Speciale F. & C. Srl

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Citrus extracting machines to get essential oil and juice from the fruit in one single operation

About 50% of all citrus extracting machines used the world over is of the “In-Line” kind and in Latin America this is the only system used. In recent decades, In-Line systems have been spread in Italy, Spain and in other Mediterranean Countries as well as in some Asian Countries. The company Speciale, which has been on the citrus processing sector for over eighty years, has been manufacturing this system with In-Line extracting machine Mod. SP40, juice finishers Mod. FF50, and essential oil finisher Mod. FF50E.

The success of this processing system is mainly due to the fact that it is the only that extracts essential oil and juice from citruses, performing just one operation, without ever halving citruses and therefore preventing the juice to come into contact with skin, separation membranes, or seeds. On account of this, the juice produced is essential oil free, which would jeopardize juice organoleptic quality. Following the preliminary selection processes of washing, brushing and grading, the fruit is sent to the SP40 extractor lines.

The system is called “in-line” because a set of extractors is aligned and to get the highest quality possible of juice and essential oil, extractors process fruits of different diameter. These lines are usually composed of extractors of three different diameters, such as: up to 60mm in diameter for the SP40-2, from 60 to 80 mm for Model SP40-3 and from 80 to 105 mm for the SP40-4. The absorption capacity for each extractor is 500 fruits per minute at a speed of 100 strokes per minute.

In order to be able to treat different varieties of citrus fruit available in different parts of the world in the most efficient way, the In-line system allows for great flexibility in the adjustment of components to obtain the best extraction. In facts, when adding extra parts such as different sizes of cups, cutters and strainers to the SP40 machines, it is possible to transform the great variety of citrus fruits available throughout the world in different ways.