Finland: FORMIT and EKKO produce new generation of peelers
EKKO was founded back in 1979 and have gone on to become one of Europe's leading companies for the design and development of complete production plants for carrots an potatoes.
EKKO's capacity for polishing root vegetables up to 30,000kg per hour is well know.
Now the two companies have teamed up to develop a new generation of combi and knife peelers for the growing fresh produce sector and the food processing industry.
Market changes and increased demands have brought the two companies together. Based on extensive research and development, with both companies applying their considerable skills, they have created the Combi-3000.
The most revolutionary features are the capacity and the service interval period.
Never before has the market known a knife peeler that can produce up to 9,000kg per hour of peeled potatoes.
The proven durability of the FORMIT knife rollers and renowned robustness of the EKKO polishers guarantee the user long service intervals and low maintenance costs.
The Combi-3000 is a rotating case peeler/revolver peeler. 20 peeling rollers form an elongated drum. A full length auger regulates the retention time of the products in the peeler. The rollers, the drum and the auger all rotate separately and their rotation speed are separately adjusted with frequency converters. The rollers and the drum are driven by flat belts insuring a low noise level.
The Combi-3000 is available in several different roller configurations depended of application, the estimated main configuration will however be the CK (Carborundum and Knife rollers) and the KK( full Knife rollers)
Each roller has a double bearing arrangement and can be dismantled very quickly with the use of standard tools.
The Combi-3000 is equipped with a cleaning device that allows the auger to be properly cleaned.
The combination of an abrasive peeling element and a knife peeling element on one roll gives advantages that cannot be found in any other type of peeling machine. The abrasive part of the element removes/opens the outer skin of the raw material. This part of the process grants the knife elements a long lifetime. As the hard skin of the raw material is partially removed, the knife peeling is easier.
The Combi-3000 design allows the peeling of a wide range of products in the same peeler. The unique design with abrasive elements combined with knife element and adjustable speed on the rolls makes it possible to peel small potatoes and celeriac with the same machine. Also, very hard products such as Swede turnip or long products like carrots can be peeled.
EKKO will be at Fruit Logistica Hall 3.1 C12
Formit will be at Hall 6.1 C15
For more information:
Rune Sars
OY FORMIT foodprocessing
Tel: +358 50 44 40 522
www.foodprocessing.fi