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US 9,907,313 B2Granted
System for overturning tanks of kneading machines
AssigneeSancassiano S.p.A.
InventorDavide Drocco
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Abstract
A system for overturning tanks, in particular tanks of kneading machines, includes a vertical supporting structure, an overturning unit, which is mobile along the structure between a lowered position and a raised position and can turn about an axis transverse to the vertical direction, and a system for driving the movement of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position. A further actuation system is provided for governing the movement of rotation of said unit independently of said movement between said lowered position and said raised position.
Claims19
A system for overturning tanks of kneading machines,
- comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- an overturning unit, which is mobile along said structure between a lowered position and a raised position and can turn about an axis transverse to the direction of raising of said unit;
- an actuation system for driving the movement of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position;
- and
- a further actuation system provided for governing the movement of rotation of said unit independently of said movement between said lowered position and said raised position;
- a control unit configured for governing said actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of translation of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said further actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of rotation of said unit about said axis of rotation, and wherein:
- said control unit configured for governing said actuation system and said further actuation system according to at least one of the following operating parameters:
- a parameter K representing the ratio between said speed of translation and said speed of rotation;
- and/or
- a parameter Ω corresponding to the total rotation angle of the movement of overturning of the tank,
- wherein said parameter K and said parameter Ω are variable according to the value of density of said dough;
- wherein said control unit is configured for executing a program of selection of the dough that proposes a list of different types of dough among which the operator can select the desired one, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said actuation system and/or said further actuation system according to said at least one of said operating parameters that is variable according to a type of dough selected.
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A method for turning over a tank, in particular the tank of a kneading machine, in a system for overturning tanks, wherein said system comprises:
- a supporting structure;
- an overturning unit, which is mobile along said structure between a lowered position and a raised position and can turn about an axis transverse to the direction of raising of said unit;
- and
- raising and/or lowering, and rotating said unit, via selective driving of two respective motion-actuation systems, which are distinct and independent of one another, one associated to the motion of rotation and the other associated to the motion of raising and lowering;
- a control unit configured for governing said actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of translation of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said further actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of rotation of said unit about said axis of rotation, and wherein:
- said control unit is configured for governing said actuation system and said further actuation system according to at least one of the following operating parameters:
- a parameter K representing the ratio between said speed of translation and said speed of rotation;
- and/or
- a parameter Ω corresponding to the total rotation angle of the movement of overturning of the tank,
- wherein said parameter K and said parameter Ω are variable according to [the type of dough, in particular according to] the value of density of said dough
- wherein said control unit is configured for executing a program of selection of the dough that proposes a list of different types of dough among which the operator can select the desired one, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said actuation system and/or said further actuation system according to said at least one of said operating parameters that is variable according to the type of dough selected.
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A system for overturning tanks of kneading machines, comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- an overturning unit, which is mobile along said structure between a lowered position and a raised position and ca n turn about an axis transverse to the direction of raising of said unit;
- an actuation system for driving the movement of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position;
- and
- a further actuation system provided for governing the movement of rotation of said unit independently of said movement between said lowered position and said raised position;
- a control unit configured for governing said actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of translation of said unit between said lowered position and said raised position, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said further actuation system and controlling the speed of the movement of rotation of said unit about said axis of rotation, and wherein:
- said control unit configured for governing said actuation system and said further actuation system according to at least one of the following operating parameter:
- a parameter K representing the ratio between said speed of translation and said speed of rotation;
- and
- a parameter Ω corresponding to the total rotation angle of the movement of overturning of the tank,
- wherein said parameter K and said parameter Ω are variable according to the value of density of said dough;
- wherein said parameter K is represented by the ratio of said speed of translation to said speed of rotation, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said actuation system and said further actuation system according to said operating parameter, which is variable according to the density of said dough, in such a way that:
- for a type of dough having a first density, said parameter has a first value;
- and
- for a second type of dough having a second density lower than said first density, said parameter has a second value lower than said first value;
- wherein said control unit is configured for governing said further actuation system according to said operating parameter Ω, in such a way that:
- for a type of dough having a first density, said parameter has a first value;
- for a second type of dough having a second density lower than said first density, said parameter has a second value higher than said first value;
- and
- wherein said control unit is configured for executing a program of selection of the dough that proposes a list of different types of dough among which the operator can select the desired one, and wherein said control unit is configured for governing said actuation system and/or said further actuation system according to said at least one of said operating parameters that is variable according to the type of dough selected.
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