Fruit receiving & preparation
Deliver the right fruit form before the batch begins.
Smooth-product pulping & refining for jam production
Resolve pulp texture before concentration makes handling harder.
Input → output
Incoming
Prepared fruit requiring a finer continuous phase.
Handover
Pulp meeting an agreed particle and seed/skin separation condition.
Use condition
Consider a pulper or refiner only where incoming texture and the smooth-product specification require it. Received puree may already meet the target; fruit-piece routes normally bypass this step.
Output evidence
Screen designation alone is not a finished texture measurement. Evaluate pulp, retained material and yield using representative fruit and the agreed sampling method.
Interfaces
Confirm feeding consistency, collection capacity, overflow prevention and whether subsequent heating changes viscosity. Keep reject removal and cleaning access independent of the cooked-product area.
Specify the actual configuration
| Parameter | Required basis |
|---|---|
| Required texture | Sample, particle method and acceptance range |
| Working assembly | Proposed screen/rotor details and speed basis |
| Throughput | Accepted pulp rate under stated feed conditions |
Cleaning, access and operating limits
Specify removal and inspection of screen and rotor assemblies, safe access and how trapped seeds or fibres are detected.
Do not put the complete fruit-piece batch through a fine refiner.
Connected equipment
Scraped-surface mixing duty
Keep a smooth viscous batch moving across the heated surface.