Machines
for the food processing industry
Düsseldorf . Deutschland ![]()
The
Sorting of Peeled Potatoes and the Dividing of them into
Plate-Ready Pieces in Industrial Peeling Factories The
Sorting and Dividing Station
After
peeling and inspection the potatoes are cut into plate-ready
pieces if required by the market. This
is often still done by hand. However, to divide manually
1.000 kg/h of peeled potatoes, from medium to large sorting
sizes, you need 5 to 7 labour per hour. The high costs for
these personnel can hardly be justified anymore in countries
with high salary levels. Already
many years ago DORNOW designed the first potato quartering
machines the world over with the type designation KT1 E
which can also halve potatoes. Moreover, DORNOW marketed a
pure halving machine (KT 2) with high hourly outputs. In
case of hourly outputs of up to approximately 500 kgs to a
max. 800 kg, DORNOW offers a relatively simple solution
which permits the integration of a potato dividing machine
into a peeling line for peeled potatoes with minimum
investment expenditures. Already on the roller inspection
table the peeled tubers are put - by hand and sorted
according to their sizes - in channels separated from each
other. These channels lead into the four lanes of the
dividing machine KT1 E. The
cutting stations can be provided with cutting blocks for
halving or quartering. Please read also our paper Q 04
"DORNOW dividing machines for peeled potatoes".
Here, dividing machines of different dimensions are shown,
too. If
there are larger quantities of peeled potatoes to be cut
into plate-ready pieces, the potatoes should be sorted out,
e. g. by means of a sorting drum, into various sorting sizes.
Here you can, for instance, separate:
Should
it prove necessary and in order to achieve a good continuous
cutting quality the sorting sieves can be replaced with
sieves of different measures. Make sure to have at your
disposal several sorting segments with slightly differing
dimensions for every sorting station of the sorting drum. Sorting
size "a" is either "waste" or can, for
instance, be added to a Swiss "Rösti" or German
potato pan cake production. Sorting
"b" is not divided, but might be separately packed
and marketed. Sorting
"c" is halved, sorting "d" is quartered.
The
sorting sizes "c" and "d" are packed
together. The
oversizes "e" can, for example, be marketed as
diced goods. If
a sorting drum is applied for higher throughputs, it will
often be necessary to use the halving machine KT 2 for
halving in order that the capacity of the cutting machine
KT1 E can be fully utilized for quartering. While
the above mentioned dividing machine KT1 E is operated in
cycles and has a maximum capacity of 8 potatoes per cycle,
the halving machine KT 2 works continuously, thus giving a
high-capacity service. Beneath
the sorting drum and near the dividing machine(s) one can
mount underwater storage bins, dosing devices and conveyor
belts. The whole area can be arranged according to the
requirements and ideas of the investor. As
further possible supplements to the described sorting and
dividing station we supply inspection conveyor belts for the
final check of the divided potatoes and preserving and
sack-filling devices as well as - if required - devices for
vacuum-packing.
This
paper contains non-committal notes. We do not lay claim to
completeness. Alterations reserved. DORNOW total on the Web: www.dornow.de / www.dornow.com Q61 E1 Dornow food technology GmbH,
Willstätterstr. 12,
D-40549 Düsseldorf - Germany, USt-Id.-Nr. DE119264470 |