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Sor ng, grading, packing machines and equipment for Fresh Fruit
Supplement international standards and requirements, for better sales
· consistently get the most – and the best – out of all the kinds of fruit you process
· a c h i e v e m a x i m u m versatility, so you are not dependent on any speci c crop or crops
· ensure exceptional plant reliability and stringent hygiene management. �e vast body of know-how is available to customers, the company is fully familiar with all the international requirements – both technical and commercial – that one may encounter when tackling both commodity and niche markets throughout the world. Alfa Laval can deliver equipment and plant con gured to comply with the national and international codes and standards of your choice.
Adding value from start to nish by combining highly efficient equipment, excellent processing performance, operating reliability and premium-quality results, we enable you to make sure of achieving the best possible juice and purée yield from any crop. Ensuring consistently high quality and an attractive appearance, as well as retaining full nutritional value, requires protecting juices and purées from physical stresses and heat impact.
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Alfa Laval solutions help you do this effectively, and to achieve colour, aroma and taste that ensure you the best possible pr ice – w hate ver c urrent market conditions may be. Alfa Laval provides complete lines for processing tropical fruit into high-quality juice and purée – along with all relevant engineering work, if required. Alfa Laval equipment for tropical fruit processing includes
· Reception, inspection, washing and conveyor
· P e e l i n g, d e s t o n i n g, crushers, extraction equipment and nishers
· Foodec decanter centrifuge
· Clara disc stack centrifuge
· BaseLine / FrontLine™ plate heat exchanger
· Alfa Laval membrane ltration system
· Alrox deaerator
· A l f a V a p c a s s e t t e evaporator
· Alvac aroma recover y system
· Alfa�erm pasteurizer
· ViscoLine tubular heat exchanger
· Steri�erm sterilizer
· Aseptic bag-in-box ller
· AlCip cleaning module
· Sanitary ow handling and tank cleaning equipment
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· F l o w c o n t r o l a n d automation system. �ese are backed by a full range of Alfa Laval training and support services.
4. Agrisort- South African Fruit Sorting
Technology to the rescue Fruit sorting machines are expensive capital investments that are supposed to last many years. Sadly, African users who have older legacy machines are o�en le� behind with few options when the electronic parts of their machines need replacement. �ey are forced to purchase imported machines and pay for them in Euros.
John is an apple farmer in the picturesque Langkloof region of South Africa. At peak times, he processes 60 tons of apples a day, and any downtime on his cup sizer machine is a huge problem. In 2016, all hell broke lose when a nearby lightning strike took out his sizer in the middle of the season. A�er a few frantic calls and a visit from a sympathetic supplier who could not do much, panic set in. A lucky tip from another farmer ended up in a call to Agrisort. �ree days later a team arrived at his farm, worked through the night, and the next day he was packing again at full speed. �is is what Agrisort does.
Capetown-based Agrisort is a supplier of 3rd party fruit sorting and sizing control systems. �ey do not manufacture sorting machines, but instead focus solely on the supply and development of the electronic wizardry that
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