Before hard fruit such as cider apples and perry pears can be
pressed to obtain their juice they first need to be milled, ground, chopped or
grated into a kind of pulp. There are a number of different sized machines
available, the choice depends on how much fruit you need to process. Prices shown in this section are inclusive of Vat. Motor driven:- or Speidel Mill: £745
Winegrowers Supplies
- Mills - for milling apples, pears and other fruit without
stones
For plums, cherries and other stoned fruit a special de-stoner/pulper should be used.
Hand operated:-
Very strong, with a large stainless steel 40cm x 40cm hopper, £210
the apples are crushed by serrated rollers and hooked blades.
Italian Mill: £740
stainless steel milling
blades:
throughput up to 1000 kgm/hour, strong stainless steel hopper, 220 volt 1500 Watt motor,
with switch and short supply cable with EU-plug, 27 kilos, this is a very solid
machine, the top of the hopper is a few inches lower in height than the Speidel mill,
1400mm high x 600mm x 530mm,
Spare pair of stainless steel cutting blades, £46
There is no electricity supply cable with the Speidel Mill, it has a blue Industrial 230 volt circular 3-pin plug, you can buy a watertight connector IP67 and an extension cable on www.toolstation.com.