Horizontal stuffing machines play a key role in industries such as food processing, but their production efficiency is often faced with some bottlenecks.
First, the supply speed and stability of fillings and dough is a major bottleneck. If the filling supply is uneven, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, or the dough delivery is stuck, it will cause the stuffing machine to stop intermittently, seriously affecting the overall production efficiency. For example, when the filling is too viscous or contains large particles, it is easy to get stuck in the filling delivery pipeline, causing the feeding interruption. The solution is to optimize the filling formula and pretreatment process to ensure that it has good fluidity and uniformity, and at the same time upgrade the filling delivery system, such as increasing the pipe diameter, using a more powerful delivery pump, and equipping it with pressure monitoring and automatic dredging devices to ensure a stable supply of fillings. For the dough part, the ratio of flour and water and the kneading process of the dough should be accurately controlled to ensure that the dough texture is uniform and continuous, and the dough forming and delivery equipment should be regularly maintained and debugged.
Secondly, the mechanical structure design and movement coordination of the stuffing machine limit efficiency. Traditional mechanical structures may have problems such as cumbersome movements and unsmooth conversions. For example, the connection between stuffing and sealing is not tight enough, which takes too much time. This requires redesigning and optimizing the mechanical structure, using more advanced cam mechanisms, connecting rod mechanisms or servo drive systems to enable each action to be carried out accurately, quickly and in a coordinated manner. For example, using servo motors to accurately control the movements of stuffing pushing, dough wrapping and sealing molds can reduce the movement gap and idle travel time, thereby greatly increasing the amount of stuffing per unit time.
Furthermore, the long debugging and troubleshooting time of the equipment will also drag down production efficiency. Due to the complex structure of the horizontal stuffing machine, once a fault occurs, it often takes a long time to determine the fault point and perform repairs. To solve this problem, on the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the training of operators and maintenance personnel so that they are familiar with the working principle of the equipment and common troubleshooting methods; on the other hand, an intelligent fault diagnosis system should be introduced to monitor the operating status of the equipment in real time, warn of potential faults in advance, and quickly locate the problem when a fault occurs, and provide maintenance suggestions. At the same time, the modular design concept should be considered when designing the equipment to facilitate the rapid replacement of faulty modules and reduce maintenance time.
Finally, the overall planning and lack of coordination of the production process will also affect the efficiency of the horizontal stuffing machine. If the connection between the stuffing machine and upstream and downstream equipment such as raw material pretreatment equipment and packaging equipment is not smooth, it will cause material backlog or long waiting time. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically plan the entire production process, optimize the material transmission route, and adopt an automated material handling system and intelligent control system to ensure that the horizontal stuffing machine and other equipment can work efficiently and realize continuous production, thereby comprehensively improving production efficiency.
