Potato Washing & Sorting Line
COMPLETE POTATO WASHING FACILITY
Tong Engineering is proud to have been selected as chosen supplier of an advanced potato washing, polishing, grading and optical sorting facility for a well-known UK farming and fresh produce business.
Potato washing & optical sorting solution for Frederick Hiam Foods
This high capacity washing facility is fed by a Tong box tipper which transfers potatoes to a 4 metre long Tong barrel washer fitted with integrated destoner for gentle washing and reliable removal of stones.
Potatoes are polished in a full rotary polisher with water recycling facility, before drying is achieved with a Tong sponge drying unit with all electric direct drive motors on every shaft for optimum energy efficiency and ease of maintenance.
Potato grading with Tong’s EasyGrade screen unit. Optical sorting with Newtec Celox optical sorter. Gentle box filling with Tong vertical lowerator box fillers.
Another high quality potato washing and handling solution from Tong.
FULLY-INTEGRATED POTATO WASHING
Accurate potato grading is performed with Tong’s EasyGrade screen unit. The fully-integrated potato washing facility features advanced optical sorting with the Newtec Celox optical sorter and processed crop is gently filled into boxes with Tong vertical lowerator box fillers.
Another high quality potato washing and handling solution from Tong.
SEE THE POTATO WASHLINE AT FREDERICK HIAM FOOD IN ACTION!