Recently, the author saw an article analyzing the apple industry. The article shows that China, as the largest apple producer in the world, has basically achieved self-sufficiency in self-sufficiency, and can still leave part of it for export. Under the premise that China has become an apple power, China continues to develop the introduction of Apple-related machinery and equipment, extend the Apple industry chain, and strive to become a strong apple country.
Independent research and development of picking equipment to adapt to China's apple picking environment
The high labor cost and low picking efficiency have become pain points for the development of the apple industry. How to solve the apple picking problem? An engineer from Yantai has developed a self-propelled orchard picker to try to resolve this pain point. This semi-automatic apple picking equipment In the picking process, manual labor is still required, but the equipment is equipped with pedals. The farmers do not need to erect when picking, carry the ladders, and all four corners of the equipment are equipped with conveyor belts. After picking the apples, the staff can put the apples into the conveyor belt and the equipment can complete the packing. , Transshipment and other work. The equipment can also adjust the speed of the compartment and the speed according to the spacing of fruit trees to meet the needs of terrain, hills and other terrain. After using this equipment, the workers save the labor time for moving boxes, ladders, etc., and the production efficiency can be Increase six to eight times.
Of course, with the growing development of the smart manufacturing industry, we are more and more looking forward to China's apple picking equipment in the future has the 'consciousness' to identify mature apples, can achieve self-picking as some foreign picking robots, and further improve production efficiency.
The introduction of refined sorting equipment allows Apple to eat fresher food
More than 80% of apples in China are used for fresh food, so the development of apple primary processing equipment is also very important. Sorting equipment can make fresh apples better, and it is an extremely important device in apple processing. China's apple sorting equipment mostly stays on the basis of size, weight sorting, and sorting fineness is limited, so our country has chosen to introduce foreign sorting equipment.
Yunnan Zhaotong has introduced the apple automatic sorting line from New Zealand. This sorting line covers many functions such as washing, sorting, and packing required in the initial processing. For sorting, weighing, sorting, Multi-level sorting systems such as taste sweetness, internal quality sorting, etc., enabled fine sorting of apples. Yanan introduced a dual-channel photoelectric automatic fruit selection line from France. The sorting equipment can illuminate apples by special light irradiation. Various criteria such as color, size, sugar content, and quinone are used for sorting and classification, and can identify the 'mould heart' apple.
Apple's deep processing equipment has been given priority to develop a hundred kinds of deep processing products
Although only about 15% of apples in China are used for deep processing, China has attached great importance to deep-processed apple varieties. At present, it has successively developed more than one hundred kinds of apple deep processing products, including fruit juice, fruit wine, pectin, essence, enzymes and other products.
Take concentrated apple juice as an example. According to statistics, concentrated apple juice currently belongs to the largest and most mature segment of juice processing. With the increase of people’s health awareness, NFC juice is popular with the concept of pure juice. In China, there are a number of manufacturers that produce NFC juice production line equipment. For example, Yangling Hong Mulberry Food Technology Co., Ltd. has developed a production equipment for mobile fresh apple juice. The equipment implements fully enclosed juice extraction to ensure the safety of finished products. It can also be moved. The fresh fruit juices in the apple producing areas will bring the freshness of the juices to a higher level. Shanghai Hanfei Machinery Technology Co., Ltd. has designed and manufactured a fully automatic NFC juice production line. The equipment covers the whole process of NFC juice production and packaging, and the single machine can be replaced. For the production of sauces or other fruit and vegetable juice products.
In addition, the disposal of waste from apple production has also become a major concern. At present, there are a number of processing methods for leftovers from apple processing abroad: Russia has tried to extract certain ingredients from applesauce, mashed potatoes, etc. Edible film; Switzerland adds dyes and binders to apple residues to produce eco-friendly handbags... As China pays more attention to energy saving and environmental protection, China’s related businesses and equipment manufacturing businesses can make more efforts in this regard. The apple industry also contributes to energy conservation and environmental protection.