juice & cider making

BELT PRESSES

Belt presses are the modern alternative to the rack & cloth press. A thin layer of fruit pulp is fed continuously onto a porous belt and pressed against a series of stainless steel rollers to extract the juice. This system requires minimal labour and gives yields comparable to those achieved with rack & cloth presses.

Owing to the short pressing time and minimal air contact the quality of the juice is very high and the solid content very low: juice freshness and flavour is maximised. A wide range of fruits and vegetables can be pressed.

Vigo offers the Voran range of fully automatic continuous belt presses. Operated with a washer, elevator, mill system (see washing and milling section) this range of presses can handle from 300 kg per hour to more than 6000 kg per hour of apples, requiring only minimal supervision. As long as there is a supply of apples to the water bath the pressing system will run automatically, with pulp fed continuously into the press. The belts are cleaned automatically. There are no cloths to clean and the structure of the presses is stainless steel throughout. These presses are simple to operate and easy to clean.

Click here to watch the EBP350 belt press in use with the bin tipper and SA Elevator.

If you are tired of trying to find reliable and affordable seasonal labour or just tired of folding press cloths, then contact Vigo for details of these belt presses.