Flume reception
Water flumes take tomatoes from the truck to washing.
Lines · Tomatoes
Tomato Reception, Washing and Processing Lines
Tomato lines for mechanically harvested fruit: truck unloading into water flumes, stone and sand removal, washing with water re-circulation, sorting and sizing, steam peeling, cutting and distribution to dice and paste lines.
- Truck unloading into flumes
- Sand and stone removal with water re-circulation
- Distribution pool to dice and paste lines
- Gentle steam peeling and water-knife cutting
Line flow
Main machines
Universal size grader
Separates tomatoes into size lanes.
Questions
Why use water flumes for reception?
Water cushions mechanically harvested tomatoes during unloading and carries them gently to washing while sand and stones settle out.
Can the wash water be recycled?
Yes. Bigtem designs water re-circulation systems for tomato unloading, with screening and settling, to reduce fresh water use.
Can one reception line feed both dice and paste lines?
Yes. A distribution pool can split the flow between a dice line and a paste line.
Related: Tomato applications · Gentle steam peeler · Washers
Tell us your crop, capacity and timeline
A Bigtem USA engineer will review your project and follow up with a recommended configuration and a utilities outline.