Vertical screw elevator for potato processing
Efficiently elevate and separate your produce while minimizing space with our vertically designed screw elevator, ideal for high-speed processing lines where product integrity is crucial.
Elevates and Separates Produce with Debris Removal
The Vertical Screw Elevator is designed to optimize your processing line by efficiently elevating and separating fresh produce while removing debris. Equipped with a large-diameter variable-speed auger, it ensures gentle product handling for potatoes, onions, and a variety of fresh produce. Suitable for high-speed, continuous operations, this elevator is crucial for food processing plants aiming to maintain product integrity while minimizing plant footprint. The robust auger design, complemented by a rugged bottom bearing, offers long service life and easy maintenance. Flanged vertical tubes enable straightforward auger removal, and water sprays ensure effective cleaning. This machine seamlessly integrates with pre-processing operations, making it ideal for producing crinkle cut fries, potato wedges, and batch kettle-style chips, while enhancing production efficiency and product quality.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by efficiently removing debris during elevation.
- Saves space with a compact vertical design ideal for constrained layouts.
- Minimizes labor and maintenance with easy-to-clean design features.
- Reduces operational costs using a variable-speed motor for optimized energy use.
- Integrates seamlessly into processing lines for diverse produce handling.
- Applications
- Salad,Potatoes,Fresh produce,Potato co-products,Onions,Potato chips,Vegetables,Kettle chips,French fries,Fruit
- End products
- Potato crisps,Crinkle cut fries,Fruit salad,Batch kettle-style chips,Potato wedges,Sliced potatoes,Diced onions,Continuous kettle-style chips,Packaged fresh produce,Onion rings,Hard-bite kettle chips,Curly fries,Mixed vegetable salad,Straight cut fries
- Steps before
- Potato Handling,Potato Unloading,Storage,Washing,Dewatering,Crate Dumping
- Steps after
- Peeling,Grading,Inspection,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- potatoes,onions,fresh produce,rocks,debris
- Output ingredients
- elevated product,separated rocks,separated debris
- Market info
- Heat and Control is known for its expertise in manufacturing food processing and packaging equipment, providing innovative solutions and high-quality systems for industries like snacks, prepared foods, and pharmaceuticals, with a strong reputation for reliability and technical support.
- Automation
- Variable-speed
- Cleaning method
- Water sprays
- Footprint
- Vertical design for minimized footprint
- Construction
- Rugged bottom bearing
- Access
- Door in the tank for maintenance
- Auger Removal
- Simplified due to flanged vertical tube
- Debris separation
- Yes
- Working mechanism
- Variable-speed auger
- Integrated separation
- Product separation from rocks and debris
- Footprint
- Minimized due to vertical design
- Cleaning access
- Door in tank for easy maintenance
- Elevation method
- Vertical screw
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Biological compatibility
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Yes
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact vertical design
- Discharge method
- Elevates product to processing equipment
- Feed method
- Variable-speed auger
- Tank options
- Door in the tank for easy access
- Bearing type
- Rugged bottom bearing
- Tube design
- Flanged vertical tube
- Compact footprint
- Vertical design
- Integration possibilities
- With peelers or other equipment