Prepare
Review transfer, inspection and any washing as a handling problem first. The catalogue's brush-and-spray washer is not presented as suitable for fragile berries. Crushing, if used, must suit the fruit and the next recovery step.
Berry and small-fruit processing equipment
Berry and small-fruit routes are shaped by damage sensitivity and the wanted liquid or pulp fraction. A machine that works well on firm pome fruit is not automatically suitable for fragile fruit.
Fruit family · Berry and small fruit
What the fruit changes
Use the five stages below to turn the fruit description into a machine brief. The equipment list is a shortlist of duties to investigate, not a claim of model compatibility.
- Typical examples
- Grape · Raspberry · Blueberry · Blackcurrant · Strawberry
- At the machine inlet
- Fruit with species, variety, maturity, stem or seed content, skin strength and the condition at reception stated.
Recover
Pressing and pulping recover different fractions. For a juice route, review how the prepared fruit releases liquid and how seeds, skins and stems are kept out of the wanted stream. A batch or continuous press needs the same mash basis for comparison.
Finish
Clarification and finishing are separate decisions. A clear juice target may need fine separation; a cloudy or pulp-containing product may deliberately retain solids. Deaeration is considered where the product and downstream process require it.
Treat
Thermal treatment is selected around the actual liquid, its solids and its packaging route. The treatment boundary includes feed, holding, cooling and off-condition handling, not only a heat exchanger.
Fill or transfer
The filling route follows the product condition and package. Bulk bags, tanks and transfer pumps need compatible passages and cleaning access. A filling machine alone does not establish a preservation system.
Equipment to review
Match the duty to the fruit condition
Wash & sort
Fruit Inspection and Transfer Conveyor
A powered belt on an open support frame moves whole fruit or prepared pieces between reception, inspection and processing.
Continuous belt transfer with accessible inspection edges
Size & destone
Fruit Rotor Crusher
A hopper-fed rotor machine that breaks prepared fruit into mash for pulping or juice recovery.
Driven rotor inside an accessible crushing chamber
Process configuration
Continuous belt press duty
Review sustained mash preparation, belt loading and juice/reject collection as one pressing duty.
Express juice from prepared mash through a belt path
Process configuration
Batch juice press duty
Evaluate the complete load, press, discharge and cleaning cycle for the proposed mash.
Express juice through a defined pressing cycle
Recover pulp & juice
Two-Stage Fruit Pulper and Finisher
Two separately driven screening stages combine pulp recovery and finer finishing on one supporting frame.
Sequential rotor-and-screen separation
Finish & clarify
Pulp Finishing Stage
The finer screening stage of a pulping arrangement controls coarse fibre and product texture before transfer and treatment.
Screen finishing within the pulping system
Finish & clarify
Disc-Stack Juice Clarifier
A driven centrifugal separator with a closed bowl and connected pipework for removing fine suspended matter from extracted juice.
Centrifugal separation in a disc-stack bowl
Transfer & balance
Fruit Juice Vacuum Deaerator
A vacuum-vessel assembly with sight windows, connected piping and a discharge pump for managing entrained and dissolved air.
Air release in a vacuum vessel with controlled product transfer
Transfer & balance
Fruit Product Tanks and Transfer Pumps
Product vessels, accessible pipe connections and transfer pumps form a controlled buffer between fruit-processing machines.
Product holding and pumped transfer
Treat the product
Tubular Fruit Product Thermal System
A skid-mounted heating, holding and cooling arrangement with product vessels, tube sections, valves and local controls.
Continuous indirect product heat treatment
Concentrate
Fruit Juice and Puree Evaporation System
A vessel, exchanger and pump arrangement for removing water from a specified juice or pulp stream.
Vacuum evaporation with a defined product circulation path
Fill & close
Aseptic Bag Filling System
A bag-filling arrangement with guarded filling stations, a central control enclosure and roller conveyors for supported bags in drums.
Controlled product transfer through a compatible bag fitment
Clean equipment
CIP Cleaning Skid
A cleaning-service assembly with a vessel, pump, heater, valve connections and instruments for defined closed product circuits.
Circulating cleaning services through a selected supply and return path
Selection inputs
What to send with an enquiry
- Species, variety, maturity and damage sensitivity
- Stem, seed and skin content and the permitted carryover
- Wanted product: clear juice, cloudy juice, puree or a blended base
- Preparation and transfer already available, including gentle-handling limits
- Rate basis, operating schedule and downstream treatment or package
Selection guides for this fruit
Understand the differences before choosing
Connected process routes
See the equipment in a material flow
Equipment combination
Juice Extraction and Treatment
Combine fruit preparation and the right recovery method with clarification, air control and product treatment where the juice specification requires them.
Explore the equipment route →Equipment combination
Fruit Puree Recovery and Processing
Build a pulp route around fruit preparation, two-stage recovery, controlled transfer and treatment that preserves the intended texture.
Explore the equipment route →Equipment combination
Concentration and Bulk Bag Filling
Connect evaporation, concentrate handling, thermal processing and bag filling around a defined feed and finished-product specification.
Explore the equipment route →Fruit questions
Before you shortlist equipment
Which fruit does this page cover?
Grape · Raspberry · Blueberry · Blackcurrant · Strawberry. The family is a starting point: variety, maturity and the condition entering the machine still need to be stated.
Which equipment should I review first?
Review transfer, inspection and any washing as a handling problem first. The catalogue's brush-and-spray washer is not presented as suitable for fragile berries. Crushing, if used, must suit the fruit and the next recovery step. Pressing and pulping recover different fractions. For a juice route, review how the prepared fruit releases liquid and how seeds, skins and stems are kept out of the wanted stream. A batch or continuous press needs the same mash basis for comparison.
What information should I include in an enquiry?
Species, variety, maturity and damage sensitivity; Stem, seed and skin content and the permitted carryover; Wanted product: clear juice, cloudy juice, puree or a blended base; Preparation and transfer already available, including gentle-handling limits; Rate basis, operating schedule and downstream treatment or package. The likely equipment duties can then be reviewed against the actual product and supply boundary.
One fruit, one machine or a connected section
Tell us what you want to make.
Start with the fruit, its condition and the product. Existing equipment, a required rate and package details can be added when available.
Other fruit families