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PRICKLY PEAR FRUIT PEELERS (023fr)
Price (excl GST): POA
Length: 1400/1500
Width: 1300/1600
Height: 1900
Motor: 0.37 to 0.75kW, air
Condition: New
Location: Italy
Output: 20 - 40 pieces/min
This machine was especially designed to peel prickly pear fruit to be sold as fresh-cut products or for jam production.
For the fresh cut application, it is of utmost importance that the end product has a smooth and attractive look. Thanks to the special and patented knife-peeling, (which does not mill the fruit surface but gently follows the shape of each piece of produce), this machine produces a very smooth and naturally looking end-product with no pulp waste and consequent weight-loss minimisation. The skin ribbon moreover slips down through a special outlet system with no contact and contamination between skin and peeled product.
It requires a single operator to operate and comes in 2 differing models:
2 head model is rated a capacity of 20 fruit per minute,
4 head model is rated a capacity of 40 fruit per minute.
Each piece of fruit is positioned by the operator inside a holding cup where it is fastened by a special clamping device. The carriage supporting the fruit holding cups starts moving towards the blades, while tilting the cups by 90 degree, fruits are thus brought into a horizontal position. At the end of the carriage stroke, each piece of fruit is transferred onto the peeling heads and then start rotating while the blades, (due to the special profile cam they're connected to), move along their shape and peel them by gently touching their surfaces. At the end of the operating cycle, fruits are dropped on the discharge system (not included). The standard model of this machine is equipped with a flap system separating fruit peel from peeled fruit.
Optional extras with these machines include:
AUTOMATIC FEEDING SYSTEM: upon customers demand, the peeler may be equipped with automatic feeding system not requiring any operator for fruit positioning into the cups. Please note the automatic feeding system is suitable for apples only.
Also available is a DISCHARGE SYSTEM: upon customers demand the machine may be equipped with either of two possible discharge systems. One consists in two conveyor belts carrying peeled fruit and wastes to the two opposite sides of the machine, the other is a two-roller system conveying peeled fruit out of the machine while fruit peel and cores pass in between the two rollers and fall onto a conveyor belt carrying them into a collecting container.
Another optional is TOPPING AND TAILING: upon customers demand, the machine may also be supplied with special blades for topping and tailing.
The machine main frame, as well as all safety guards, are constructed of AISI 304 stainless steel. All parts coming into contact with fruit are made of food-grade plastic and AISI 304 / 316 stainless steel. Pillow blocks and bearings are made of stainless steel as well for maximum food hygiene. Plastic components in the processing area are made of food-grade plastic, blue colour. The processing area, in the front, is completely separated from the mechanical and pneumatic drive section, in the back, in order to prevent any possible exchange between the two areas. All driving components requiring lubrication are lubricated with food-grade grease. The outlet system is specially designed to completely separate the peel and cores, which are discharged upstream of the processing flow, from the clean peeled fruit, which is discharged downstream of the processing flow. During the peeling process water is constantly sprayed on the peeling area, which guarantees constant cleaning of both the product and the peeling area.
All safety guards in the processing area may be easily opened, by means of interlocked hinges, in order to allow, quick and thorough cleaning of the complete processing area and tools. The whole processing area is made of acid-resistant materials and may be completely cleaned with water jet and any disinfecting product suitable to food-processing environment. Safety devices complying with EC standards include light barriers or sensors and IP67 micro-switches. All safety guards are equipped with interlock micro-switches causing the machine to immediately stop whenever any of the safety guards are opened. This allows easy, quick and safe maintenance, cleaning and operation.
The units require electrical power supply of 0.37kW for the 2 head model, with 0.75kW required for the 4 head model.
Both models require a source of compressed air of 4 atm (58.78 psi).
The dimensions specified show the 2 head units dimensions to the left and 4 head unit to the right.
A link to a video of a peeler operating is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQVHBFZHAY&;list=UU_KUmyvKoqZT7f_eIu2iwlA&index=49
IMPORTANT: The manufacturer has asked a buyer please note the demo machine in the video is NOT a prickly pear peeler but an orange zester so many aspects are different, for instance the path of the knife around the fruit is different, the discharge system is different, etc. Anyways you can see the peeling system, which I think is the important thing for you in this phase. Also, they used two different spikes to show different possibilities, please note the spikes are customisable.
