Carrot Grading & Washing Line
HIGH CAPACITY CARROT WASHING & GRADING
Tong Engineering has completed a second installation for Polish fruit and vegetable producer, Polfarm, this time with a large-scale carrot washing and handling facility, capable of handling 40 tons of crop per hour.
CUSTOM-BUILT WASHING & GRADING LINE
The custom built stainless steel carrot washing, grading and processing line at Polfarm incorporates some of the largest washing and cooling equipment manufactured by Tong Engineering, including a 12.5 metre long, 15000kg capacity wet hopper which offers effective presoaking of carrots prior to washing.
At the infeed of the new carrot grading & washing line, a high capacity Tong Storemaker hopper-cleaning system with Tong’s market leading EasyClean separator, offers bulk unloading of the company’s carrot crop, and effective removal of soil and haulm from carrots prior to the washing process.
CARROT GRADING & WASHING LINE
The carrot washing line begins with a 40 ton per hour cyclone destoner followed by the large presoak tank which feeds two 5m long stainless steel barrel washers, four polishers and a large fruit and vegetable Hydro-Cooler which cools crop for increased longevity and shelf-life. Carrots are graded by diameter by a series of Tong’s lift roller graders, and also by length with a number of vibrating length graders, before they are transferred for packing.
Michał Gulczyński of Polfarm commented: “We have worked with Tong Engineering through our local dealer, HTech, over recent years to upgrade our vegetable handling processes in order to minimise labour requirements as well as increasing throughput. We started by updating our washing and grading facilities for our celeriac and parsley root crops with a complete line from Tong, and further to the success of this line, proceeded with a second line from Tong for our carrot crop.”
“Our new Tong carrot line is now up and running, and processes up to 40 tons of carrots per hour, so it really has to stand up to demand! With the increased capacity that the new line offers, we are able to process more crop per hour, meaning running and labour costs are significantly reduced whilst output is increased. Not only that, the new washing lines are very easy to maintain which saves our operators a lot of time.”
“Our new Tong carrot line processes up to 40 tons of carrots per hour, so it really has to stand up to demand!”
Michał Gulczyński, Polfarm
CUSTOM-BUILT FACILITIES
Charlie Rich, export sales manager for Tong, continued; “Having worked with Polfarm on their previous celeriac and parsley root handling project, we were able to fully understand the company’s requirements for the new carrot handling facility. We worked closely with Michal and our dealer, HTech, to design a line that incorporates grading, washing, polishing and cooling within a compact and efficient line.”
THE COMPLETE CARROT HANDLING SOLUTION
“The new carrot washing machines at Polfarm was installed and commissioned in line with the company’s key carrot processing season, and with dealer HTech closeby, Polfarm have a local contact for any future service or sales requirements.”
SEE THE CARROT WASHING & GRADING LINE AT POLFARM IN ACTION…
