The onion is known as a tasty and healthy product that can be used in a variety of meals. Its consumption has steadily grown in the recent past.
Finis has been active in the field of onion processing equipment for more than 35 years and has gained from a lot of experience.
ONION peeling The demands on peeled product have increased. For this reason hand peeling is no longer acceptable.
Major quality criteria are a longer shelf life, a microbiological sanitized product and, of course, the appearance of the peeled onion. Also important are yield, capacity, labor requirements and environmental considerations.
In order to provide processors with a suitable peeling machines, Finis has developed several different executions. These range from a stand-alone machine with a low capacity of approx. 3.500 pcs/hr up to completely automatic production lines with a capacity
of ten thousand onions per hour.
Based
on the size of the onions, we offer three different models:
Small onions 40-65 mm
: FAPS
Medium sized onions 65-100 mm
: FUAS
Large onions 100-140 mm
: FUAS LN
F-APS A complete new machine to peel small onions up to 65mm in an economical way. During the fully automatic peeling process no personnel is needed, due to an ingenious aiming and positioning system.
Up till now the majority of peeling companies used mainly the onions with a size of 60 mm and upwards. Using our new machine it is also possible to purchase the smaller size onions and to peel them very economically. In this way you are less depending on your purchase and are able to supply the special small onion market.
Advantages you can achieve:
Automatic in-feed and positioning of the onions
Optional: automatic reject of improper aimed onions by means of a camera system.
Individual width adaptation during topping and tailing.
Minimum waste losses.
Adjustable blowing time.
Bacteriologic - a very high quality.
Large purchase - flexibility.
FUAS
Finis has introduced the FUAS in the early nineties. Through ongoing innovation the FUAS has become a very reliable and productive first class onion peeling machine.
Finis can supply the standard model in several different executions. These range from a stand-alone machine with a low capacity of approx. 3.500 pcs/hr up to completely automatic production lines with a capacity of approx. 4.500, 6.000, 9.000 and 12.000 pcs/hr. per machine.
Different onion sizes can be processed in one machine. Changing the indexing plates easily and fast makes this possible. The control of the line is done by a comprehensive, easy to use PLC that includes a help mode and self diagnostics.