Food centrifuges
Equipment for drying and preparing vegetables
Preparing fruits, vegetables, and leafy greens, washing and drying them before packaging, requires special equipment that ensures their physical integrity. At Foeth, we have the largest stock of food centrifuges. These are machines from well-known European brands such as Flottweg and GEA, among others, and are in excellent operating condition. Visit our facilities in Barneveld, Netherlands, to explore all the options we have for your processes. If you are looking for a model that is not in our catalog, you can send us a search request. You can also contact us through our website and request a quote. We prepare no-obligation quotes. We export worldwide.
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Industrial vegetable centrifuge: definition and operation
The food centrifuge is used to separate pieces of vegetables or whole vegetables from liquids of different densities. This can include washing water or marinade mixtures used for flavoring the food.
It consists of a cylindrical container in which a basket is placed. The basket's wall may be perforated and attached to a central rotor, which spins at high speed around an axis. The rotation generates the necessary centrifugal force to separate the liquid phase. The process is generally carried out in batches, and the food can be discharged either manually or automatically.
The time and speed of rotation in the operation of the industrial food centrifuge are adjusted to the specific characteristics of the food, in order to preserve their physical properties intact. A typical operation cycle includes filling the basket, centrifuging the load, separating the liquid, and unloading the basket.
Industrial food centrifuge: applications
Food centrifuges are versatile machines whose operating conditions can be adjusted to accommodate a wide variety of products and vegetable cuts in the food industry. Their use increases process efficiency, reducing operational costs.
They are generally used for the following tasks:
For washing, macerating, and drying vegetables in production lines.
For drying delicate lettuce cuts or whole leafy vegetables. The ease of rotation in both directions and adjustable speed ensures the treatment of the leaves without causing damage, providing optimal drying.
In the production of starch from various vegetable flour suspensions. Centrifugal force is used to dehydrate the fiber and recycle the washing water from the process. It is used in the recovery of starch from potatoes, peas, tapioca, and wheat.
In the extraction of vegetable protein.
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