Encapsulated/air-free crushing and mash production
AssigneeHRCH. Huppman GmbH
InventorsAugust Lenz Junior, Hans Herrmann, Bernd Kantelberg
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Abstract
A plant and a process for crushing and mash production is provided wherein the raw material to be processed is broken up and mashed in a mill system. Prior to the mill system (1) being filled with the material (6) to be crushed the mill system is filled with an inert gas from a gas reservoir (13) so that the atmospheric oxygen in the mill system (1) is substantially displaced. After the mill system (1) has been filled, the latter is sealed in substantially gas-tight manner and the raw material (6) is ground and mashed in, subject to exclusion of atmospheric oxygen.
Claims20
A process for crushing and mash production, the process comprising:
- providing a mill system;
- breaking up and mashing raw material to be processed in the mill system;
- filling the mill system with an inert gas to displace the atmospheric oxygen in the mill system prior to the mill system being filled with the material to be crushed;
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- sealing the mill system in a gas-tight manner after the mill system has been filled with the material to be crushed.
A plant for crushing and mash production, the plant comprising:
- a raw material supply;
- a mash outlet;
- devices for crushing and mashing-in of the raw materials;
- an inert gas supply;
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- shut off and pressurization means for shutting off the entire plant gas tightly and pressurizing the plant with inert gas via said inert gas supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.