Operation
A porter elevator constantly feeds peeled tomatoes to the round knife Slicer,
which cuts them into slices, and slides them into the rotary dicer. Here,
a suitable drum made of sharp and spaced blades performs regular tomato
dices of the requested size, thanks to the action of a pressure roller
and of an ejecting one.
Tomato dices, seeds and juice are collected by a screw positioned inside the
drum and they are subsequently sent to the roll feeder, where seeds and juice
are separated from dices.
A suitable fan blows air onto the grid sectors and, together with the big brush
positioned below, separates possible peel tags from tomato dices. The brush is
also useful to keep the grid sectors constantly clean during the return stage,
before a new cut is performed.
The drum washing, quick and made in the pre-set times, is assured by an electric
pump and takes place during the return stage. The water used is never mixed to
wastes, as a suitable channel, acting as a divider, conveys it outside separating
wastes at the same time.
A frequency converter adjusts the drum speed according to the feed capacity. |
