Supplement Citrus Processing Solu ons
�e company ' s products are successfully distributed worldwide exclusively by their distribution partner Klaus Böcker GmbH.
Nkwaleni Processors is very much environmental minded. A waste water management system is in place.
4. Bertuzzi- Specialist in Fruit Processing equipment Bertuzzi designs and manufactures citrus processing equipment for the production of high quality fresh juice, as well as NFC pasteurized juice, FCOJ and essential oil. �ey can supply complete citrus processing plants on turnkey basis as well as single machines to meet speci c requirements.
Fruits are received in a basin lled with water and they ' re rinsed by a shower of fresh water on the escalator that takes to the subsequent sorting operations. In order to guarantee the best quality of the nal products, rotten and unripe fruits must be discarded. �e company ' s universal sorting line Selinox allows to efficiently inspect the fruits, by making them slowly rotate on a roller belt conveyor under the sight of the operators.
For the extraction of essential oils from whole citrus fruits, Bertuzzi has designed CitroRap, which scrapes the peel by rotating rollers. Designed in several versions for different hourly capacities, CitroRap allows to optimize the oil extraction cycles by varying the fruit advancing speed, as well as the rollers rotation speed.
Bertuzzi provides two different models of industrial citrus juicers, one best tted for the production of high quality fresh juice and the other best tted for the production of juice to be concentrated.
�e extractor that is most preferred for the production
3 of high quality juice is CitroEvolution. In order to minimize any contact between pulp and peels, this machine presses each fruit individually between two cups, squeezing the pulp out of a small hole pierced on its bottom side. �e same machine re nes the pulp coming from the fruits in order to remove seeds and reduce its high
3 ber content. CitroEvolution is capable of processing up to 15000 fruits per hour and it is suitable for oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, lemons and almost any kind of citrus.
On the other hand, the roller juicer CitroTal is best suited for the production of juice to be concentrated. It can process any kind of citrus fruits without grading( calibrating) and it features a very high productivity. In order to prevent the essential oils contained in the peels( and any chemicals that have been possibly absorbed) to get into the juice, it is highly recommended to throughly scrapes the peels with CitroRap before feeding them to CitroTal.
Citrus juice coming from the extractors can be depulped in order to meet customers ' requirements for pulp content. �e helicoidal depulpers model ESM and Super have been designed especially to re ne citrus juice. �ey take the high-pulpy juice coming from the extractors and progressively squeeze the pulp, outputting lowpulpy juice.
Citrus juice coming from the extractors can be depulped in order to meet customers ' requirements for pulp content. �e helicoidal depulpers model ESM and Super have been designed especially to re ne citrus juice. �ey take the high-pulpy juice coming from the extractors and progressively squeeze the pulp, outputting lowpulpy juice. Depending on the nal product, juice can be refrigerated, pasteurized or sterilized. �ermal treatment can be carried out either by a tube in tube heat exchanger or a plate heat exchanger, depending on the operation parameters.
�e company ' s lling units are designed for bag-indrum and bag-in-box aseptic lling, as well as for the regular lling of juice to be frozen. We also supply thirdparty lling equipment for bottling fresh juice straight into consumer bottles and pouches.
July- August 2017
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