Horizontal instant sterilization equipment for traditional Chinese medicine granules

Horizontal instant sterilization equipment for traditional Chinese medicine granules

1、 Research and Development Background

In the production process of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, the sterilization result of the original powder has a great impact on whether the finished product can meet the quality requirements. Therefore, before the original powder is used for medicine, the original powder with excessive microbial limit must be sterilized by appropriate sterilization methods. The determination of the sterilization process for traditional Chinese medicine raw powder requires comprehensive consideration of factors such as the properties of the sterilized raw powder, the effectiveness and economy of the sterilization method, the integrity and stability of the sterilized raw powder, and confirmation that key parameters (such as temperature, pressure, time, humidity, or sterilization gas temperature) are within the validated range.

The instant sterilization equipment for Chinese medicine granules developed by Wanchuang uses pure superheated steam as the sterilization medium to rapidly sterilize and dry the granules. It is one of the ideal equipment for pharmaceutical, food, spice enterprises to sterilize and dry traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, food, spice, etc. It has the effective characteristics of energy saving, high efficiency, safety, reliability, economy, and maximizing the preservation of natural powder particles.

2、 Sterilization principle

There are various types of Chinese medicinal materials in our country, among which sugar and oil containing medicinal materials account for a large proportion. The sterilization method has always been a major challenge. Polysaccharides and volatile oils in medicinal herbs are key factors in their effectiveness, and selecting the correct method for sterilization can ensure minimal loss of active ingredients.

The WC-FMD series instant sterilization equipment for traditional Chinese medicine granules has a good sterilization effect on medicinal materials with high sugar and oil content. The microorganisms of medicinal herbs are mainly concentrated on the surface of the herbs. Overheated steam sterilizes the surface of medicinal herbs, and the larger the surface area, the smaller the impact on the active ingredients.

IIISize of sterilized material

Horizontal instant sterilization equipment for traditional Chinese medicine granules

4Equipment performance characteristics

• This device uses "superheated steam" as the medium: it has good penetration, rapid sterilization, safety, reliability, no agglomeration or coking, and has a long production time. The equipment is connected in series with the pipeline of the superheated steam generator, and further gasified to form superheated steam, obtaining higher steam temperature and higher heat transfer coefficient. The steam system has a compact structure and is easy to maintain.

• Configure PLC control with self check mode, automatically running the entire process of pipeline sterilization, heating, feeding, sterilization, gas powder separation and cooling. Equipped with a human-machine interface control system, it automatically monitors temperature, pressure, time, operating status, etc; At the same time, it has a complete function of recording sterilization records for different material formulas, which is easy to operate, flexible, and data can be directly printed.

• The overall equipment adopts high-strength aluminum alloy frame; The electronic control cabinet is made of USU304 stainless steel material, with a clean and beautiful appearance.

• The system sets up three-level permissions to ensure that the equipment is operated by professional personnel, avoid accidental contact, and ensure the integrity of sterilization data and the safety of the equipment.

• Cooling unloading system: using a cyclone separator and water-cooled cooling, the cooling effect is good. After sterilization, the material is quickly cooled to room temperature with minimal physical and chemical changes. The continuous production sterilization time is short and the cooling speed is fast, so high-temperature sterilization is adopted for high efficiency, energy saving and consumption reduction.

• The equipment adopts manual feeding or vacuum feeding (customer provided) or spiral feeding (customer optional). Can be connected to the production line and can connect two clean areas (low-level area - high-level area) to prevent secondary pollution during material transfer.

• Comes with an automatic cleaning program to clean *. Automatically dry after cleaning. Before starting up, use high concentration ozone disinfection (O3 concentration ≥ 1000PPM) to ensure the sterility of the internal pipelines of the system.