GENTLE & EFFECTIVE VEGETABLE CLEANING & SIZING
A key component in any mobile or static vegetable grading line is an effective cleaning unit, allowing you to achieve more accurate grading results.
Tong offers a wide range of vegetable cleaning options and the coil cleaner is a firm favourite with customers looking to clean crop and remove smalls at the start of the vegetable grading or washing process.
Available in a range of sizes as standard, the latest models of the Tong coil cleaner deliver optimum performance and ease of maintenance.
gentle
ON ALL CROP TYPES
Whilst offering effective soil removal, Tong’s coil cleaners are designed to carefully receive and transfer crop, for the gentlest handling.
efficient
soil removal & sizing
As well as offering an effective way to remove dry/light soil from crop post-harvest, Tong’s coil cleaner offers a convenient way to remove small crop suitable for alternative markets.
custom built
STEEL OR PU COILS
Available in a choice of steel or PU coils and a wide range of models as standard, Tong coil cleaners are built in 4, 6 or 8 row configurations and in widths from 1.2m to 2.4m wide.
features
SUPER-SPEED SELF-CLEANING FUNCTION
Tong’s new super-speed self-cleaning function is already proving to bring invaluable time-saving and operational benefits.
One of the key advancements with the new super-speed self-cleaning function is that it removes the need for manual cleaning of coil shafts. Not only is this much safer, it significantly reduces downtime with an automatic self-cleaning process which is performed in a matter of seconds.
Incorporating a heavy duty, scissor-action shaft design, the deformable PU coil shafts feature an easy-maintenance coupling and are fully adjustable to suit a wide range of sizing requirements.
PU COILS
A popular choice for effective onion, potato and red beet cleaning, the PU coil cleaner offers gentle yet effective removal of soil, clod and haulm from crop.
Like the steel models, the heavy duty PU coil cleaner is available with a choice of fixed or adjustable shafts in a 4, 6 or 8 row configuration and in standard widths from 1.2m to 2.4m wide. When specified as an adjustable cleaning unit, the gaps within the shafts are adjustable from 10 to 55mm.
STEEL COILS
Tong’s steel coil cleaner is available with a choice of fixed or adjustable shafts, in a 4, 6 or 8 row configuration. Also available in standard widths from 1.2m to 2.4m wide. When specified as an adjustable cleaning unit, the gaps within the shafts are adjustable from 10 to 55mm.
When used for cleaning carrots, parsnips, salad potatoes and smaller diameter crop varieties, the coil cleaner is supplied with 110mm diameter tight wound coil shafts with a 10mm shaft gap, adjustable from 10 to 55mm. When specified for use on large diameter crops including main crop potatoes, red beet and onions, for effective husk removal, the coil cleaner is supplied with 100mm diameter tight wound coils with a 20mm shaft gap, adjustable from 20 to 55mm.
BLUE INVERTER TECHNOLOGY
Tong coil cleaning units can be specified with an electric direct drive motor on every shaft, featuring Tong’s Blue Inverter Technology. When driven by all electric direct drive motors, the coil cleaner offers the very best energy efficiency as well as refined control of each shaft for optimum cleaning results.
CARTRIDGE-STYLE DESIGN
Tong’s coil vegetable cleaners are built to a cartridge-style design for easy interchange with other cleaning units, allowing simple removal for service and maintenance.
Versatile Integration
The Tong coil cleaning unit is most popularly incorporated within Tong’s mobile vegetable grading machines including the Caretaker, Storemaker and FieldLoad PRO.
Designed as an efficient cleaning system suitable for light soil conditions, the Tong coil cleaner can also be fitted after an EasyClean Separator, ideal for sizing out smaller crop between 15mm to 55mm. Built with 4, 6 or 8 rows of steel spiral coils or PU rollers, the coil cleaner is gentle on crop whilst effectively removing loose soil, small stones and clod from the crop.