Fruit Juice Processing Plant

A 20-30 ton per day Fruit Juice Processing Facility can process and package up to 3,000 liter/hr. of various Juices and Spring Grade Water, bottled and packed in PET and or Pouch Systems.
The system will be designed to wash, prepare and juice a range of citrus and tropical fruits, blow heat set bottles from pre-forms, blending of fortified water and juice based products, flash pasteurization and sanitizing of the filling system, bottles and caps. The system will accommodate 0.5 and 0.75-liter PET bottles with 28mm screw caps or Pouch Drinking System.

Drinking Water Treatment:
• Sand, active carbon, 5.0 micron, 1.0 micron, 0.1 micron, filters, UV sterilization and Ozonation systems will be supplied for water treatment, plant distribution and bottling.
• Oxine dosing system for water sanitizing prior to packaging.
• 4 x 60 Hl polyethylene holding tanks with distribution pump and control.

Raw Fruit Processing Equipment:
• Raw Fruit Bins and Hydraulic Handling System.
• Continuous integrated first stage belt washing unit with recirculating water filter and Oxine sanitizer dosing system.
• Four station inspection table with 8 bins and spray bar.
• Continuous integrated second stage belt washing unit with recirculating water filter and Oxine sanitizer dosing system.
• Inclined conveyor and remanufactured fruit "chunker" system with variable speed slicing blades and crushing rollers to expose fruit without damaging stones or seeds.
• Take off conveyor for the pulping unit and Side feed screw for pulping.
• Raw fruit pulping system with anti-oxidation kit.
• Acid dosing and pH balance system for the pulp.
• Pulp finishing system for high quality, clean single juice output.
• Other equipment include blanching, pressing, filtering and process line separation equipment for the various fruits.

Juice Processing Equipment:
• 2 x 60 Hl raw Juice Holding Tanks with agitators, glycol jacket and cladding and Juice concentrate drum handling and dispensing system.
• In-line blending system complete with 15 Hl. batching tank and two 30 Hl. packaging holding tanks.

• Single tank CIP/SIP system with Oxine activation unit for cleaning and sanitizing process lines and tanks.
• Product transfer hoses for the juice processing area.
• Stainless steel hose and bottle cap sanitizing bath.
• “PurePass” "Hot Fill" pasteurization system rated at 30 Hl/Hr for non-carbonated products complete with feed tank, filler supply tank and CIP/SIP system.
• Oxine activation units to allow the high strength, activated Oxine (4,000 ppm plus), to be used throughout the plant at different concentration levels for sanitizing.
• Stretch blow moulding machine for 6,000 BPH with automatic pre-form feeder and hopper, heat exchanger, chiller, compressors, air distribution and filter package.
• Two sets - Moulds for 0.5 and 0.75 liter PET bottles with 28mm caps

• PET Bottle Rinser, Filler and 28 mm. screw capping system for juice hot fill and non- carbonated water packaging.
• Filler frame and shroud for sterile filling operations.
• Pre-rinse unit and Rotary feed table & Slat band chain infeed conveyor
• Slat band chain discharge conveyor & Glue wrap around labeler
• Shrink wrapper, Tray conveyors, and Ink jet printer
• In-feed and discharge interface and build back control.
Pouch Packaging System and Equipment capable of producing up to 7,200 pouches an hour at 100% efficiency:
• Pouch filling system for 250 ml. plastic film pouches for water and juice products.
• Discharge conveyor and full pouch hopper.
Utilities & QC Equipment:
• 1x 40 ft. reefer box and 3 Ton chiller unit for raw juice storage tanks to chill the juice for storage
• 50 HP Steam Boiler With condensate returns and blow down tank
• Utilities pipe work and fittings for connecting to the process and packaging plant
• Laboratory equipment for in-plant QA for bottled water and juice analysis
• Control and Spare parts for 1 year operation