Let’s take a look at steam peeling of fruits and vegetables with TOMRA Food, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of solutions for sorting and peeling.

Mboga iliyosafishwa kwa utupu imeacha kuwa muonekano wa kawaida katika maduka makubwa ya Urusi, sembuse mboga iliyogawanywa iliyokamilika iliyokamilika iliyokamilika. Takwimu zinaonyesha kuwa mahitaji ya bidhaa kama hizo yanaendelea kuongezeka. Haishangazi, ingawa: wakati ni rasilimali muhimu zaidi, watu hawaoni shida kulipa kidogo zaidi kwa urahisi.

Hii pia huenda kwa tasnia ya upishi. Hakika, kampuni nyingi za huduma ya chakula tayari zinanunua matunda na mboga zilizosafishwa. Faida ni dhahiri, pia: kwanza kabisa, akiba kubwa ya wakati wa kusafisha na kuosha. Kwa kuongezea, kampuni hupata uzani wa matunda na mboga - hakuna ngozi - na imehakikishiwa kuwa hakuna sehemu zilizoharibiwa za matunda au mizizi yote ambayo italazimika kukatwa au kutupwa nje kabisa. Kwa jumla, kwenda kwa bidhaa zilizosafishwa kunaweza kuongeza ufanisi wa biashara ya upishi, ambayo ni muhimu sana katika soko lenye ushindani mkubwa.

TOMRA Food’s Steam Peeling Solutions: Peeling, Not Boiling

TOMRA Food has been developing technologies and making equipment for food sorting and peeling for more than 40 years now. Thanks to its extensive experience, TOMRA Food’s steam peeling solutions remove the skin from fruits and vegetables faster and more efficiently than any of the company’s competitors. Developing new equipment, the company mostly focuses on raising the peeling quality and reducing peel loss. Fun fact: 85% of French fries all over the world are made with the help of TOMRA Food steam peeling solutions.

The company only uses steam peeling in its equipment because it’s the only method that can provide both the highest peeling performance and the lowest peel loss. Yet the latter is only true if certain conditions are met. The point here is that the volume of waste from steam peeling directly depends on the speed of steam penetration under the skin. Steam pressure is the key in this process: the higher the pressure, the less the processing time, and the less steam penetration under the skin. This also means that peel loss is reduced. The steam pressure in the most advanced TOMRA Food peeling solution is 20 MPa, and heat penetrates under the skin for only 0.5 mm. Thus, the peel loss from TOMRA Food steam peelers is the record 6–8%, the lowest in the market.

Sensorer maalum huruhusu ufuatiliaji wa mchakato wote wa ngozi katika wakati halisi: hii inamaanisha, kwa mfano, kwamba ikiwa kiwango cha taka kinaenda juu, mfumo utahadharisha mwendeshaji kurekebisha shinikizo la mvuke na kasi ya kulisha.

Ni nani anayehitaji?

Kuiweka kwa urahisi, wote wanaojali ubora wa hali ya juu wa bidhaa wanazotengeneza, ufanisi wa uzalishaji, upunguzaji mdogo wa ngozi, na faida kubwa ya biashara. Lakini sio rahisi sana. Kuunganisha peelers ya ufanisi wa mvuke katika laini ya uzalishaji ni wazi kuja na gharama kubwa. Hii ndio sababu suluhisho kama hizo hufanya vizuri katika kampuni za kati na kubwa: kadiri kiwango cha juu cha bidhaa zilizo tayari, inachukua kidogo kulipia vifaa.

For example, the capacity of one of TOMRA Food’s most efficient steam peelers, the ECO, inaweza kufikia 60,000 kg / h, ambayo ni kiashiria cha kushangaza. Wakati huo huo, shukrani kwa teknolojia za kisasa za kuokoa nishati, inahitaji kiwango cha chini cha mvuke: chini mara tano kuliko suluhisho za washindani.

Hata hivyo, TOMRA Food’s current steam peeler lineup is flexible enough to offer a suitable solution even for a small business.

Vipi kuhusu Urusi?

Wazalishaji wa chakula wa Urusi wanavutiwa sana na suluhisho za hivi karibuni za upangaji na utaftaji na kuzitekeleza kama kikamilifu. Hizi ni kampuni kubwa kubwa ambazo tayari zimefikia kiwango fulani cha uzalishaji kwa kiwango na ubora wa bidhaa zao. Hii ndio sababu wanageukia vifaa vya Uropa, ambavyo vinahakikisha kiwango na ubora unaohitajika na inaruhusu kuhakikisha upotezaji wa chini wa ngozi na ufanisi wa mchakato.

Hivyo, TOMRA Food steam peelers are used by Russia’s biggest frozen French fry producer as well as by a producer of frozen vegetables: TOMRA Food peelers take care of potatoes and carrots.

In general, the Russian market is unwavering on its way to increasingly extensive technology expansion and implementation. This is due to the demand specifics: consumers need high-quality and safe food, which means that manufacturers need efficient and high-technology sorting and peeling solutions. This makes investing in high-technology TOMRA Food steam peelers justifiable by default.