Centrifuge for drying fragile salads
Achieve consistent drying of delicate leafy greens with minimal damage, enhancing product quality while maintaining high throughput. This centrifuge efficiently balances fragility with drying effectiveness, ensuring your salads are ready for packaging without compromising integrity.
The FTNON Super Batch Centrifuge SBC 300 is expertly engineered to cater to the needs of food processing companies, fresh produce processors, and ready meal manufacturers. This equipment employs a conical drum design, ensuring uniform drying of delicate fresh produce like iceberg lettuce, mixed greens, and baby carrots, while minimizing product damage. With the capability to process up to 2,800 kg of iceberg lettuce per hour, the SBC 300 efficiently manages high-capacity operations, offering a hygienic, easy-to-clean solution equipped with infeed conveyors and air knives for enhanced performance.
The centrifuge integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, utilizing precise centrifuge controls to adjust drying parameters. Designed for batch operations, it supports various product types, handling both solids and liquid-based applications such as infant fruit puree, vinaigrettes, and oils. Constructed for energy efficiency, this system operates with reduced mechanical complexity, requiring minimal maintenance and ensuring longevity.
Manufactured with food-grade materials, the SBC 300 adheres to industry standards for hygiene and safety. Optional customization allows for tailored centrifuge speeds and air knife configurations to meet specific production demands. Its compact footprint maximizes floor space in processing facilities, making it an integral asset in optimizing production throughput and maintaining product integrity.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by handling up to 2,800 kg per hour.
- Minimizes product damage with gentle centrifugal drying.
- Reduces cleaning time with a highly hygienic, easy-to-clean design.
- Lowers maintenance expenses through simplified mechanical components.
- Optimizes floor space with a compact, high-capacity footprint.
- Applications
- Sauces,Ready meals,Salads,Fresh produce,Oils,Baby food
- End products
- Infant fruit puree,Coleslaw,Olive oil,Spinach leaves,Broccoli florets,Pasta salad,Iceberg lettuce,Avocado oil,Mixed greens,Vinaigrettes,Mayonnaise,Baby carrots,Pre-packaged meal kits
- Steps before
- Washing,Cutting,Blanching
- Steps after
- Packaging,Coating,Labeling
- Input ingredients
- fragile salads,Iceberg lettuce,fresh cut produce,baby food,oils,soups,sauces,seasonings,dressings
- Output ingredients
- dried salads,dried fresh produce
- Capacity
- 2,800 kg / 6,160 lbs per hour
- Drum Size
- Conical drum (size not specified)
- Cleaning Method
- Very hygienic and easy to clean
- Footprint
- Small footprint
- Maintenance
- Easy to maintain
- Few parts
- Product Damage Reduction
- Minimal product damage
- Automation
- Controls system included
- Air Knife
- Including ventilator for cleaning centrifuge
- Working mechanism
- Conical drum centrifuge
- Integrated steps
- Infeed conveyor,air knife cleaning
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Reduced product damage
- Gentle drying for fragile salads
- Cleaning method
- Very hygienic and easy to clean
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Cleanability
- Very hygienic and easy to clean
- Fragile product handling
- Yes
- Machine Footprint
- Compact
- Drum Shape
- Conical
- Feed/Discharge Method
- Infeed Conveyor
- Capacity
- 2,800 kg/h
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen / PLC
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA / ERP systems
- Disassembly for cleaning
- Tool-free
- Conveyor customization
- Adjustable speed
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.