JPH03219831A - Method for cutting noodle strip - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to obtain needles having a uniform length of cut pieces by forming creases with the thickness or width decreased in part in the longitudinal direction of noodle strips, then frying the creased noodle strips in an oil and subsequently applying a force to the aforementioned creases. CONSTITUTION:A noodle sheet 5 is rolled into a prescribed thickness with a rolling machine 6 composed of several sets of rolling rollers, then passed through a slitter 7, cut parallel in the longitudinal direction and processed into many noodle strips 8 parallel at a prescribed interval in the width direction. The resultant noodle strips 8 are then conveyed to a creasing machine 9 and creased for cutting at a prescribed interval. The noodle strips 8 with the formed creases for cutting are passed through a steamer 12, steamed and subsequently seasoned with a seasoning machine 13 to be ready for frying in an oil. The obtained noodle strips 8 are further placed on a net conveyor in an oil in a frying pan of a fryer 14, passed therethrough for a prescribed time and fried in the oil. The temperature of the needle strips 8 is decreased with a cooling machine 15 and the cooled noodle strips 8 are then cut with a cutter 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for cutting noodle strings into predetermined lengths in a noodle processing process.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, noodles have been processed by following the steps shown in FIG. That is, first, the noodle ingredients such as flour and water are kneaded, and this is processed into a large number of noodle strings arranged in parallel in the width direction, which are then passed through a frying pan filled with hot oil and fried. This was cut into a predetermined length using a cutter to make your own noodle strings.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, when the noodle strings are fried, they become hard and
The inside of the noodles becomes porous and brittle.

If you attempt to cut the noodle strings after frying them in oil as in the above noodle processing process, when the cutter comes into contact with the noodle strings and force is applied to them, they will break at places other than the cutting position, resulting in There was a problem in that the area around the cutting position was broken into small pieces, making it impossible to cut cleanly, and the length of the cut pieces not being uniform.

On the other hand, if you cut the noodle strings in advance and then place the cut pieces on a net conveyor and pass them through a frying pan to fry them, some of the cut pieces will fall out of the mesh of the net and fall apart. There was a problem in that each cut piece was deformed by heat.

Therefore, the present invention has been developed to cut noodle strings that can be cut at a predetermined position after frying without cutting the noodle strings before frying, thereby making the cut pieces uniform in length. The goal is to propose a method.

[Means for Solving the Problems] As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention involves processing kneaded noodle materials into linear noodle strings, frying the noodle strings in oil, and then cutting them into predetermined lengths. In the process of processing noodles to be cut into pieces, before frying the noodle strings, folded noodles for cutting are formed at predetermined intervals by thinning at least one of the thickness and width of the noodle strings in a part of the length direction, and the noodles are fried in oil. The above problem was solved by proposing a method for cutting noodle strings in which the noodle strings are broken by applying force to the folded noodles.

[Function] Folded noodles for cutting are formed on the noodle strings at predetermined intervals to be cut, and after being fried in oil, the noodle strings are folded so as to apply force to the creases, and the noodle strings are cut at these portions. Cut by folding.

At this time, at least one of the thickness and width of the noodle strings is thinner at the folded part for cutting, and the strength is lower than other parts, so the noodle strings easily break along the folded part. Then, it is cut into pieces of a predetermined length.

In addition, since the noodle strings are fried without being cut, the noodle strings do not fall apart and part of them fall into the frying pan during frying, and furthermore, the noodle strings do not become deformed.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of this invention will be described based on FIGS. 2 to 4.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing apparatus of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, this processing apparatus 1 is an apparatus for manufacturing fried noodles to be used as ingredients for instant foods, and the present embodiment will be described below in accordance with the order of the noodle processing steps.

First, the kneading machine 2 produces wheat flour, which is the raw material for noodles.

Salt, water, etc. are kneaded with a mixer blade (not shown) to produce noodle dough 3, and this dough 3 is compounded with a compound machine 4 to form noodle strips 5. This noodle strip 5 is further rolled to a predetermined thickness by a rolling mill 6 consisting of several sets of rolling rollers, and then passed through a slitter 7 to cut the noodle strip 5 parallel to the length direction and widthwise. A large number of noodle strings 8 are processed in parallel at predetermined intervals. At this time, each of the noodle strings 8 has a width of about 1.5 mm and a thickness of about 1 mm, for example. The noodle strings 8 are then conveyed to a crease forming machine 9, where folded noodles for cutting are attached at predetermined intervals.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the crease forming machine. As shown in the figure, the crease forming machine 9 includes a creasing roller 10 arranged above the noodle strings 8 and a receiving roller 11 arranged below the noodle strings 8.

With this crease, the roller 10 has a cylindrical main body 10a.
The main body 1
There are four blades 10b at 90 degree intervals on the circumferential side of 0a.
are installed radially. In addition, the roller 11 of the receiver is also arranged at both ends thereof to be pivoted to the machine frame, so that the creases are arranged parallel to the roller 10. And the blade 10b
The lowest position when the tip is the lowest and the receiver is roller 11
A predetermined interval equal to or less than the thickness of the noodle vA8 is maintained between the circumferential sides, and the two do not come into contact with each other. Note that this interval is determined by the type of noodle strings 8 to be processed, but is usually adjusted so that the cutting creases C are formed at a depth of about 1/4 to 3/4 of the thickness of the noodle strings 8. This is desirable.

For creasing, the roller 10 rotates in conjunction with the conveyance of the noodle strings 8, and the noodle strings 8 are sandwiched between the tip of the blade 10b and the side surface of the roller 11, and the noodle strings 8 are placed on the upper surface of the noodle strings 8. Cutting creases C are formed at predetermined intervals, for example, at intervals of about 25 mm.

The noodle strings 8 on which the cutting creases C have been formed as described above are passed through a steamer 12 for steaming, then seasoned with a flavoring machine 13 and fried in tofu, as shown in FIG. Get ready. Further, the noodle strings 8 are placed on a net conveyor (not shown) through the oil in the frying pan of the fryer 14 and fried by passing through the oil for a predetermined period of time, and the temperature of the noodle strings 8 is lowered by the cooler 13. Cut by a cutting machine 16. In addition, after being fried,
The noodle strings 8, which have been cooled to a low temperature, evaporate the moisture inside due to the heat during deep-frying and become porous due to the formation of air passages to the outside, which makes them brittle and the temperature of the noodle strings 8 becomes brittle. It loses its pliability and becomes hard.

FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the cutting machine 16. As shown in the figure, this cutting machine 16 includes a bending roller 17 disposed at a position facing the end of the noodle strings 8, and a support that sandwiches and supports the midway part near the end of the noodle strings 8 from above and below. It consists of a tool 18.

The bending roller 17 has both ends pivoted to a machine frame (not shown) so that the cylindrical main body 17a is perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the noodle strings 8.
The blades 17b are fixed radially at intervals of 90 degrees. On the other hand, the support tool 18 is formed by stacking in parallel a lower support plate 18a that guides the noodle strings 8 on the lower side and an upper support plate 18b that suppresses the noodle strings 8 from above. Note that noodle strings 8 are provided between the support 18 and the main body 17a of the bending roller 17.
The distance is slightly longer than the distance between adjacent folds C.

This bending roller 17 rotates 90 degrees each time the noodle strings 8 are conveyed the distance between the adjacent cutting creases C, and the blade 17b
comes into contact with the upper side of the end of the noodle strings 8.

When the bending roller 17 further rotates, the blade 17b bends the noodle strings 8 downward, and when this bending force exceeds a certain value, the noodle strings 8 are broken from the cutting crease C.
It becomes a cut piece 8a and falls downward. At this time, the noodle strings 8 in front of this cutting position in the conveyance direction are fixed by the upper and lower supports 18, so they will not be bent, and therefore the noodle strings 8 will not be broken at a position other than the predetermined crease C. It will never go away. Note that in order to efficiently concentrate the bending force on the cutting crease C, this crease C should be placed on the lower support plate 1.
It is desirable that the timing is such that the blade 17b bends the noodle strings 8 immediately after passing the end portion of the noodle strings 8a on the side of the bending roller 17.

Then, the tip of the noodle strings 8 advances to the vicinity of the bending roller 17 before the next blade 17b comes out, and by repeating the above operation, the noodle strings 8 are automatically successively stretched to a predetermined length. Cut it into pieces.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cut pieces 8a of the noodle strings that have been broken off in this way fall onto a conveyor 19 placed below the cutting machine 16, and are sent to the next process such as weighing and packaging. transported.

As described above, depending on the processing device 1 of the present embodiment, since the cutting creases C are formed by the blade 10b of the roller 10 rotating at a constant speed, the creases C can be easily formed at predetermined intervals. I can go on. Further, in the work of folding the noodle strings 8, since the support tool 18 supports the noodle strings 8 after the fold line C to be cut, it is possible to prevent the force from concentrating on other parts and causing the noodle strings 8 to break. can.

The number of blades 10b and 17b of the creasing roller 10 and the bending roller 17 is as follows:
The number of noodle strings 8 is not necessarily limited to four, and may be increased or decreased to an optimal number according to conditions such as the conveyance speed of the noodle strings 8.

In particular, when the fried noodle strings 8 are easily broken, the cutting device 16 is replaced with a rotating roller 20 having a number of protrusions 20a formed on the circumferential surface, instead of a bending roller, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to have a structure in which the noodle strings 8 are bent by bending the traveling direction of the noodle strings 8 by the rotating roller 20, thereby breaking the noodle strings 8.

Further, in this embodiment, the crease forming machine 10 and the cutting machine 16
Although these devices are all constructed using rollers having blades, it goes without saying that these devices may also be constructed using, for example, a lifting mechanism that moves up and down using a cam mechanism or a cylinder.

Further, in this embodiment, the crease forming machine 9 is arranged between the slitter 7 and the steamer 12, but the crease forming machine 9 can be arranged at any position between the slitter 7 and the fryer 14. It may be arranged between the attaching machine 13 and the fryer 14.

Further, in this embodiment, the noodle string processing apparatus does not form waves, but a wave forming machine may be provided at the position A or B in FIG. 2 to form a wave noodle processing apparatus.

In addition, the processing device 1 of this embodiment processes the noodle strings 8 using the noodle belt 5.
Although this is done by cutting the noodles with a slitter 7, the processing device is not limited to this, and may be a processing device that forms the noodle strings 8 by injection molding the noodle dough.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, depending on the method of cutting the noodle strings of the present invention, folded noodles are only formed at the cutting position and the noodle strings are not cut before frying. The noodle strings will not fall apart and the negative part will fall into the frying pan, and the noodle strings will not be deformed when fried with oil.

Further, depending on the method of the present invention, the noodle strings are cut at predetermined positions according to the formed folded noodles for cutting, thereby making the cut pieces uniform in length and making it possible to obtain a good yield.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle processing process of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the processing device of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the crease forming device, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the folding device. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a cutting machine having another structure, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional noodle processing process.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In the noodle processing step in which kneaded noodle materials are processed into linear noodle strings, these noodle strings are fried in oil, and then cut into pieces of a predetermined length, before the noodle strings are fried in oil. Folded noodles for cutting, in which at least one of the thickness and width of the noodle strings is thinner in a part of the length direction, are formed at predetermined intervals, and after being fried in oil, force is applied to the folded noodles to break the noodle strings. How to cut noodle strings.