Machine description:
High capacity pitting machine is designed for the perfect pitting of cherries & sour cherries, with optional tools for pitting of plums or other fruits with stone.
Standard delivery in stainless steel is equipped with installed tools for cherries processing, plates with holes of 25/13 mm (186 on the plate), or according to customer request (i.e. 22/11 mm with 225 holes on the plate).
Capacity: up to 3 t/h of cherries
Main features:
Options:
PIGO pitting machines are made with a proprietary drive mechanism that ensures a very long operation life with no required continuous adjustments during the operation. The construction is customized according to the characteristic of your fruit. This system ensures a very high efficiency together with a very gentle handling of the product.
All of our machines are completely made of stainless steel and respect the highest quality and hygiene standards.
Installed power (per unit) | El. power |
Main drive (driven by inverter) | 4,00 kW |
Brush drive | 0,37 kW |
Slitting device | 0,37 kW |
Distributor drive | 0,12 kW |
High pressure blower (inverter) | 5,50 kW |
Water consumption | 0,40 m3/h |
Machine weight | 2.150 kg |
Application: Cherries & sour cherries, plums or other fruits with stone.
Capacity: Machine capacity can vary depending on fruit type, sort and product size. The capacities listed below are based on our recommended rate of 60 strokes per minute (maximum is 70 strokes per minute), and standard plates which have 186 holes/plate for cherries and 82 holes/plate for plums.
Fruit | Whole size | Holes/plate | product pcs/hour | Product weight | kg/h fresh | kg/h pitted |
Cherries | 22/11 mm | 225 | 810.000 | ca 2,5 g | 2.000 | 1.550 |
Cherries | 25/13 mm | 186 | 669.000 | ca 4,5 g | 2.850 | 2.450 |
Cherries | 29/14 mm | 138 | 496.800 | ca 6,5 g | 3.100 | 2.600 |
Cherries | 32/15 mm | 133 | 478.800 | ca 9,0 g | 4.100 | 3.400 |