5T/H Tomato Sauce Production Line Automatic Water Saving

3~5 T/H Tomato Sauce Production Line Automatic Water Saving Cost Effective

Description

Tomato processing line can produce from fresh tomato to different kinds of the final product. The most popular is tomato paste processing line, produce from fresh tomato to tomato paste with aseptic bag in drum.

That includes: fresh tomato receiving system, washing system, sorting system, extracting system, concentrating system, sterilizing system, and aseptic filling system.

Then can get the tomato paste with aseptic bag in drum. And the tomato paste in aseptic bag in drum can be further produced to tomato ketchup, sauces, juice and filled in sachet, stand-up pouch, metal can, PP container, bottle, gable top, etc.

Flowchart

FRESH TOMATO ⇒ CONVEYOR ⇒ WASHING ⇒ SORTING ⇒ CRUSHING ⇒ PREHEATING ⇒ PULPER & REFINER ⇒ EVAPORATING ⇒ STERILIZING ⇒ ASEPTIC FILLING ⇒ STORAGE OR BLENDING

1. Washing 

Before crushing, need to washing fresh tomato carefully. For washing, we can use the bubble washing machine and spray washing machine together. If the washing requirement is high, can add more stages of washing. Also for better cleaning effect, we can add ultrasonic cleaning and ozone cleaning.

2. Sorting

After washing, the surface of the tomato is clean, we can check the situation of all the tomatoes by labor. With the roller conveyor, we can see every sides of the tomato. And pick out the bad tomatoes by labor.

3. Crushing

The crusher is running at a high speed of 1470 r/min to crush fresh tomatoes to make sure all the tomatoes are fully crushed.

4. Preheating

The pre-heater is used to heat the product after the crusher, the temperature is adjustable, normally from 45℃ to 85℃. This processing step would help to higher the juice rate for the next step, and also can protect the color and testing for final tomato paste.

5. Pulper and refiner

This machine is also running at the speed of 1470 r/min, it causes the centrifugal force and the product will go through the screen, which helps to refine the product. And normally we use double stage of pulper and refiner, the screen of each stage is different, for the first stage the screen would be bigger, and for the second stage the screen would be smaller.

6. Evaporating

The vacuum Evaporator is used for concentrating the tomato paste under vacuum and low temperature. Here we are using Forced Circulation Vacuum Evaporator. Because it’s under vacuum and low temperature, so the test and nutrients would be protected as much as possible. And right now we get the tomato paste, normally the Brix is 28-30 and 36-38.

7. Sterilizing

For tomato paste, we use tube in tube type sterilizer for sterilizing. The sterilizing temperature and holding time is adjustable. with this machine, we will heat the tomato paste to a very high temperature around 115℃ holding it for 30s and then cooling to ambient temperature immediately. This way also can protect the test and nutrients of tomato paste as much as possible.

8. Aseptic Filling

The aseptic filling machine works together with the tube in tube type sterilizer. It’s a closed cycle. Before production, the cycle will be fully sterilized to make sure the aseptic environment. And the filling cavity is also protected by steam to make sure the filling environment is also aseptic.

9. Storage or go to blend

Advantages

The tomato processing line from Shanghai Gofun machinery company is running with high effective, water saving, high extracting rate, safety quality control for final product, safety control for operators, etc.