Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau Gmbh

Klaus Koch

Gerhard Syrbius

Hans-Joachim Schaeffer

Manfred Klemm

Rolf Skubich

Rainer Klaus

The invention relates to a process for a uniform and fast heating of products by microwaves that are pulsed and introduced intermittently into the products, with the products to be treated, such as chemical or pharmaceutical products or foodstuffs, particularly ready-cooked meals, being conveyed by a continuously working endless conveyor belt through a treatment chamber in open or closed microwave-permeable trays and with the treatment chamber being equipped with microwave generator supply channels that are arranged in a vertical or inclined position relative to the conveyor belt. The line is operated at a microwave power profile that shortens the build-up time and breaking time of the microwave pulses, at a working frequency of 50 kHz that has an edge steepness of 2 microseconds, and with pulses the amplitudes of which have a rectangular form and the length of which is in the microseconds or milliseconds region.

Process for a uniform heating, pasteurization and sterilization of

An apparatus is provided for uniformly and rapidly heating, pasteurizing and/or sterilizing food products which comprises a conveyor on which the food products are conveyed and a source of radio-frequency radiation which is directed at the food products. The source is connected to shaped electrodes, the shaping of the electrodes and their spacing from the food product being selected in dependence upon the configuration and irradiation required of the product being treated. The food product may be a pre-cooked meal comprising a plurality of constituents and the electrode is then shaped to take into account the geometry of the different constituents and in combination with the spacing of the electrode from the product, takes the heating requirements of the individual components into account.

Apparatus for irradiating food products

A method and apparatus for even and rapid heating, pasteurization or sterilization of products contained in a package, such as, for example, pharmaceutical products or food, which are conveyed through a microwave treatment chamber on a continuous conveyor belt. In order to heat components of the products having different heat absorption for the purpose of reaching the pasteurization temperature rapidly and evenly, the temperature of the components is recorded by a temperature sensor, and on the basis of this the computer calculates the respective .DELTA.T, taking into account given product parameters and the desired temperature to be reached. When the product passes under the following input aperture, a given microwave energy level is coupled into each specific component, as a result of which an even temperature of all products in the package is achieved very rapidly without overheating of the product.

Method and apparatus for even heating of products by means of microwaves

A method and apparatus for even and rapid heating, pasteurization or sterilization of food by microwave energy. The products to be heated are passed through an oblong microwave treatment chamber on a continuous conveyor belt. The beginning and end of a container on the conveyor is registered before or during entry into the treatment chamber, and this information is transmitted to a computer. On the basis of this information, the computer switches on and off the input microwave energy of the individual input channels when the containers or packages pass under the input channels, the switch-on and switch-off points being set in relation to the container or package length and the axial aperture center of the input channels. The microwave energy to be input into the product is preset in the computer.

Method of operation and device for even heating by means of microwaves

An apparatus is provided for the uniform and rapid heating of foodstuffs, usually for pasteurization and sterilization purposes, by means of microwave energy. The cross-sectional shape of the outlet of the wave guides through which the microwave energy is supplied is selected so as to be geometrically similar to that of the product to be treated. A spacing is maintained between the outlet aperture and the surface of the product, which spacing is not greater than the wavelength of the microwave energy be used. These features provide rapid and appropriate processing of a food product while, at the same time, preventing the harmful overheating of the edge regions of the product.

Apparatus for the uniform and rapid heating of foodstuffs

A screw press for extracting liquids from liquid-solid mixtures continuously and in a single operation. The press comprises a barrel divided into a feed section and a pin-barrel section. A rotatable screw is disposed in the barrel. Grooves are provided in the feed section to ensure a good feed input and hence an economical throughput, the pin-barrel section including radial pins extending into the barrel which, together with the rotation of the screw cause a high pressure to build up in the barrel thereby comminuting the mixture. The screw has helical flights formed thereon, the flights defining ridges, radial bores being formed in the ridges which communicate with an axial bore formed in the screw permitting the draining away the extracted liquid directly from the region in which it is extracted.

Screw press for mechanically separating liquids from mixtures of liquids

An apparatus for continuously producing wood pulp from wood shavings comprising a screw which rotates within a hollow cylinder. The hollow interior of the cylinder is divided into a pressure zone and a grinding and bleaching zone, the shavings being subjected to at least partially defibrillation under a high, continuously-increasing pressure in the pressure zone and then being simultaneously further defibrillated and bleached in the grinding and bleaching zone. The grinding and bleaching zone includes a plurality of pin planes, each plane being formed of at least three radially extending pins which project through the wall of the cylinder, the planes being spaced apart along the length of the screw. The pin planes provide a further pressure increase and produce a desired grinding and defibrillation effect, so that wood pulp is produced without damaging the material and a bleaching agent is simultaneously injected into the grinding and bleaching zone, is caused to be distributed thoroughly and uniformly through the fibers. A method for producing wood pulp in a screw press comprising the steps of feeding the shavings into the hollow interior of the cylinder which is divided into two zones, rotating the screw while at least minimizing the rotation of the shavings with the screw to cause the shavings to traverse the first zone so that the pressure acting on the shavings builds up and at least partial defibrillation of the shavings occurs, the shavings then entering the second zone in which they are simultaneously ground and bleached, the grinding being effected by pressing the shavings, by the rotation of the screw, against radially extending pins projecting through the cylinder to the base of the screw, the pins being located in a plurality of pin planes extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the screw and at least three pins being provided in each plane and the bleaching being effected by injecting a bleaching or other treatment agent into the cylinder in the grinding and bleaching zone, and finally discharging the thus produced wood pulp from the cylinder.

Apparatus and a method for producing wood pulp in a hollow cylinder

An extrusion device used for extracting liquids from liquid-solid mixtures and which operates on the separation gap principle, comprising a screw rotating in a barrel. Pins project radially inwardly into the barrel. The separation gaps and the internal lining of the barrel are maintained in an operationally efficient state for long periods of time even if highly abrasive and/or corrosive mixtures are being treated. The internal surface of the hollow barrel is lined with individual, interchangeable segments which are peripherally staggered relative to one another in the form of a wall, end face or tip portions are located on the end portion of the pins. Moreover, the screw comprises a mandrel on which are mounted individual screw flight portions. Between the flight portions, ring portions are mounted on the mandrel. These ring portions and the tip portions mounted on the pins define the separation gaps. Accordingly, those parts which are liable to wear or corrode can be readily replaced.

Extrusion devices

A worm press for mechanically separating liquid/solid mixtures comprising a feed region and a pin-barrel pressing region. The worm has at least one flight, each of which flights is interrupted so as to enable the flight to pass the stationary pins in the pin-barrel region. The downstream ends or points of the worm flight portions formed by the interruptions are specially shaped in order to increase considerably the strength and service-life of the highly stressed points. This is achieved by reducing the size of the thrust flank, so that the flank subtends an angle of from 20.degree. to 50.degree. relative to the line perpendicular to the worm axis. Desirably, the thus-angled profiled tip region of the flight portions are interchangeable.

Worm press for mechanically separating liquid/solid mixtures

The press installation includes a screw rotatably mounted in a cylinder. A very high pressure is produced to separate liquids from a mixture, with the separated liquid being drained off through bore holes in stationary pins at the location where it is released. In the discharge zone, the screw is devoid of threads whereby the annular cross sectional area between the screw core and the cylinder is increased. This extends the retention time and thus the amount of dehydration of the material as it passes through the discharge zone. Additionally provided in the discharge zone are annular offsets around the screw core in the vicinity of the pins, which prevent the penetration of solids into the drainage bore holes.

Press installation

A bark processing machine comprising a cylindrical tube with a driven screw disposed therein has a helical member on the screw formed by a plurality of highly abrasion-resistant and interchargeable segments. Preferably the segments have a stepped seat co-operating with a stepped seat on the pressure side of a base member of helical form welded to the core of the screw, the segments being secured to the base member by screws.

Bark processing machine

An extraction device for separating liquid from a liquid-solid mixture such as sludge or beet slices comprising a screw rotatably driveable in a barrel. The screw has a helical flight formed thereon defining a screw thread. The depth of the thread, in the axial direction of the screw, decreases in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance of the material. A secondary helical flight formed on the screw defines a second thread for conveying extracted liquid in a direction to the direction of conveyance of the mixture. The two threads are adjacent one another. The second thread is closed at each of its ends, upstream, in the direction of conveyance of the mixture, of an outlet in the barrel for the solid components and downstream of an inlet for the mixture.

Extraction device

An extraction device for extracting liquids from liquid-solid mixtures comprising a screw rotatable in a barrel the screw having at least one flight helically disposed thereon to define the screw thread, the flight having gaps formed therein, the gaps being dimensioned so as to correspond to the diameter of pins extending radially through the barrel towards the screw axis, the pins having axial bores formed therein for the discharge of liquid the bores being open in the direction of the axis of the screw. The bores are connected to a liquid discharge network.

An extraction device for treating liquid-solid mixtures such as sewage sludge or paper pulp to remove liquid therefrom, includes a preliminary treatment station. The preliminary treatment station comprises at least two interchangeable perforated containers located on a displaceable receiver turntable beneath which a stationary disc is coaxially located. The stationary disc is provided with an aperture eccentrically disposed thereon, the aperture having a cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the lower end of the container located on the turntable and to the cross-sectional area of an inlet aperture provided in the extraction device. By rotating the receiver turntable in a timed sequence a container is always moved beneath a filler tube, filled and further rotated. The solid components drop to the bottom of the container and liquid is discharged through the perforations provided in the container and the mixture thus has liquid removed in a preliminary treatment. The solid-containing mixture is finally passed over then fed into a conventional extraction device. In a subsequent cycle, the next perforated container is filled, and a preceding container is emptied by being displaced until it is located above the filler aperture of the extraction device.

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Laatzen, Germany

Klaus Koch