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.
Italian Mill: or Speidel Mill: 748 Euros (£680):-
Winegrowers Supplies
- Mills - for milling apples, pears and other fruit without stones,
for use with vertical presses or pack presses
For plums, cherries and other stoned fruit a special de-stoner/pulper should be used.
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,
703 Euros (£639)
Spare pair of stainless steel cutting blades, £38.20
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.
Note: Speidel don't manufacture this mill.
or Gomark Mill: in 2012 a new mill will be available, details and price to follow.
Voran scraper mills:-
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OM M1.1 - about 1000 kilos/hour, 380V 1.1 kWatt, 65 kilos, 1470 Euros or AMH - attaches to Voran Pack Presses, using the these have stainless steel internal parts. |
Voran centrifugal mills:-
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RM 1.5 - about 650 kilos/hour, 380V 1.5 kWatt, 40 kilos, including stand, 1240 Euros includes an 8mm cutting-sieve/screen
extra screens:- |
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RM 2.2 - about 1000 kilos/hour, 380V 1.5 kWatt, 60 kilos, including stand, 1700 Euros includes a 9mm cutting-sieve/screen extra screens:- |
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RM 5.5 - about 4200 kilos/hour, 380V 1.5 kWatt, 70 kilos, 2590 Euros includes a 9mm cutting-sieve/screen there is a wide choice of extra screens |