"At Haith we are constantly working on new designs which will not only improve pack out and quality, but also give reduced energy costs, lower water usage and save labour, our latest concept the Haith Muli-wash ticks all the boxes and with our all in one process transfer of vegetables from one section to the next is very gentle," explains Nigel Haith Director of the Haith Group.
"We developed this system with a view to improving wash quality and handling the vegetables in a very gentle way, by having all the machines in one unit we have limited the drops/ transfer point which will reduce damage."
The patent applied Haith Multi-Wash System offers De-stoning-barrel washing and brush polishing all in one unit, the latest and important upgrade is the split barrel which allows the washing section to rotate in the opposite direction to the polishing rollers there is a separate inverter speed control on each section giving more flexibility and control over the amount of washing and polishing required. Included in the system is a waste removal tank with water recycling, the compact all in one plug and play design makes installation and set up very simple, there are a number of options and configurations available to suit specific requirements.
There is a feature on the control to allow simple and fast emptying of the system when changing varieties.
Haith: "This new vegetable washing concept combines all the proven qualities of the popular Haith Supaflume De-stoner with excellent wash quality of the Haith Semi-Submerged barrel washer whilst incorporating polishing with the tried and tested direct drive Haith Root-veg Polisher."
Vegetables are immediately introduced to water as they enter the integral de-stoner, stones and clods are removed before the crop is gently flume fed into the wash barrel. When heavy soil is present and a robust wash is required the water level can be raised so the pintle lined wash barrel is semi-submerged in water, the rubber scroll moves the potatoes through the barrel while the high pressure spray bar works with the rubber pintle to remove engrained dirt from the eyes. The flexibility of the Multi-Wash enables the water level to be lowered, in this mode the potatoes can be sprayed with fresh water.
The next stage in the washing process, potatoes are gently transferred out of the barrel via an all new cone feeder which uses soft rubber lifters to deliver the potatoes to the brush polisher rollers, directly driven by high efficiency SEW motors, here minor skin defects can be removed and the general appearance of the crop is improved.
"We built a prototype machine to carry out test work and have run customers potatoes through this machine, we now have orders for two machines to be installed in a major UK packing house," explains Haith.
Haith supplies to most countries and have agents in France, Holland, Belgium, Scandinavia, Poland, North America and Japan.
For more information:
Nigel Haith
Haith Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1302 831911
Email: nigel@haith.co.uk
www.haith.co.uk