Feed inlet & metering
Control what reaches the chamber. Receive prepared fruit at a controlled rate without relying on operators to force material into an opening.
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Fruit preparation before crushing
Define the fruit condition before you choose a feed opening or a working assembly.
Start with the delivery condition
Record fruit type, variety, ripeness and temperature, including the hardest or largest material expected. A sample of soft ripe fruit does not validate a season with firm fruit, stems or mixed sizes. Keep the proposed capacity tied to those conditions.
Separate inspection from washing
Sorting rejects damaged fruit and unwanted objects; washing addresses a different part of preparation. Document the handover from both operations into the crusher. Avoid adding uncontrolled water and then comparing the output with an undiluted trial.
Confirm the hard-stone boundary
State whether hard stones are present, already removed or still unknown. A crusher is not automatically a de-stoning machine. Agree upstream removal or obtain explicit machine-specific approval before running the material; fruit name alone is insufficient.
Make feeding repeatable
Measure the largest pieces and discuss pre-cutting when necessary. Confirm inlet geometry, controlled feed and receiver-stop response. Do not force oversized material into an opening or treat the hopper width as a safe operating limit.
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Guarding & operating controls
Review the complete operating boundary. Coordinate access protection, emergency stopping, feed and discharge response using the machine-specific design and installation risk assessment.
PS SERIES
Compare catalogue references
Use the published PS references as a starting point, then confirm the duty on your prepared fruit.