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PEELING
by peeling at high steam pressure for a
short time. Low-cost, low-tech steam
peelers simply can't do this: steam can
only be delivered to their thin-walled
vessels at low pressure and the vegetables
have to be steamed for as long as 40
to 100 seconds. This wastes more than
twice as much raw material as the best
high-tech steam peelers and consumes
far more energy and water.
TOMRA offers the Orbit, the Odyssey
and the Eco steam peeler. Since 2020,
each of these machines has been
equipped with fully automated control
programs, making it easy to switch
between different types and sizes of
vegetables, optimizing process efficiency
and yield.
The Orbit is popular for its versatility
and because it straddles the middle ground
between the entry-level Odyssey and the
high-performance Eco steam peeler.
The Odyssey is for users who want
to peel efficiently but have a smaller
budget for investing in equipment. This
machine's longer pressure vessel
is
intended primarily for larger vegetables.
The Eco, launched in 2012, introduced
sophisticated automation software to
optimize steam usage and achieve similar
throughput capacities with a smaller vessel.
It is mostly used for peeling potatoes,
but it's also well-suited to some types of
vegetables, such as carrots and red beets.
Post-peeling products
TOMRA also supplies and integrates
post-peeling equipment. To take care of
dry peel separation and washing, the
company has developed various products
for large and small vegetables, and for
low and high capacities.
The most used, TOMRA's 8/30 Brusher,
has unique features for dry peel separation,
wet peel separation, washing, quick
and easy cleaning to remove potential
sources of cross-contamination, and easy
changeover to different vegetables.
The brush will remove skin on potato
crevices at a rate of 400-500 rpm. Peel
waste is thrown off and users do not need
to use water ― a big plus.
The TOMRA Barrel Washer handles
vegetables more gently than other
machines, which has made product
damage during washing a thing of the past.
This post-peeling equipment also
improves sustainability. When wetwashing,
water filtration (with a reusable
rotary screen filter) reduces water
consumption; with dry separation, water
consumption at this stage of the process
is eliminated.
Another part of the process is sorting.
It is necessary to get foreign matter
out of any produce coming in. Sorting
is a three- to five-step process in a
processing facility. Sorters get out
defects, bad pieces, etc. and users are
left with highest quality pieces. After
all, a sorter " sees " products better than
humans do.
PRODUCE PROCESS ING
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