Design method of an automatic machine set for TCM manufacture

As a biomaterial processing technology, the macro-porous resin purification has been used in biomaterial extraction for a few years. Acoustic cavitation could bring up huge energy in micro-space and be used to extract medicine materials from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In the paper, how to improve and combine ultrasonic technique with macro-porous resin purification for medicine extraction are discussed. Firstly, the characteristics of ultrasound propagation in the mixture of biomaterials and liquor are researched for TCM extraction. Secondly, for overcoming some shortages of existing resin purification cylinder used for biomaterial extraction, a new design method assisted with ultrasound is introduced. Then, a new manufacture set of ultrasonic cylinder and adsorbing cylinder with porous resin has been integrated and applied in Chinese traditional medicine production. It was examined via practice that there are many advantages with the design: (1) In all over the cylinder, the ultrasound intensity is strong and symmetrical; (2) The cavitation yield is stronger relative to what in existing ultrasonic processors and automatic circum-rotation is realized in the ultrasonic cylinder; (3) The adsorbing efficiency is greatly improved with the new adsorbing cylinders of porous resin for medicine material adsorption and purification from complex prescription of TCM.