Topping, Tailing and Plugging cutting machine – TTP1

This machine is suitable for topping/tailing and plug cutting of elongated products such as carrots, parsnips, cucumbers, leeks, chicory, spring onions and courgettes.

The machine consists out of a flat belt for infeed and inspection of the carrots as well as a flighted belt to place the carrots on to be topped/tailed and/or cut into plugs.

Carrots are placed between the flights from where they are transported to the first circular knife where they are topped. To adjust the size of topping, the guide, against which the carrots are placed, can be set from 0 to 40 mm.

From there the carrots are transported to a set of circular knives which are used to cut the carrots into equal pieces. Optionally a second set of circular knives can be installed to cut different sizes.

The conveyor belts and the cutting unit are supplied on a frame with a waste chute for disposal of the tops. A hygienic control cabinet including emergency stop buttons is included. HMI can be offered as an option.

If required, this machine can be executed with two flighted conveyor belts on both sides of the flat belt and an extra wide cutting unit. This doubles the capacity without having to install two separate machines.

Product specifications:

Product diameter: up to 85 mm
Product length: up to 450 mm

Figure 1: TTP1 carrot cutting machine