Root crop submersion system
Achieve precise control over submersion times for root crops and vegetables, ensuring uniform soaking and cleaning. Ideal for processors looking to optimize efficiency and product quality in continuous operations.
Submerges and Cleans Root Crops and Vegetables
The Dipping Tank DT from Sormac is engineered for precise submersion of root crops and vegetables, enhancing your food processing operations. This stainless steel rotating drum tank stands out due to its ability to evenly distribute 1,000 to 5,000 kg of product per hour across eight compartments, fully immersing items with or without additives. Designed for continuous operation, it allows for adjustable rotational dwell times between 1 and 5 minutes through a speed controller, ensuring thorough cleaning or pre-processing. Ideal for producing potato chips, French fries, and pre-packaged salad mixes, this dipping tank integrates seamlessly into vegetable and root crop processing lines, commonly used in food and agricultural sectors. The robust construction includes a drain valve and manhole openings, simplifying maintenance and cleaning. Compatibility with ancillary equipment such as knife and roller peelers increases its versatility in automated production environments.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with continuous, adjustable processing.
- Optimizes water and energy use while maintaining effective cleaning.
- Minimizes labor intervention through automated, controlled operations.
- Supports versatile applications for both floating and non-floating products.
- Simplifies maintenance and reduces downtime with easy-access cleaning features.
- Applications
- Root crops,Carrots,Vegetables,Potatoes
- End products
- Canned carrots,Potato chips,Pre-packaged salad mixes,Peeled potatoes,Baby carrots,Diced root vegetables,French fries
- Steps before
- Washing,Sorting
- Steps after
- Peeling,Cutting,Conveying,Halving,Quartering
- Input ingredients
- root crops,potatoes,carrots,floating product,non-floating product,water,water with additives
- Output ingredients
- processed root crops,submerged root crops,cleaned product
- Market info
- Sormac is known for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality vegetable processing equipment, particularly peeling, washing, and slicing machines, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and customer-focused solutions in the food processing industry.
- Capacity
- 1,000 – 5,000 kg/h
- Contact time
- 1–5 min
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Drum capacity
- 8 compartments,approx. 25 kg each
- Water tank capacity
- Approx. 1,400 liters
- Maximum product diameter
- 200 mm
- Automation
- Speed controller
- Loading method
- Continuous
- Discharge method
- Opposite side of infeed
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Speed controller
- Dwell time adjustment
- 1-5 minutes
- Cleaning method
- Access via manholes
- Drum size
- 8 compartments,approx. 25 kg per compartment
- Tank size
- Approx. 1,400 liters
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Feed method
- Continual loading
- Discharge method
- Opposite side of the infeed
- Cleaning access
- Two manhole openings
- Control panel type
- Speed controller
- Discharge method
- Contra rotating compartments
- Material
- Stainless steel