Vertical screw conveyor for pome fruit
Overcome significant height differences and clean pome fruits effectively in your processing line with this vertical screw conveyor, ensuring efficient transport while maintaining fruit integrity and cleanliness.
Transports and Cleans Pome Fruits Efficiently
The Vertical Screw Elevator, offered by Bucher Unipektin, is an engineered-to-order solution for the efficient transport and cleaning of pome fruits, crucial in fruit processing and juice production lines. Designed to handle vertical height disparities, it operates by using a vertical screw to elevate fruit from one process step to another, ensuring both gentle handling and effective cleaning. The system includes a water sump to loosen dirt, which is then separated from the fruit via centrifugal force and gravity. It integrates seamlessly with upstream flushing channels and downstream sorting or grinding systems.
The elevator is available in two models: the Vertical Elevator 400, which can manage up to 25 tons per hour, and the Vertical Elevator 500, with a capacity of 40 tons per hour. Each model is optimized for energy efficiency, featuring a three-phase motor and V-belt drive. The equipment is engineered for high reliability with minimal maintenance requirements, utilizing proximity switches for safe operation and manual cleaning of separators. Optional fresh water cleaning further enhances its effectiveness, making it ideal for applications in food and beverage, agriculture, and fruit processing industries.
Benefits
- Enhances productivity by transporting up to 40 tons of pome fruits per hour.
- Ensures product purity with integrated water-based dirt removal system.
- Minimizes operational costs through reliable, low-maintenance design.
- Adapts to varying production needs with customizable cleaning options.
- Optimizes space utilization with high throughput within a compact footprint.
- Applications
- Pome fruit,Food processing,Fruit reception lines
- End products
- Freshly packed apples,Apple juice,Pear cider,Freshly packed pears,Applesauce,Pear puree
- Steps before
- Flushing,Sorting
- Steps after
- Grinding,Cleaning,Discharge
- Input ingredients
- pome fruit,water,dirt,grass,leaves
- Output ingredients
- cleaned pome fruit,separated water,discharged dirt
- Market info
- Bucher Unipektin is known for producing advanced equipment and systems for the food and beverage industry, specializing in juice processing and filtration technologies with a reputation for innovative solutions and reliable, high-quality products.
- Capacity
- Vertical Elevator 400
- Capacity
- Vertical Elevator 500
- Diameter
- Vertical Elevator 400
- Diameter
- Vertical Elevator 500
- Length
- max. 8000 mm
- Motor Power
- Vertical Elevator 400
- Motor Power
- Vertical Elevator 400
- Motor Power
- Vertical Elevator 500
- Motor Power
- Vertical Elevator 500
- Vertical Transport
- Screw-driven
- Water Separation
- Centrifugal force and gravity
- Working mechanism
- Vertical screw
- Integration steps
- Conveying,Cleaning,Separation
- Automation level
- Semi-automatic
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Fresh water option
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container type
- Pome fruit
- Footprint
- Compact
- Vertical Screw Diameter
- 400 mm / 500 mm
- Vertical Screw Length
- Max 8000 mm
- Discharge Method
- Vertical discharge at elevator head
- Motor Power
- 4 kW or 5.5 kW for 400 Diameter,11 kW or 15 kW for 500 Diameter
- Fresh water cleaning
- Optional
- Screw diameter
- 400 mm / 500 mm
- Elevator length
- Max. 8000 mm
- Motor power
- 4 kW / 5.5 kW / 11 kW / 15 kW