Ideal for light products: dewatering of up to 300 kg of lettuce or leafy green vegetables per hour
The BDS 3000/800 from KRONEN's partner company Hitec Food Systems is a dewatering system accommodated in a line after the washing process and prior to packaging. The system is particularly suitable for sensitive, light products such as baby leaf and teen leaf as well as lettuce and leafy green vegetables (cut).
The product falls from an infeed belt onto the product belt, where it is evenly distributed over the entire width of the belt by a knocking unit. It is conveyed between two belts and dried in diverse dewatering processes. The combination of suction with a suction fan and swirling the product with a blower removes the water adhering to the product particularly effectively. A noise reduction box reduces the noise level of the suction fans, and the air guiding inside the box separates water from the airflow in a controlled manner.
The machine achieves a product with a residual moisture of approximately 6 to 8 percent without excessive mechanical stress. In general, the BDS 3000/800 is preceded by another preliminary dewatering step, for example with the HFDS 5000/800 belt dewatering system or with a continuous centrifuge such as the K650.