380V Washing Concentrate Tomato Ketchup Production Line Stainless Steel 304

Stainless Steel 304 Material Tomato Paste Sauce Concentrate Processing Line

Product description of tomato processing plant

Tomato processing lines can produce everything from fresh tomatoes to various types of end products. Popular products such as tomato paste, tomato paste and tomato paste, as well as tomato juice processing lines from fresh tomatoes to aseptic bags in barrels to produce the final product.

The processing line mainly includes: fresh tomato intake system, cleaning system, sorting system, crushing system, pulping and refining system, filtration system, concentration system, sterilization system, aseptic filling system. Then we can get sterile bags of ketchup in buckets.

Ketchup in aseptic drum bags is then processed into ketchup, sauces and juices and packed into bags, block bottom bags, canisters, PP containers, bottles, gable lids, etc.

Main parameters of tomato production line

Key process of the tomato paste processing line

Now Shanghai Gofun machinery company will introduce the information of tomato paste processing line to show it works.

1. Discharge platform

When it comes to fresh tomatoes, it’s usually a heavy truck that’s hard to empty with people. Therefore, we designed an unloading platform and used water to transport fresh fruit / tomatoes to the processing line. Also use a water gun to remove fresh fruit / tomatoes from the truck. In addition, the unloading platform has another function that allows you to pre-wash fresh fruit / tomatoes before processing.

2. Elevator

This machine is used to delivery fresh fruit from outside the building to inside.

3. Washing

Fresh fruits should be washed well before crushing. For washing, we can use foam washing machine and spray washing machine together. If the need for washing is high, more washing steps can be added. Also, we can add ultrasonic cleaning and ozone cleaning for better cleaning effect.

4. Sorting

After washing, the surface of the fruit is clean, we can check the situation of all the fruit by human eye, and sort out the bad tomatoes by human.

5. Crushing for tomato processing

GFM-FC series crushers have sophisticated operating principles, superior production accuracy and excellent crushing capabilities. It is mainly used in crushing various fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, mangoes, apples, strawberries, pears and celery. The raw material can be crushed into smaller particles, which can increase the efficiency of subsequent processing work. Chapter. The machine includes feed hopper, frame, spindle, bearing block, side cover, motor, motor structure, outlet hopper and many more.

6. Preheating

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

7. Pulper and refiner

This machine also works at 1470 rpm, which produces centrifugal energy that allows the product to pass through the sieve, helping to refine the product. Typically, two stages of pulper and refiner are used, but each stage screen is different, the first stage screen is larger and the second stage screen is smaller. Tomato pulp production rate of two-stage mixer can reach 90% -95%. After pulp, tomato skin and seeds are separated from tomato pulp. The machine has great working capacity and stable performance. Easy operation and replaceable screen. Suitable for many types of fruits like passion fruit, tomato, mango, peach, apricot, mango and apple.

8. Evaporating

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 tastes and nutrients would be protected as much as possible. And right now, we evaporate the water from the tomato pulp, then we will get the tomato paste, normally the Brix is 28-30% and 36-38%.

9. Sterilizing

Tomato paste uses a tube-in-tube sterilizer. Adjustable sterilization temperature and retention time. The machine holds the ketchup at a high temperature of about 115 degrees Celsius for 30 seconds, then immediately cools it to room temperature. Thus, tomato paste can be tested to preserve as much nutrients as possible. The whole system assumes programmable control. The operating system adopts human-machine image interface, making it convenient to perceive the working condition of each component of the device intuitively.

10. Aseptic Filling

Aseptic filling machines work with tubes in a tube sterilizer. It is a closed loop. Prior to production, the cycle is fully sterilized to ensure a sterile environment. And the filling cavity is also steam protected to ensure that the filling environment is also sterile. Security - Provides multiple security methods. Mirror welding technology is adopted to ensure clean and smooth welds. Separate control panel. CIP and automatic SIP can be used with the sterilizer. Easily adjustable to fit sterile bags of different volumes and sizes.

11. Storage or go blending

The finished product can be stored or used as the raw material to make the tomato sauce or ketchup.