Device and method of closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste masses
AssigneeAlbert H. Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsBernd Maile, Martin Staudenrausch
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Abstract
A method and a device for the closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste mass, in particular sausage meat, wherein the vacuum hopper comprises an inlet for feeding paste mass, in particular sausage meat, as well as an outlet for ejecting the paste mast an inlet valve, which is arranged at the inlet, wherein a negative pressure can be produced in the vacuum hopper. In order to influence the degree of evacuation in the inflowing mass, the inlet valve comprises in the open state an inlet gap S for the paste mass, the gap height (h) of which can be controlled to influence the degree of evacuation of the paste mass.
Claims27
Vacuum hopper for sausage production comprising
- an inlet for feeding paste mass to the hopper;
- an outlet for ejecting the paste mass;
- and
- an inlet valve, which is arranged at the inlet, wherein a negative pressure can be produced in the vacuum hopper;
- and wherein,
- in an open state, the inlet valve forms an inlet gap for the paste mass, and a gap height of the inlet gap in the open state being closed-loop controlled to influence the degree of evacuation of the paste mass.
Method of closed-loop level control and controlled evacuation of paste mass, comprising:
- feeding of paste mass into a vacuum hopper via an inlet valve;
- ejection of the paste mass via an outlet of the vacuum hopper, wherein a negative pressure is produced in the vacuum hopper;
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- closed-loop controlling of a height of an inlet gap of an opened inlet valve for influencing the degree of evacuation of the paste mass.
Inlet valve for the controlled entry of paste mass into a vacuum hopper, comprising a baffle situated opposite a valve face to define an inlet gap, wherein the baffle is formed such that the paste mass is diverted in a direction one of opposite or diagonal to an inlet direction of the paste mass, and wherein the baffle is formed such that it comprises a recess which at least in the outer region of the inlet gap comprises a section sloping from a central axis of the inlet valve diagonally or oppositely from the inlet direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.