I-C-AW Program Cycle-Controlled Operation Of A Portioning Drum For A Dough Portioning And Kneading Machine
AssigneeKöNig Maschinen Gesellschaft M.B.H.
InventorsRobert Sauseng, Eduard Rauch, Hannes Stelzer
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Abstract
A method for weighing and transporting dough includes a weighing device having a weighing pusher which can be moved back and forth controllably in an output channel. A dough drum can be rotated or pivoted around its axis, having at least one receiving chamber for receiving dough and, in each receiving chamber, a weighing pad linearly guided in the receiving chamber in the radial direction of the dough drum and adjusted in the receiving chamber by an adjusting device. A kneading drum has a number of kneading chambers distributed uniformly around the periphery of the kneading drum.
Claims11
A method for weighing and transporting dough, having a device that includes:
- a weighing device with a weighing pusher, which can be controllably moved back and forth in an output channel,
- a dough drum, which can pivot or rotate around its own axis, and which comprises at least one receiving chamber to receive dough and, in each receiving chamber, a weighing pad that is linearly directed in the receiving chamber in the radial direction of the dough drum and is shifted by an adjusting device in the receiving chamber, and
- a kneading drum with a number of kneading chambers distributed uniformly around the periphery of the kneading drum,
- such that in a weighing step a), a defined dough volume is weighed out and/or pressed in along the output channel into at least one receiving chamber by means of the weighing pusher, such that the weighed-out dough volume is predetermined and preset by means of radial shifting of the weighing pad,
- such that in a transport step b) after reaching the preset filling volume and/or filling pressure in the receiving chamber the weighing pusher is stopped and the dough drum is pivoted into a transfer region until the respective receiving chamber filled with dough is positioned opposite one of the kneading chambers, so that the dough can be transferred out of the receiving chamber into the respective kneading chamber, and
- such that the weighing pad is shifted in the receiving chamber in a discharge step c) in such a way that the dough is pushed out of the receiving chamber and transferred to the kneading chamber,
- wherein the adjusting device includes at least one linear drive, which controllably shifts at least one weighing pad, in particular all weighing pads, simultaneously and uniformly, such that the lift height and/or the adjustment speed and/or the adjustment time of the weighing pads is controlled and modified by the adjusting device depending on the characteristics of the dough or according to a template.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.