Method for operating the rake gear in a lauter tub for beer production
AssigneeAnton Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsKurt Strippler, Klaus Wasmuht, Wolfgang Maitner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The height position of the rake gear rotating in a lauter tub for the production of beer is automatically controlled in accordance with the flow rate or the differential pressure. The control is effected in such a way that when there is a drop in the flow rate or an increase in the differential pressure, the rake gear is moved to a lower position, whereas when there is an increase in the flow rate or a drop in the differential pressure, it is moved to a higher position. In addition, the rotational speed of the rake gear can be increased or reduced at the same time as it is raised and lowered.
Claims7
A method for operating a raking device in a lauter tub having a wort outflow and containing a lauter wort from which beer is produced from a lautering process within the tub, comprising the steps of
- (a) continuously rotating the raking device within the tub;
- and
- (b) continuously vertically displacing the raking device within the tub in accordance with the flow of the lauter wort through the wort outflow of the lauter tub and in accordance with the pressure differential within the tub, thereby to optimize the lautering process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.