JPH0763600B2 - Horizontal cylindrical stirring crushing drying device - Google Patents
Horizontal cylindrical stirring crushing drying deviceInfo
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- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
- B01F27/60—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis
- B01F27/75—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis with stirrers having planetary motion, i.e. rotating about their own axis and about a sun axis
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は真空下で材料を混合、攪拌、破砕、固液抽出、
液の濃縮反応、晶析、乾燥、造粒等の操作を回分式に行
なって取り出す横型円筒攪拌破砕乾燥装置に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to mixing materials under vacuum, stirring, crushing, solid-liquid extraction,
The present invention relates to a horizontal cylindrical stirring and crushing / drying device which performs batchwise operations such as concentration reaction of liquid, crystallization, drying, and granulation, and takes out.
この種攪拌破砕乾燥装置の公知例としては特開昭61−18
1526号が挙げられる。A publicly known example of this type of stirring and crushing and drying apparatus is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-18.
No. 1526 is mentioned.
この公知例の装置は、位置不動の混合破砕翼と容器の内
壁に沿って回転する掻き落とし部材を有している。この
公知例の装置では混合破砕翼が位置不動のため、混合破
砕が容器の1部分でしか行なわれない。このため、混合
破砕が十分になされないという問題点を残している。The device of this known example has a mixing crushing blade that is immovable and a scraping member that rotates along the inner wall of the container. In the device of this known example, the mixing and crushing blades are immovable, so that the mixing and crushing is performed only in one part of the container. Therefore, there remains a problem that the mixed crushing is not sufficiently performed.
取り扱うべき材料を受け入れるための壁加熱式横型円筒
容器1と、その中心軸20に対して同心に内周壁領域に据
えつけられ、容器1の内側壁領域に延びた回転可能の攪
拌翼21および攪拌翼21両側の攪拌アーム22と、前記容器
1の軸3に対して偏心して回転可能に据えつけられ、か
つ前記攪拌翼21および攪拌翼21両側の攪拌アーム22と共
にその内側で回転しながら自由な回転方向でかつ攪拌翼
21とは異なる回転数で回転可能である混合破砕翼18とで
構成され、攪拌翼21先端およびアーム22に掻き取り掻き
取りナイフを着脱可能にした、横型円筒攪拌破砕加熱装
置。A wall-heated horizontal cylindrical container 1 for receiving a material to be handled, a rotatable stirring blade 21 installed in an inner peripheral wall region concentric with a central axis 20 thereof, and extending to an inner wall region of the container 1 and stirring. The stirring arms 22 on both sides of the blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 are eccentrically installed so as to be rotatable with respect to the shaft 3 of the container 1, and are freely rotated while rotating inside the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arms 22 on both sides of the stirring blade 21. Rotating direction and stirring blade
A horizontal cylindrical stirring and crushing heating device comprising a mixing and crushing blade 18 that can rotate at a different rotation speed from that of 21, and a detachable scraping knife on the tip of the stirring blade 21 and the arm 22.
掻き落としを兼ねた混合破砕翼18が攪拌翼21および攪拌
アーム22とともに、公転しながら自転するので、容器1
全体に渡り材料を混合破砕できる。Since the mixing and crushing blade 18 also serving as a scraper rotates together with the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 while revolving, the container 1
Material can be mixed and crushed throughout.
また混合破砕翼18は容器内壁の掻き落としを兼ねた攪拌
翼21、攪拌アーム22の内側で自転する。The mixing and crushing blade 18 rotates on the inside of the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 which also serve to scrape off the inner wall of the container.
そして攪拌翼21、攪拌アーム22に対する付着物の抵抗が
一定となる。この結果混合破砕翼18も内壁付着物の抵抗
による振動もなくなり、その公転速度も一定となり、混
合破砕効率が均一化される。Then, the resistance of the adhered matter to the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 becomes constant. As a result, the mixing and crushing blade 18 also does not vibrate due to the resistance of the deposits on the inner wall, its revolution speed becomes constant, and the mixing and crushing efficiency becomes uniform.
以下、本発明装置の実施例について説明する。 Examples of the device of the present invention will be described below.
図面において、 1:横型円筒容器、第1図においてαはその傾斜角であ
る。In the drawing, 1: horizontal cylindrical container, α in FIG. 1 is its inclination angle.
2:横型円筒容器1の支持軸3の軸受、 3:横型円筒容器1の容器中心軸線20に設けられた攪拌
軸、 4:攪拌翼21の駆動装置、 5:攪拌軸の両側部に固定した攪拌アーム22の先端に攪拌
翼21を有し、破砕機6を内側に備えた回転機構、 6:破砕機で、破砕機軸15に混合破砕翼18を取り付ける。
この破砕機6は攪拌翼21内側で自転して材料の混合破砕
を行なう。2: Bearing of the support shaft 3 of the horizontal cylindrical container 1, 3: A stirring shaft provided on the center axis 20 of the horizontal cylindrical container 1, 4: A drive device for the stirring blade 21, 5: Fixed on both sides of the stirring shaft The mixing crushing blade 18 is attached to the crusher shaft 15 by a rotating mechanism having a stirring wing 21 at the tip of the stirring arm 22 and having the crusher 6 inside.
The crusher 6 rotates inside the stirring blade 21 to mix and crush materials.
7:破砕機軸15の軸受で、回転機構5に取り付けられる。7: Bearing of the crusher shaft 15, which is attached to the rotating mechanism 5.
8:破砕機軸15に取り付けられた伝動プーリーあるいはギ
ヤー、 9:伝動プーリーあるいはギヤー8,10の伝動手段、 10:破砕駆動装置12の駆動軸11に取り付けられた伝動プ
ーリーあるいはギヤー、 11:前記した通り駆動軸、 12:破砕機6の駆動装置、 13:攪拌アーム22内に設けられた空所で伝動プーリーあ
るいはギヤー8,10、伝動機構9を収容し、材料の侵入
と、潤滑油の漏洩を防ぐため密封されている。8: Transmission pulley or gear attached to the crusher shaft 15, 9: Transmission means of the transmission pulley or gears 8 and 10, 10: Transmission pulley or gear attached to the drive shaft 11 of the crushing drive device 12, 11: As described above Drive shaft, 12: drive device for crusher 6, 13: accommodating transmission pulley or gears 8 and 10 and transmission mechanism 9 in a space provided in stirring arm 22 for intrusion of material and leakage of lubricating oil It is sealed to prevent.
14:駆動軸11の軸受、 15:前記した通り破砕機軸、 16:破砕機6で混合破砕した各種の材料を造粒するため
の媒剤を供給するための供給路である。14: bearing of the drive shaft 11, 15: crusher shaft as described above, 16: supply passage for supplying a medium for granulating various materials mixed and crushed by the crusher 6.
17:同じく媒剤ノズル管のノズル孔、 18:破砕機6の混合破砕翼、 18a:破砕板、 19:媒剤のノズル管、 20:横型円筒容器1の中心軸線、 21:攪拌翼でその先端は回転方向に向けて楔状をなす、 21a:中空部、 22:攪拌アーム、 23:製品排出口、 24:ナイフ、 つぎにその構成作用について説明する。17: Nozzle hole of the medium nozzle tube, 18: Mixing and crushing blade of the crusher 6, 18a: Crush plate, 19: Nozzle of medium agent, 20: Central axis of the horizontal cylindrical container 1, 21: Stirring blade 21a: hollow part, 22: stirring arm, 23: product discharge port, 24: knife, the tip of which forms a wedge shape in the direction of rotation, and then the constituent functions thereof will be described.
横型円筒容器1内に回転機構5が配置される。A rotating mechanism 5 is arranged in the horizontal cylindrical container 1.
回転機構5は軸受2により攪拌軸3を中心として同心に
横型円筒容器1内で回転できるように設けられている。The rotating mechanism 5 is provided by a bearing 2 so as to be able to rotate concentrically around the stirring shaft 3 in the horizontal cylindrical container 1.
この回転機構5は枠型形状からなっており、攪拌翼21と
両側の攪拌アーム22とからなっている。(第6図) 一方破砕機6が攪拌翼21の内側で回転機構5に支持され
ながら設けられる。この破砕機6は攪拌翼の回転と共に
公転するが、任意の回転数および回転方向で自転するよ
うに独自の駆動機構が設けられている。The rotating mechanism 5 has a frame shape and includes a stirring blade 21 and stirring arms 22 on both sides. (FIG. 6) On the other hand, the crusher 6 is provided inside the stirring blade 21 while being supported by the rotating mechanism 5. Although the crusher 6 revolves with the rotation of the stirring blade, it has its own drive mechanism so as to rotate at an arbitrary number of rotations and in any rotation direction.
一側の攪拌アーム22の内側には空所13が設けられ、この
中に伝動機構8,9,10が収容されている。A cavity 13 is provided inside the stirring arm 22 on one side, and the transmission mechanisms 8, 9, and 10 are housed therein.
上記構造の装置において、横型円筒容器1の内周壁およ
び側壁に付着する材料は攪拌翼21および攪拌アーム22に
よって掻き取られ混合破砕翼18により混合破砕される。
しかも内周壁および内側壁と攪拌翼および攪拌アームと
のクリアランスは0.5mm〜2mm程度とし内周壁および内側
壁に付着する材料をなるべく少なくし、極力伝熱抵抗と
ならないようにするのである。また攪拌翼の回転数は材
料の状態に応じて最高30r.p.m.まで上げられるようにし
ておけば、一度掻き取られてから次に掻き取られる間の
付着による伝熱抵抗は無視少であった。In the apparatus having the above structure, the materials adhering to the inner peripheral wall and the side wall of the horizontal cylindrical container 1 are scraped off by the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 and mixed and crushed by the mixing crushing blade 18.
Moreover, the clearance between the inner peripheral wall and the inner wall and the stirring blade and the stirring arm is set to about 0.5 mm to 2 mm so that the material adhering to the inner peripheral wall and the inner wall is reduced as much as possible to prevent heat transfer resistance as much as possible. If the rotation speed of the stirring blade can be raised to a maximum of 30 rpm depending on the state of the material, the heat transfer resistance due to the adhesion between one scraping and the next scraping is negligible. .
また第2図のようにナイフ24を攪拌翼21に着脱自在にと
りつけると、横型円筒容器1の内壁に付着した材料を一
層精度よく掻き取ることができるのである。Further, when the knife 24 is detachably attached to the stirring blade 21 as shown in FIG. 2, the material attached to the inner wall of the horizontal cylindrical container 1 can be scraped more accurately.
またこの攪拌翼21にはその中空部21aに熱媒が流入する
機構になっており、攪拌翼からの伝熱も内周壁からの伝
熱量の1/3〜1/2を材料に与えるようになっている。Further, the stirring blade 21 has a mechanism in which a heat medium flows into the hollow portion 21a, so that the heat transfer from the stirring blade also gives 1/3 to 1/2 of the heat transfer amount from the inner peripheral wall to the material. Has become.
さらに攪拌翼は第5図のように180゜毎に2本設ける
のが一般的とされるが第5図のように120゜毎に3本
攪拌翼をとりつけてもよい。Further, it is general that two stirring blades are provided at every 180 ° as shown in FIG. 5, but three stirring blades may be provided at every 120 ° as shown in FIG.
また第2図に示すように攪拌翼21の先端は抵抗なく材料
を掻き取るように鋭角とし、かきとられた材料は抵抗な
く掘り起されるように内側は飛行機の翼状となっていお
り、また周壁側は摩擦抵抗を小さくすべく回転方向の反
対側に後退角θを設ける。後退角θは5゜かそれ以上内
側に向う構造とするのである。Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the stirring blade 21 has an acute angle so as to scrape off the material without resistance, and the scraped material has a wing shape of an airplane inside so that the material can be dug without resistance. On the side of the peripheral wall, a receding angle θ is provided on the side opposite to the rotating direction in order to reduce frictional resistance. The receding angle θ is 5 ° or more.
さらに攪拌アーム22についても横型円筒容器1の側壁の
材料を抵抗なく掻きとるように先端を鋭角とし、攪拌ア
ーム22の側面は容器1の側壁に対して後退角θ′だけ回
転方向と反対側内側に傾斜している。この後退角θ′は
1〜2゜が通常である。Further, the tip of the stirring arm 22 has an acute angle so as to scrape off the material on the side wall of the horizontal cylindrical container 1 without resistance, and the side surface of the stirring arm 22 is inside the side wall of the container 1 at the retreat angle θ ′ opposite to the rotational direction. Is inclined to. This receding angle θ'is normally 1 to 2 °.
また混合破砕翼18は破砕機軸15に直角に取り付けられ
る。また必要に応じて薄い破砕板18aをとりつける。
(第4図) さらにこの破砕板18aにひねりを与えると、材料の排出
時、材料は排出口23への円滑な流れとなって排出され
る。このひねりはあたかもスクリューコンベアーのスク
リューのねじり方向に一致する。Further, the mixing and crushing blade 18 is attached at a right angle to the crusher shaft 15. A thin crush plate 18a is attached if necessary.
(FIG. 4) Further, when the crush plate 18a is twisted, the material is discharged as a smooth flow to the discharge port 23 when discharging the material. This twist corresponds to the twisting direction of the screw of the screw conveyor.
従来技術の装置に比べ、混合破砕翼18が、攪拌翼21およ
び攪拌アーム22と共に自転しながら公転するので、混合
破砕が容器1の内部全体で完全に行なわれる。Compared with the apparatus of the prior art, the mixing and crushing blade 18 revolves along with the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 while revolving around its axis, so that the mixing and crushing is completely performed in the entire inside of the container 1.
また攪拌翼21、攪拌アーム22の回転速度はその掻き落と
機能により内壁附着物の抵抗を排除し、一定となる。こ
の結果、混合破砕翼18は内壁附着物の抵抗による振動も
無くなり、その公転速度も一定となり、混合破砕効率も
均一化される。Further, the rotation speeds of the stirring blade 21 and the stirring arm 22 are constant by eliminating the resistance of the inner wall attachment due to the scraping function. As a result, the mixing and crushing blade 18 also has no vibration due to the resistance of the material adhering to the inner wall, the revolution speed thereof is constant, and the mixing and crushing efficiency is uniform.
第1図:本発明装置の断面図、 第2図:攪拌翼21の側面図、 第3図:攪拌アーム22の平面図、 第4図:混合破砕翼18の正面図、 第5図:攪拌翼の取付け例を示す。 第6図:回転機構の正面図、 1:横型円筒容器、 3:攪拌軸、 6:破砕機、 13:空所、 15:破砕機軸、 18:混合破砕翼、 21:攪拌翼、 22:攪拌アーム、 24:ナイフ。 FIG. 1: Cross-sectional view of the apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2: Side view of stirring blade 21, FIG. 3: Plan view of stirring arm 22, FIG. 4: Front view of mixing and crushing blade 18, FIG. An example of attaching the wing is shown. Fig. 6: Front view of rotating mechanism, 1: Horizontal cylindrical container, 3: Mixing shaft, 6: Crusher, 13: Void, 15: Crusher shaft, 18: Mixing blade, 21: Mixing blade, 22: Mixing Arm, 24: knife.
Claims (11)
熱式横型円筒容器1と、その中心軸20に対して同心に内
周壁領域に据えつけられ、容器1の内側壁領域に延びた
回転可能の攪拌翼21および攪拌翼21両側の攪拌アーム22
と、前記容器1の軸3に対して偏心して回転可能に据え
つけられ、かつ前記攪拌翼21および攪拌翼21両側の攪拌
アーム22と共にその内側で回転しながら自由な回転方向
でかつ攪拌翼21とは異なる回転数で回転可能である混合
破砕翼18とで構成され、 かつ、攪拌翼21先端およびアーム22に掻き取りナイフを
着脱可能にした、ことを特徴とする横型円筒攪拌破砕乾
燥装置。1. A wall-heated horizontal cylindrical container 1 for receiving a material to be handled, and a rotatable container which is installed concentrically with respect to its central axis 20 in the inner peripheral wall region and extends in the inner wall region of the container 1. Stirring blade 21 and stirring arms 22 on both sides of stirring blade 21
And is rotatably installed eccentrically with respect to the shaft 3 of the container 1, and is freely rotatable while rotating inside the stirring blades 21 and the stirring arms 22 on both sides of the stirring blades 21. The horizontal cylindrical stirring and crushing and drying apparatus is characterized by comprising a mixing and crushing blade 18 that can be rotated at a different rotation speed from, and a scraping knife that can be attached to and detached from the tip of the stirring blade 21 and the arm 22.
変更できる特許請求の範囲第1項記載の装置。2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of revolutions of the stirring blade 21 can be freely changed at 30 rpm or less.
熱媒体を通すことができる特許請求の範囲第1あるいは
第2項に記載の装置。3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cross section of the stirring blade 21 is hollow so that a heating medium can pass through it.
いは120゜毎に3本放射状に取つけられた特許請求の範
囲1〜3項のいづれか1つに記載の装置。4. An apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein two stirring blades (21) are installed on the stirring shaft (3) every 180 ° or three at every 120 °.
りかつ内側は飛行機の翼状の流線形とした特許請求の範
囲1〜4項のいづれか1つに記載の装置。5. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the shape of the stirring blade 21 is sharp at the tip in the rotational direction and the inside is streamlined like an airfoil of an airplane.
度5゜と等しいかこれより大きくした特許請求の範囲第
1ないし5項のいづれか1つに記載の装置。6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral wall side of the stirring blade 21 has a receding angle θ, and the angle is equal to or larger than 5 °.
どく、横型円筒容器1の内側面翼との対向面の回転方向
反対側は内側に傾斜する後退角θ′を有し、この後退角
θ′は2゜前後である特許請求の範囲第1〜6項のいづ
れか1つに記載の装置。7. The shape of the stirring arm 22 is such that the tip end in the rotational direction, and the opposite side in the rotational direction of the surface of the horizontal cylindrical container 1 facing the inner surface blade has a receding angle θ ′ that inclines inward. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein θ'is around 2 °.
破砕機16は攪拌アーム22内に内蔵される伝動機構を介し
て駆動される特許請求の範囲第1〜7項のいづれか1つ
に記載の装置。8. The mixing and crushing machine 16 which is installed inside the stirring blade 21 and rotates about its own axis is driven by a transmission mechanism incorporated in the stirring arm 22, and any one of claims 1 to 7 is set forth. The device according to.
混合破砕翼18を取り付けた特許請求の範囲1〜8項のい
づれか1つに記載の装置。9. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the mixing and crushing machine 16 has a large number of mixing and crushing blades 18 mounted at right angles to the crushing machine shaft 15.
特許請求の範囲第1〜9項のいづれか1つに記載の装
置。10. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a crush plate 18c is attached to the mixing crush blade 18.
破砕されると同時に排出口方向に搬送するようにした特
許請求の範囲第1〜10項のいづれか1つに記載の装置。11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the crushing plate 18a is twisted so that the material inside is crushed and is conveyed toward the discharge port at the same time.
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