Dewatering machine capable of controlling moisture content
A dewatering machine includes a screen, a screw and at least one moisture content control wing. The screen has a hollow inside, has an inlet portion through which livestock manure is inputted at a first side and an outlet portion through which dehydrated livestock manure is outputted at a second side, and has a plurality of moisture exhaust holes penetrating from an inside of the screen to an outside of the screen. The screw includes a rotation axis and a main wing formed into a spiral shape along a longitudinal direction of the rotation axis. At least one moisture content control wing is disposed between the main wings adjacent to the outlet portion, and is formed into a spiral shape along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis.
1. A dewatering machine comprising:
a screen having a hollow inside, having an inlet portion through which livestock manure is inputted at a first side and an outlet portion through which dehydrated livestock manure is outputted at a second side, and having a plurality of moisture exhaust holes penetrating from an inside of the screen to an outside of the screen;
a screw comprising a rotation axis and a plurality of main wings, the main wings arranged in a spiral shape along a longitudinal direction of the rotation axis; and
a plurality of moisture content control wings disposed between the main wings adjacent to the outlet portion, the moisture content control wings extending in a spiral shape along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis,
wherein each of the moisture content control wings has a predetermined length, such that the moisture content control wings do not overlap with each other along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis,
wherein the moisture content control wings comprises at least three moisture content control wings spaced apart from each other when viewed along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis, and a length of each of the moisture content control wings is less than ¼ of a length of an arc of the rotation axis of the screw.
2. The dewatering machine of claim 1 , wherein each of the moisture content control wings is detachably coupled with the rotation axis.
3. The dewatering machine of claim 2 , wherein each of the moisture content control wings is coupled with a guide groove which is concave along a spiral direction at the rotation axis.
4. The dewatering machine of claim 3 , wherein each of the moisture content control wings comprises:
a blade outwardly protruded from the rotation axis; and
an inserted portion extending from the blade and inserted into the guide groove.
5. The dewatering machine of claim 4 , wherein each of the guide groove and the inserted portion has a width increasing toward an inside of the rotation axis.
6. The dewatering machine of claim 3 , wherein each of the moisture content control wings has at least one wing piece.
7. The dewatering machine of claim 6 , wherein
each of the moisture content control wings comprises at least one infill block, and
the infill block fills a remaining space in the guide groove, after the wing piece is coupled with the guide groove.
8. The dewatering machine of claim 2 , wherein each of the moisture content control wings comprises at least one variable pin, and a number of the at least one variable pin coupled with the rotation axis is changed considering moisture content of the livestock manure.
9. The dewatering machine of claim 8 , wherein
each of the moisture content control wings further comprises a fixing block fixed to the rotation axis, and
the at least one variable pin is added to the fixing block, to be coupled with the rotation axis, with changing the number of the at least one variable pin considering the moisture content of the livestock manure.
10. The dewatering machine of claim 1 , wherein the moisture content control wings is spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction.
11. The dewatering machine of claim 1 , wherein
the screw comprises a first body and a second body detachably coupled with the first body, and
the second body comprises a rotation axis to which the moisture content control wings are coupled.
12. The dewatering machine of claim 1 , wherein
each of the moisture exhaust holes extends with a slot shape along an extending direction of the screen, and
the moisture exhaust holes are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the screen.
13. The dewatering machine of claim 12 , wherein the screen comprises:
a plurality of wedge wires extending along the extending direction of the screen and spaced apart from each other along the circumferential direction of the screen; and
a supporting part configured to fix the wedge wires with each other.
14. The dewatering machine of claim 13 , wherein a width of each of the wedge wires decreases from an inside toward an outside of the supporting part in a radial direction.
15. The dewatering machine of claim 14 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of at least one of the wedge wires is a triangle, and one side of the triangle is at an inside of the supporting part along the radial direction.