also the loss of ventilation of the processing gas can be eliminated. That is, in the case of a baffle that does not have a ventilation structure, when the processing gas is exhausted from the inside of the drum, the baffle portion may become a barrier to prevent ventilation, and pulsation may occur in the exhaust. In that regard, in the coating apparatus 10, the baffle 26 has a ventilation structure, so that air circulation is not hindered and exhaust pulsation can be suppressed. Therefore, the effect of reducing the pulsation of the ventilation air by the jacketless structure can be further improved, and the coating process can be performed without disturbing the spray pattern. Further, the baffle 26 increases the heat radiation area of the drum 1, and the baffle 26 and the body 4 are uniformly cooled by mist cooling described later, so that the drum cooling efficiency is also improved.
- a drum rotation mechanism (not shown) using an electric drum drive motor is disposed on the right side of the drum 1 in FIG.
- the rotary shaft 9 is fixed to the right end side (the other end side) of the drum 1.
- a sprocket (not shown) is attached to the rotary shaft 9.
- the sprocket is connected to a motor-side sprocket installed in the housing 2 via a chain.
- the motor is rotated, the drum 1 is chain-driven along with the rotation, and rotates about the rotation axis O. 1 and 4, the left end side of the drum 1 is supported by a roller (not shown).
- the housing 2 has a double structure in which a drum chamber 29 for accommodating the drum 1 is provided.
- a sink 30 is provided below the drum chamber 29.
- the sink 30 has a watertight structure with a drain port (not shown) at the bottom, and can store a cleaning liquid such as water therein.
- the cleaning liquid is stored in the sink 30, where the drum 1 is rotated and the inside and outside of the drum are stored and washed. After the drum cleaning, the cleaning liquid is discharged from the drain port described above, and rinsing or drying is performed as appropriate.
- the front surface of the housing 2 (left side in FIG. 1, see FIG. 2) has a three-part structure.
- a chamber door 11 is disposed in the center of the front of the housing.
- the chamber door 11 is a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped member of about 900 mm ⁇ 1100 mm ⁇ 200 mm.
- the chamber door 11 is supported by the housing 2 by a hinge 12 so as to be freely opened and closed.
- the chamber door 11 has a box shape in which the surface on the front wall 2a side of the housing 2 is opened.
- An air supply chamber 13 is formed inside the chamber door 11.
- the air supply chamber 13 is disposed in front of the front opening 7 of the drum 1.
- the cross-sectional area facing the front opening 7 of the air supply chamber 13 is about 5 times (preferably twice or more, preferably about 8 times the area of the front opening 7 (inner diameter: about 500 mm), considering the case size. Is preferable).
- the front side of the chamber door 11 is a curved surface, and accordingly, the front inner wall 13a of the air supply chamber 13 is also a curved surface. Thereby, while creating the external appearance with the design characteristic, the volume in the air supply chamber 13 is expanded.
- an inspection door 15 provided with a monitoring window 14 in the center is attached to the front of the chamber door 11.
- grip bars 16 extending in the vertical direction are attached.
- a product discharge port 17 for taking out the product after the completion of processing is attached to the lower portion of the chamber door 11.
- the grip bars 16 arranged on both sides of the inspection door 15 constitute an H-shaped design that does not exist in the conventional coating apparatus on the front surface, and design accents are formed (see FIG. 2).
- the chamber door 11 is attached to the housing 2 by opening right.
- the chamber door 11 has a grip bar 16 on the front surface of the chamber and can be opened from the front side of the apparatus.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which the chamber door 11 is opened
- FIG. 6 is a front view of the coating apparatus 10 in a state in which the chamber door is opened. As shown in FIG. 6, when the chamber door 11 is opened, the housing front wall 2 a is exposed and the front opening 7 at the end of the drum 1 is opened. An air supply hole 18 is further provided above the front opening 7 of the housing front wall 2a.
- the coating apparatus 10 employs an internal air supply structure, and the air supply hole 18 communicates with an air supply port 21 provided in the upper surface 2b of the housing via an air supply duct 19 disposed in the housing 2. is doing. As shown in FIG. 1, in the coating apparatus 10, since the air supply duct 19 is bent and disposed in an empty space formed above the drum conical portion 5 in the housing 2, the apparatus is downsized. The air flow rate is lowered by the bent duct.
- FIG. 7A is a front view of the wind direction plate 22, and FIG.
- the wind direction plate 22 is attached to the air supply hole 18 with the right side of FIG.
- the wind direction plate 22 has a cylindrical frame body 23 (for example, an inner diameter of 200 mm).
- a plurality of louvers 24 (for example, a width of 30 mm) are fixed to the inside of the frame body 23 by welding.
- the louver 24 is attached with an inclination of 60 °, for example, with respect to the end face of the frame.
- the air (dry air) supplied from the air supply port 21 is rectified downward by the wind direction plate 22 and discharged from the air supply hole 18.
- the coating apparatus 10 when the chamber door 11 is closed, the front opening 7 of the drum 1 faces and communicates with the air supply chamber 13. Therefore, the air supplied to the air supply port 21 flows into the air supply chamber 13 while being rectified by the wind direction plate 22. Then, the air is supplied from the air supply chamber 13 into the drum 1 through the front opening 7. That is, the coating apparatus 10 supplies air to the drum 1 from the air supply duct 19 through the large volume air supply chamber 13. For this reason, the flow rate of the air supplied into the drum can be sufficiently lowered and stabilized even when a large amount of air is ventilated.
- the air supply chamber 13 acts as a buffer portion (buffer) for the air supplied from the air supply duct 19. That is, the air supply chamber 13 reduces the air flow rate and also makes the flow rate in the front opening 7 uniform over the entire cross section.
- the air supply chamber 13 since the front inner wall 13 a of the air supply chamber 13 is curved, the air supplied from the air supply duct 19 into the chamber hits the curved front inner wall 13 a facing the air supply hole 18 and is diffused. It becomes a mild airflow.
- the airflow direction plate 22 is attached to the air supply hole 18, the flow velocity is suppressed and the flow is adjusted even when it flows into the air supply chamber 13. For this reason, the buffer effect by the air supply chamber 13 is further enhanced. Therefore, in the coating apparatus 10, the air supply is milder than that in the conventional apparatus, and air is supplied to the tablet at a uniform flow rate and flow rate, and is exhausted.
- the coating apparatus 10 can perform the coating process without disturbing the spray pattern in the drum due to the stability of the airflow. For this reason, uneven coating is reduced and product quality is improved. Moreover, scattering of coating dust is reduced, and the number of drum cleaning steps can be reduced. Further, since a long straight body portion for stabilizing the airflow is unnecessary, the distance from the mouth of the drum (front opening 7) to the product layer can be shortened, workability is improved, and the apparatus is downsized. . In addition, by using the chamber door 11 having a large projected area, the depth of the chamber door 11 itself can be suppressed. Therefore, when the inspection door 15 is opened, it is possible to design such that the front opening 7 comes close immediately, and the inspection work is facilitated.
- a spray gun 31 for spraying the coating liquid is inserted into the drum from the front opening 7 of the drum 1 on the front wall 2a of the casing.
- the spray gun 31 is attached to a multi-function unit 32 disposed on the front surface of the housing 2.
- the spray gun 31 can be taken in and out of the drum from the front side of the apparatus by a multi-function unit 32.
- the multifunction unit 32 includes a support arm 35 that can move freely in an oblique 45 ° direction.
- a support holder 33 to which a spray gun 31 is attached is attached to the support arm 35.
- a sugar coating coating spray gun 31a and a film coating spray gun 31b are attached to the support holder 33. That is, the spray gun 31 corresponds to a plurality of types of coating processes in one unit.
- the spray gun 31 is attached to the support holder 33.
- the support holder 33 is connected to the support arm 35 by a hinge 34a so as to be relatively rotatable.
- a lock mechanism (not shown) is attached to the hinge 34a.
- the hinge 34a portion can be arbitrarily set in a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state by a pin or the like (not shown).
- the support arm 35 is attached to the unit cover 36. At the lower end of the unit cover 36, the lower end portion of the support arm 35 opens as a connection port 35c.
- the unit cover 36 is located on the left side of the front of the housing divided into three. When the unit cover 36 is closed, the multifunction unit 32 is disposed on the front surface of the housing 2. In the multi-function unit 32, hoses for a spray gun are accommodated. In the coating apparatus 10, unlike the conventional apparatus, piping is not exposed on the front or side of the apparatus, and the appearance of the apparatus can be summarized in a clean form.
- a front cover 25 is also attached to the right side of the front of the housing. That is, the front surface of the housing 2 has a three-part configuration in which the monitoring window 14 is arranged in the center.
- the support holder 33 and the support arm 35 are formed of a hollow metal pipe (for example, a diameter of 50 mm).
- a hose (not shown) for supplying a coating liquid and spray air to each spray gun 31 is accommodated inside the support holder 33 and the like.
- a maximum of five hoses (spray air, pattern air, cylinder air (needle valve), liquid (going), and liquid (returning)) are connected to one spray gun. For this reason, the total of three spray guns is 15 at the maximum.
- pipes are appropriately connected by branching common pipes to each gun, using common spray air and pattern air, or omitting liquid return pipes. It is also possible to reduce the number.
- the hose connected to the spray gun 31 is pulled out from the connection port 35c to the outside of the apparatus. That is, in the coating apparatus 10, the liquid hose and the air hose are concealed pipes, and these hoses are not exposed to the outside. For this reason, the contamination of the parts is small, the maintainability is improved, and the coating liquid and air are hardly affected by the temperature in the drum, and the coating quality is also improved.
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the multifunction unit 32
- FIG. 9 is a front view of the multifunction unit 32.
- the multifunction unit 32 and the support holder 33 are a two-joint link mechanism connected by a hinge 34b. That is, in the coating apparatus 10, the spray gun 31 is installed in the drum 1 so as to be freely inserted and removed by appropriately bending the support arm 35 and the support holder 33 of the multifunction unit 32.
- the spray gun 31 can be moved into and out of the drum while suppressing the radius of rotation by folding both of the support holder 33 and the support arm 35 so that the angle ⁇ between the support holder 33 and the support arm 35 is small. it can. Therefore, the diameter of the front opening 7 and the area for moving the spray gun can be reduced, and the apparatus is made compact.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the vertical movement mechanism of the multifunction unit 32.
- the support arm 35 has a double tube structure.
- the support arm 35 is connected to the upper tube portion 35 a and the lower tube portion 35 b in the unit cover 36.
- the upper tube portion 35 a is slidably inserted into an arm guide 37 fixed to the unit cover 36.
- the upper pipe portion 35 a is connected to the air cylinder 39 via a bracket 38.
- the lower pipe portion 35 b is fixed to the unit cover 36 by a bracket 40.
- the air cylinder 39 When the air cylinder 39 is operated, the upper pipe portion 35a moves along the axial direction. Then, the multifunction unit 32 moves about 150 mm between the lower position L and the upper position H shown in FIG.
- a driving device for the upper pipe portion 35a a hydraulic cylinder that is an actuator using the same fluid pressure may be used instead of the air cylinder 39. In addition, an electric motor can be used as the driving device.
- the multi-function unit 32 is configured to move obliquely at 45 °, but this may be a multi-moving mechanism that can move in the vertical and horizontal directions. That is, the spray gun 31 may be moved to an arbitrary position in the vertical direction (Y direction: vertical direction) and the horizontal direction (X direction: horizontal direction).
- FIGS. 11 to 13 are modifications of the multi-function unit using such a multi-moving mechanism. 11 is a front view of the manual multi-moving mechanism 41, FIG. 12 is a side view of FIG. 11, and FIG. 13 is a side view of the multi-moving mechanism 42 driven by a motor. Note that.
- the multi-move mechanism 41 has a specification of being arranged on the right side of the front surface of the housing as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 9, but it is of course possible to arrange it on the left side.
- the support holder 33 is fixed to the support arm 35. Accordingly, the spray gun 31 is inserted into the drum 1 and taken out from the drum 1 without bending the holder and the arm.
- the multi-moving mechanism 41 includes a vertical movement mechanism 41a and a horizontal movement mechanism 41b. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the upper tube portion 35 a of the support arm 35 is fixed to the vertical movement base 44 on the vertical movement mechanism 41 a side by a bracket 43. A shaft holder 45, guide blocks 46 a and 46 b, and a nut block 47 are attached to the vertical movement base 44. One end side of the guide rod 48 is fixed to the shaft holder 45. The guide rod 48 is supported by guide blocks 46a and 46b so as to be movable in the axial direction. The other end side of the guide rod 48 is fixed to a shaft holder 51 attached to the left and right moving base 49.
- a screw rod 52 using a trapezoidal screw is screwed onto the nut block 47.
- One end side of the screw rod 52 is supported by a screw holder 53.
- the screw holder 53 is attached to the left / right moving base 49 of the left / right moving mechanism 41b.
- the other end side of the screw rod 52 is fixed to the screw holder 54.
- the screw holder 54 is also attached to the left and right moving base 49.
- One end of the screw rod 52 is connected to a vertical movement knob 56 via gears 55a and 55b.
- the vertical movement knob 56 is rotated, the screw rod 52 is rotated via the gears 55a and 55b, and the nut block 47 is moved in the axial direction.
- the vertical movement base 44 to which the nut block 47 is fixed moves up and down, and the upper pipe portion 35a moves up and down.
- a shaft holder 57, guide blocks 58a and 58b, and a nut block 59 are attached to the left and right moving base 49.
- One end side of the guide rod 60 is fixed to the shaft holder 57.
- the guide rod 60 is supported by guide blocks 58a and 58b so as to be movable in the axial direction.
- the other end side of the guide rod 60 is fixed to the shaft holder 62.
- the shaft holder 62 is attached to the unit base 61.
- the unit base 61 is fixed to the housing 2.
- Thread screw rod 63 using trapezoidal screws is screwed onto the nut block 59.
- One end side of the screw rod 63 is fixed to the screw holder 64.
- the screw holder 64 is attached to the left and right moving base 49.
- the other end side of the screw rod 63 is fixed to the screw holder 65.
- the screw holder 65 is attached to the unit base 61.
- One end side of the screw rod 63 is connected to a left and right movement knob 67 via gears 66a and 66b, similarly to the vertical movement mechanism 41a. When the left / right moving knob 67 is rotated, the screw rod 63 is rotated via the gear, and the nut block 59 is moved in the axial direction.
- the left / right moving base 49 to which the nut block 59 is fixed moves to the left and right, and the upper tube portion 35a moves to the left and right. That is, the upper pipe portion 35a can be moved in any direction, up, down, left, and right by appropriately moving the vertical movement knob 56 and the horizontal movement knob 67.
- the multi-function unit 32 is configured to be freely movable in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, so that the degree of freedom of adjustment of the spray gun position can be expanded and the installation position of the spray gun 31 can be set finely. It becomes possible. Therefore, it is possible to perform the coating process while always setting the spray gun at the optimum position. For this reason, as compared with a coating apparatus in which the spray gun can move only in one direction, control that keeps the distance between the tablet surface and the spray gun 31 constant can be performed easily and accurately. This makes it possible to continuously perform the coating process without stopping the apparatus, thereby improving the coating process efficiency and reducing the production cost.
- the above operation may be performed electrically.
- a vertical movement motor 68 and a left / right movement motor 69 are provided in place of the vertical movement knob 56 and the left / right movement knob 67.
- the multi-moving mechanism 42 is slightly different from the multi-moving mechanism 41 of FIGS. 11 and 12 due to the arrangement of the motors 68 and 69, but the basic mechanism and operation are the same as those of the multi-moving mechanism 41. is there. Therefore, in the description of the multi-moving mechanism 42, the same reference numerals are given to the same members / parts as those of the multi-moving mechanism 41, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.
- the casing 2 is also connected with an exhaust duct 71 for discharging the air supplied to the drum 1.
- a seal duct 72 and an upper duct 74 are installed in the housing 2.
- the seal duct 72 is in sliding contact with the body 4 of the drum 1.
- the upper duct 74 is connected to the seal duct 72 and extends toward the exhaust port 73.
- the exhaust duct 71 is connected to the exhaust port 73. Air supplied from the chamber door 11 is discharged from the drum 1 to the seal duct 72, and is discharged outside the apparatus through the upper duct 74 and the exhaust duct 71.
- the casing 2 is provided with a transpiration mist exhaust port 75 separately from the exhaust system.
- the transpiration mist exhaust port 75 opens to the internal space of the housing 2 and is connected to the exhaust duct 71.
- a transpiration mist intake port 76 is provided to supplement the exhausted amount.
- a duct (not shown) that connects the internal space of the housing and the outside of the housing is attached to the air inlet 76.
- a damper that controls opening and closing of the duct is installed in the duct. When exhausting transpiration mist, the damper is opened to take in external air. Thereby, the inside of the drum 1 is weakly sucked by the ventilation system thinner than the exhaust system, and the transpiration mist in the drum 1 is discharged out of the apparatus.
- the coating apparatus 10 is further provided with a spray nozzle 81 for cooling the drum in the housing 2. From the spray nozzle 81, a cooling medium such as humidified air containing fine mist is sprayed on the outer periphery of the drum 1.
- the drum 1 is cooled by the heat of vaporization of the cooling medium.
- spray cooling of a full-face punching drum used in a jacketless type coating apparatus has been considered to cause quality problems because the tablet in the drum gets wet.
- this apparatus uses a very fine mist and considers the timing of spraying, thereby overturning the common sense and enabling the cooling of the drum 1 having a vent hole. For this reason, it was possible to cool the entire punching drum, which was impossible in the past, and to improve the performance of the jacketless type apparatus.
- a plurality of spray nozzles 81 as described above are provided in the housing 2.
- the spray nozzle 81 is disposed at a position where spraying is possible on both the body 4 and the conical part 5 (for body: 81a, conical part 81b).
- the distance between the spray nozzle 81 and the drum 1 is set to about 200 mm to 250 mm.
- the spread of the spray pattern (spray area) is preferably 50 to 400 mm in diameter per spray nozzle 81 on the outer peripheral surface of the drum.
- the diameter is about 300 mm.
- the spray nozzle 81 is preferably attached at a position where the spray hits the body 4 from the tangential direction in order to suppress mist intrusion into the drum 1.
- the spray nozzle 81 an internal mixing type two-fluid nozzle is used, and fine mist of the coolant is sprayed onto the drum 1 from the nozzle.
- water possibly at room temperature
- the spray nozzle 81 water and compressed air are mixed in the nozzle, and a cooling medium containing cooling mist (water mist) that is very fine water droplets is generated.
- the average particle size of the cooling mist is preferably 5 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m. However, if it exceeds 50 ⁇ m, the evaporation of mist becomes somewhat slow, and the inside of the drum 1 becomes easy to get wet.
- an ultrafine mist such as a so-called dry fog having an average particle size of 10 ⁇ m or less, preferably about 5 to 8 ⁇ m can be used.
- the spread of the spray pattern is set to a diameter of about 50 mm to 400 mm, preferably about 300 mm, per spray nozzle 81, but is preferably wider than the case where the diameter exceeds 10 ⁇ m.
- various spray forms such as spraying with a fine mist of 10 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m or a dry fog spray of 10 ⁇ m or less can be appropriately employed.
- the mist diameter may be different between the conical part 5 having no air holes and the perimeter punching body part 4.
- a relatively large mist of more than 10 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m may be sprayed on the conical part 5 having no air permeability, and an ultrafine 5 to 8 ⁇ m mist may be sprayed on the body part 4 having a full punching structure.
- Such cooling mist is sprayed evenly from the spray nozzle 81 to the entire outside of the drum 1. Thereby, the drum section 4 and the conical section 5 of the drum 1 are cooled by the heat of vaporization of the attached cooling mist. At that time, since the sprayed cooling mist has a very small particle size, it quickly evaporates after adhering to the drum 1. For this reason, even if the cooling mist is sprayed onto the drum 1 having the air holes, the moisture evaporates on the drum surface and hardly enters the drum, and the drum can be cooled in a dry environment.
- a tablet 3 to be coated a tablet such as a lactose tablet (for example, a diameter of 8 mm, 200 mg / T) is put into the drum 1.
- the tablet 3 is introduced from the front opening 7 with the chamber door 11 opened.
- the front opening 7 of the coating apparatus 10 comes close to the operator, it is very easy to put tablets.
- the multifunction unit 32 is moved out of the drum 1 when the tablets are inserted.
- the multifunction unit 32 is operated to set the spray gun 31 in the drum 1. Thereafter, the chamber door 11 is closed, the drum drive motor is operated, and the drum 1 is rotated.
- FIG. 14 (a) is an explanatory view showing a sugar coating process in the coating apparatus
- FIG. 14 (b) shows the presence / absence of a supply / exhaust operation, a transpiration mist operation, and a mist cooling operation in each step of FIG. 14 (a). It is a list shown.
- “Spraying” is a process of spraying the coating liquid while rotating the drum 1 (for example, about 8 rpm, hereinafter, the indication of illustration is omitted for numerical examples) without supplying and exhausting air.
- “Pause 1” is a kneading process in which the drum 1 is rotated without supplying air and the coating liquid is spread on the tablet.
- “Pause 2” is a process in which the drum 1 is rotated while exhausting only to reduce the humidity in the drum before the drying process. In the pause 1 and 2 steps, the coating liquid is not sprayed. “Drying” is a process of supplying hot air to the drum 1 without spraying the coating liquid (70 ° C., 12 m 3 / min) to dry and solidify the coating liquid on the tablet.
- a pre-cooling process is added before the “spraying” process in the conventional processing process.
- This pre-cooling step is a step of spraying a cooling medium containing cooling mist from the spray nozzle 81 to cool the drum 1 with mist.
- the cooling mist spraying by the spray nozzle 81 is performed through three steps of “pre-cooling” ⁇ “spray” ⁇ “pause 1”. That is, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, prior to “spray”, “pre-cooling” is performed (30 seconds) in which cooling mist spraying is performed without air supply and exhaust. Note that the processing contents in the steps of “spray”, “pose 1”, “pose 2”, and “dry” in FIG. 14A are the same as described above.
- “spray” (2 minutes) and “pause 1” are performed while continuing cooling mist spraying.
- the cooling mist spray may be appropriately terminated in the middle of “pause 1” depending on the processing status.
- the spraying process 60 ° C., 340 to 900 mL / time
- the sugar coating liquid is sprayed from the spray gun 31 onto the tablets.
- the position of the spray gun 31 is adjusted to an optimum position by the multi-function unit 32 according to the position of the tablet surface.
- the spray gun 31 can move in an oblique 45 ° direction, the spray position with respect to the tablet flow surface can be kept constant. Therefore, the tablet coating conditions can be adjusted to a constant or desired form.
- the spray gun 31 has a high degree of freedom of movement and can flexibly cope with various coating conditions.
- the drum wall surface can be cooled in a short time, and the cooling processing efficiency is high.
- the baffle 26 together with the body 4 is also cooled by the cooling mist. For this reason, the heat radiation area increasing effect by the baffle 26 can be further enhanced, and the drum 1 can be efficiently cooled.
- the cooling mist spraying is performed in a process that hardly affects the cooling mist. That is, the cooling mist spray is performed by “pre-cooling” in which the inside of the drum 1 will be wet, and “spray” and “pose 1” that are wet, and the mist is cooled in a wet environment. Thereby, the drum 1 can be cooled by the cooling mist without causing the intrusion of moisture into the drum.
- the coating apparatus 10 is an apparatus using a horizontal rotation type full-face punching drum, but the outer periphery of the drum 1 with which the tablet contacts is directly cooled by the fine cooling mist. For this reason, solidification and adhesion of the sugar coating liquid to the inner surface of the drum can be suppressed, and defective products due to separation and adhesion of the solidified product can be reduced. Therefore, the generation of minute point-like protrusions of the sugar-coated tablet can be greatly reduced, and the inventors' experiments have been able to suppress the occurrence of point-like protrusions to almost none. Moreover, since the horizontal rotation type drum is used, damage to the raw material tablets can be suppressed, and the defective product generation rate is reduced in this respect as well.
- Such a series of steps is repeated to finish spraying a predetermined amount of the coating liquid, and finish the coating process when a desired coating layer is formed on the tablet.
- the coating process it is possible to appropriately observe the processing status from the monitoring window 14.
- the chamber door 11 is opened.
- the multifunction unit 32 is moved out of the drum 1 and a product discharge cylinder (not shown) is incorporated in the drum 1.
- the chamber door 11 is closed again, and the product discharge port 17 is opened while the drum 1 is rotated to discharge the coated product.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
- the various numerical values described above are merely examples, and it goes without saying that the values can be changed as appropriate.
- the object to be treated in the present invention is not limited to tablets such as the above-mentioned lactose tablets, and foods such as confectionery and gum, other pharmaceuticals, and the like are also applicable.
- sugar coating liquid sugar coating liquids of various specifications such as those obtained by adding various medicinal ingredients, flavors, pigments and the like to syrup obtained by dissolving sugar in water can be applied.
- the chamber door 11 is opened to the right because of the control panel 82 disposed on the left side of the front surface of the apparatus. It is also possible to arrange the multifunction unit 32 on the front right side. Furthermore, although the front surface of the housing 2 is divided into three parts and the central part is the chamber door 11, the left and right unit covers 36 and the front cover 25 are communicated with the chamber door 11, and the chamber door 11 is connected. When the is closed, the entire front surface of the housing may be the air supply chamber 13. As a result, the projected area and the internal volume of the air supply chamber 13 can be further increased.
- a cleaning nozzle may be further incorporated in the multifunction unit 32 of the coating apparatus 10.
- the spray gun 31 is arranged on one side of the support holder 33 (in the upper left direction in FIG. 6), but the spray gun 31 is on the other side. It can also be disposed (in the diagonally downward right direction in FIG. 6 symmetrically with the spray gun 31). At that time, the installation direction of the spray gun 31 may be changed according to the application, such as sugar coating for one side and film coating for the other side.
- vibration means is incorporated in the multifunction unit 32 and the tablets placed on the support holder 33 are shaken off during processing.
- a scattering preventing member such as a net may be attached to the front opening 7 so that the tablet being processed does not jump out from the front opening 7 of the drum 1 into the chamber door 11.
- a current plate may be used as the scattering prevention member to further stabilize the supply air.
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Description
2a 前壁 2b 上面
3 錠剤(被処理物) 4 胴部
5 コニカル部 6 通気孔
7 前面開口部 8 エンドプレート
9 回転軸 10 パンコーティング装置
11 チャンバドア 12 ヒンジ
13 給気チャンバ 13a 給気チャンバ正面内壁
14 監視窓 15 点検扉
16 グリップバー 17 製品排出口
18 給気孔 19 給気ダクト
21 給気口 22 風向板
23 枠体 24 ルーバ
25 フロントカバー 26 バッフル
27 通気孔 28 バッフル取付孔
29 ドラム室 30 シンク
31 スプレーガン 31a 糖衣コーティング用スプレーガン
31b フィルムコーティング用スプレーガン
32 マルチファンクションユニット 33 支持ホルダ
34a ヒンジ 34b ヒンジ
35 支持アーム 35a 上管部
35b 下管部 35c 接続口
36 ユニットカバー 37 アームガイド
38 ブラケット 39 エアシリンダ
40 ブラケット 41 マルチムーブ機構
41a 上下動機構 41b 左右動機構
42 マルチムーブ機構 43 ブラケット
44 上下動ベース 45 シャフトホルダ
46a,46b ガイドブロック 47 ナットブロック
48 ガイドロッド 49 左右動ベース
51 シャフトホルダ 52 ネジロッド
53 ネジホルダ 54 ネジホルダ
55a,55b ギア 56 上下動用ツマミ
57 シャフトホルダ 58a,58b ガイドブロック
59 ナットブロック 60 ガイドロッド
61 ユニットベース 62 シャフトホルダ
63 ネジロッド 64 ネジホルダ
65 ネジホルダ 66a,66b ギア
67 左右動用ツマミ 68 上下動用モータ
69 左右動用モータ 71 排気ダクト
72 シールダクト 73 排気口
74 上部ダクト 75 蒸散ミスト排気口
76 蒸散ミスト吸気口 81 スプレーノズル
81a 胴部用スプレーノズル 81b コニカル部用スプレーノズル
82 コントロールパネル H 上方位置
L 下方位置 O 回転軸線
θ 角度
例えば、前述の各種数値はあくまでも一例であり、その値は適宜変更し得ることは言うまでもない。また、本発明における被処理物も、前述の乳糖錠等の錠剤には限られず、菓子やガム等の食品や、他の医薬品なども適用可能である。また、糖衣液も、糖を水に溶解したシロップ以外に、それに各種薬効成分や風味、色素等を添加したものなど、種々の仕様の糖衣液が適用可能である。
Claims (5)
- ほぼ水平な回転軸線を中心に回転自在に設けられ、軸方向端部に形成された開口部を介して空気が流入する回転ドラムと、前記回転ドラムを収容する筐体とを備えてなるパンコーティング装置であって、
前記回転ドラムの前記開口部前段に設けられ、その一端側が前記開口部と連通する、該開口部よりも大きい断面積を有する給気チャンバと、
前記給気チャンバの他端側に形成された給気孔に接続され、該給気チャンバ内に空気を供給する給気ダクトとを有し、
前記給気チャンバは、前記給気ダクトより該給気チャンバ内に流入する空気の流速を低下させて前記開口部に供給することを特徴とするパンコーティング装置。 - 請求項1記載のパンコーティング装置において、前記給気チャンバの前記開口部に対向する断面積は、前記開口部の断面積に対し、2倍以上8倍以下に設定されてなることを特徴とするパンコーティング装置。
- 請求項1記載のパンコーティング装置において、前記筐体正面の前記開口部と対向する位置に箱形のチャンバドアを開閉自在に設置し、該チャンバドア内に前記給気チャンバを形成したことを特徴とするパンコーティング装置。
- 請求項3記載のパンコーティング装置において、前記チャンバドアの正面内側を曲面状に形成し、前記給気チャンバの正面側に曲面状の内壁を設けたことを特徴とするパンコーティング装置。
- 請求項1記載のパンコーティング装置において、前記給気チャンバと前記給気ダクトの接続部に、前記給気ダクトより該給気チャンバ内に流入する空気を整流する風向板を設けたことを特徴とするパンコーティング装置。
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