Storage bunker for potatoes and onions
Optimize storage and feeding efficiency for potatoes, onions, and carrots, while ensuring seamless integration into your production line with additional buffering and separation capabilities.
Stores and Feeds Agricultural Products
The Storage Bunker VBK series from Sormac is tailored for efficient agricultural processes, expertly designed to store and feed various products such as potatoes, onions, and carrots. With options like the VBK-2020(H) and VBK-2025(H), the system accommodates unique production needs with two available sizes—2 x 2 meters and 2 x 2.5 meters. These storage bunkers can be fitted with a raised edge to increase capacity and deliver seamless connectivity within processing lines as inline buffers. Optional features such as a level sensor allow for automatic line infeed control, while the sand trap option aids in separating unwanted materials. The versatility of these bunkers lies in their capacity to handle different input methods, including forklift truck filling and box tipper systems. Perfect for agricultural processors, food companies, and vegetable handling facilities, these units integrate into pre-processing and processing departments, providing continuous and reliable product handling.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with seamless inline buffering and feeding.
- Increases storage capacity with configurable raised edges for high-volume operations.
- Automates product flow management with optional level sensor integration.
- Minimizes contamination and product loss with optional sand trap.
- Offers flexibility in product handling through various filling methods.
- Applications
- Carrots,Onions,Potatoes
- End products
- Onion powder,Instant mashed potatoes,Canned carrots,Potato chips,Diced onions,Carrot sticks,Onion rings,Dehydrated onion flakes,Carrot puree,French fries
- Steps before
- Harvesting,Sorting,Cleaning,Pre-processing
- Steps after
- Packaging,Distribution,Further Processing,Quality Inspection
- Input ingredients
- potatoes,onions,carrots
- Output ingredients
- stored products,buffered products
- 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.
- Size
- 2 x 2 metres (VBK-2020),2 x 2.5 metres (VBK-2025)
- Capacity
- Variable based on design with or without raised edge
- Automation
- Level sensor controlled infeed
- Material Handling
- Fork-lift truck or box tipper system
- Optional Features
- Level sensor,sand trap
- Inline Functionality
- Acts as an inline buffer
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC controlled
- Feeding method
- Fork-lift truck / Box tipper
- Product handling
- Buffer / Storage / Feeding
- Level control
- Optional Level Sensor
- Inline buffering
- Yes
- Sand separation
- Optional Sand Trap
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- 2 x 2 metres (VBK-2020)
- Machine footprint
- 2 x 2.5 metres (VBK-2025)
- Bunker size
- Optional raised edge (H)
- Feed/Discharge method
- Filled via fork-lift truck or box tipper system
- Level sensor
- Optional
- Sand trap
- Optional
- Level sensor
- Optional
- Sand trap
- Optional
- Raised edge
- Available