Determination of the installation height of the meat grinder grate with a vertical screw arrangement above the upper edge of the container

Processing of agricultural products plays an important role in providing food to the population of our country. Therefore, increasing productivity in the processing of raw materials is an urgent task, including in the production of meat products. Thus, in the production of minced meat, the replaceable productivity may decrease due to the loss of time for sanitary and hygienic treatment of premises and equipment, which is provided for by regulatory documents. During the production of minced meat, meat juice can be sprayed on the surrounding objects and walls of the room, which aggravates their sanitary and hygienic treatment. It is possible to eliminate the spraying of meat juice by improving the equipment used for the production of minced meat. To reduce the splashing of meat juice in the production of minced meat, the article proposes a meat grinder with a vertical screw arrangement, for which a patent for a utility model has been obtained. The vertical output of minced meat allows you to limit the spraying within the container for the finished product. At the same time, the distance between the grate of the meat grinder and the container for the finished product should be maximum, but in such a way as to almost completely exclude the ingress of splashes of meat juice outside the container. To determine this distance (the height of the meat grinder installation above the container), the corresponding theoretical prerequisites are proposed on the basis of the developed calculation scheme and the well-known mathematical apparatus. Formulas have been obtained for determining the maximum distance from the clamping nut of the meat grinder to the upper edge of the container, excluding splashes of meat juice outside the container. The maximum distance depends on the geometric dimensions of the grate of the meat grinder and the container for the finished product. A dependence is also derived to determine the minimum diameter of the minced meat container, which excludes the spraying of raw materials beyond its limits. In general, the proposed design of the meat grinder and the justification of its parameters will significantly reduce the spraying of meat juice on surrounding objects. This will reduce the time for sanitary and hygienic processing and, thereby, increase the shift productivity in the production of minced meat.