What fabric to use for an apple press. How to make an apple press with your own hands

Obtaining natural freshly squeezed juice is a rather labor-intensive process. Conventional household juicers do not provide the results, and most importantly, the productivity required for extracting juice. After all, sometimes it is necessary to squeeze out tens of kilograms of raw materials. A small juicer is designed for single servings.

For such purposes, a small but productive press is used to squeeze juice from grapes. We have in stock both manual and jacking presses, as well as electric devices of various capacities.

Types of juice presses, their differences and features

• mechanical;
• pneumatic;
• hydraulic;
• electric.

The most common example is a mechanical system, where, with the help of a screw, a person creates pressure on his own. This mechanism is simple and quite reliable. Operating principle: you need to place crushed fruits in a special container, pour in grapes or all kinds of berries, after which you need to rotate the handle, which activates the screw, which lowers the flattened piston. The resulting juice seeps through the hole and flows to the tray, from where it flows into a special container.

This device is made from stainless steel and solid beech wood (for the grille).

The manual device has a modernized version - a hydraulic press, designed for apples and grapes. It does not have a perforated juice compartment. Here, wooden drainage frames are used, between which bags of pieces of raw materials are placed. This jack can exert high pressure on raw materials (up to 5 tons). Thanks to this, almost all the juice is squeezed out and the mass of the resulting liquid is equal to 70% of the mass of the raw material.

Very original is the hydraulic installation, in which pressure on the raw material is carried out using tap fluid. The pressure force is 1.5-2 atm. The juice is squeezed out through a hole in the wall of the casing.

The pneumatic installation has a similar principle of operation. The pressure membrane here is filled not with water, but with compressed air supplied by the compressor.

Benefits of using a press

Those who have their own garden, vineyard or berry plantation are well aware of the problem of processing the harvest. Using a press is the most effective way to solve this problem. Cold juice extraction is a quick process that preserves the vitamin value of the raw material. Moreover, this method is very economical and involves minimal loss of juice per percentage of processed mass.

In criticism of juicers, we can say that they are less productive, and prolonged contact with air and metal oxidizes quite a lot of useful components of the juice.

Filter cloth is a material that is made by specially weaving short and continuous strands of yarn. At the same time, there are heavy and wool filter fabrics. In turn, woolen ones, as a rule, are felled, and heavy ones can be combed. Thanks to this production technology, it becomes possible to obtain a pile or covering on which filtered particles will subsequently settle. In other words, this ensures a filtering effect. Currently, the following main areas of use of filter fabrics can be distinguished:

• petrochemical industry;
• mining and processing industry;
• pharmaceutical production;
• food industry;
• metallurgy;
• glass production;
• mechanical engineering;
• aircraft manufacturing;
• shipbuilding;
• wood processing industry;
• printing;
• air conditioning systems;
• water purification systems.

The main function of any filter fabric is to filter out small particles from liquids and gases. Currently, thanks to modern technologies, it is possible to purify air and gas from particles up to 1.0 - 0.5 microns in size, and liquids - up to 1.0 microns. In addition, modern filter fabrics are widely used in the production of respiratory masks. It should also be noted that filter fabrics are highly durable, which significantly increases their service life and makes it possible to use them in installations with high pressure. The main types of filters in which filter fabrics are used are the following:

• tower (vertical) filter presses;
• belt vacuum filters;
• belt filter presses:
• drum filters;
• leaf filters;
• bag (candle) filters;
• disk vacuum filters.

It should be noted that the production of filter fabrics is a rather complex technological process, which consists not only of production on weaving equipment, but also of subsequent finishing processing. In order to avoid shrinkage, the fabric must be heat stabilized. One type of heat treatment is calendering, due to which the risk of adhesion is significantly reduced and the surface of the filter fabric becomes smooth. Also, filter fabrics can be used in fire and explosive environments. In this case, in order to relieve static voltage, it is necessary to use fabrics with special electrically conductive fibers. In addition, sometimes various impregnations are used in the production of filtration fabrics. So, the production of filter fabrics is a high-tech process. Today, the range of filter fabrics includes more than 1000 items. Fabrics are classified according to the following types:

• material type;
• type of weaving;
• thread type;
• appointment.

In order to achieve the highest quality filtration process, it is necessary to take a particularly responsible approach to the selection of filter fabric. Call us - and our experienced specialists will always help you solve any problems.

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How to choose a press

The main criterion for choosing a press is the volume of raw materials that needs to be processed. Each device has its own performance, so when choosing it, you need to compare the amount of work and the power of the system.

An important element to consider when choosing a press is easy access to water supply. Very often, the process of squeezing juice takes place in a country house or in a village where there is no easy access to running water, and this limits the choice, eliminating the hydraulic system from the list.

What are these presses used for? At home, it may be necessary to prepare juices or raw materials for winemaking for the winter. To obtain the required production volumes and speed, presses and filters of various types are used. We have almost all types of such products in stock. In addition, here you can purchase them at the manufacturer’s price, without overpaying a lot of money for the services of many intermediaries.

Unlike a juicer, a press for squeezing juice from grapes allows you to significantly increase the volume of products obtained. The productivity of the press is an order of magnitude higher. Some of them are equipped with a special filter, thanks to which the juice is cleared of solid particles. Using pneumatic presses, you will greatly facilitate the process of obtaining juice

If you don't have an electric juicer, you can quickly and easily process a large apple harvest into juice using a juicer. If you have basic skills in working with tools such as a grinder and a welding machine, making an apple press with your own hands at home will not be difficult.

For the press you will need:

• Bulgarian;
• channel 1 pc. 40 cm long;
• channel – 2 pcs. 70 cm long;
• channel – 2 pcs. 46 cm long;
• channel – 2 pcs. 60 cm long;
• a screw from a carpenter's workbench;
• workbench nut;
• stainless steel sheet tray;
• cotton scarves - several pieces.
• wooden blocks (10 mm thickness, 350 mm length, 30 mm width);
• vessel for juice (plastic bowl, saucepan, etc.).

Cotton filter fabrics

Products/Fabrics

The company offers a large selection of filter fabrics that are widely used in the food, chemical, coal, mining, metallurgical and other industries. Filtration fabrics are made from natural cotton and synthetic fibers and act as a porous filter membrane.

Filter fabrics are selected in accordance with the designated operating conditions (chemical and thermal resistance) and have mandatory hygienic certificates. Cotton filter materials, in particular, belting, filter belting, filter diagonal and filter cloth are used in the food industry as the most durable and safe. Fabrics made from synthetic fibers are widely used in the chemical industry as they are the most resistant to various chemical reagents (acids, alkalis, salts). Fabric production is carried out in accordance with GOST requirements.

How to make an apple press with your own hands from scrap materials

We will give the sequence of assembling an apple press from materials that were, as they say, at hand. We’ll also tell you about the principle of operation. You can select or change the materials for making the press based on your capabilities.

Frame

We will assemble the frame using an angle grinder and a welding machine from an old channel.

Such a channel is usually used for scrap metal. We will clean it from rust with emery and weld the structure: perpendicular to each 70 cm long leg, we will weld a 60 cm long channel in the middle. We will connect the channel along the top with a 40 cm channel, and at the bottom we will weld 46 cm on both sides of the channel. A hole is cut out on the upper channel. The diameter depends on the diameter of the screw. Our screw, as mentioned above, is from an old workbench. The larger the diameter of the screw, the better (ours is 25 mm). Then we place a ball from the bearing under the screw to reduce friction. We get this basis:

Stand

We make a stand from wooden blocks - a square with a side of 35 cm and a height of 10 cm. The lattice is made of two layers of boards - one layer perpendicular to the other, thickness 10 mm - 30 cm by 30 cm.

Tray

For the juice you need to make a tray - a sheet of stainless steel. For convenience, you can bend the spout on the sheet. Place a pan under this spout. In the photo there is an old aluminum pan, the first one that came to hand. It is not recommended to use metal utensils for apple juice; it is better to replace them with plastic ones.

Next, we make a shape for the scarf: a square 25 cm and a thickness of 6 cm. Insert a fabric scarf 50 by 50 cm into the frame, where we place the prepared apples (cake), fold the edges into an envelope and place it in the mold. Then the mold is removed and the second lattice is placed on top. A mold with grated apples, etc. is placed on it. The quantity depends on the height of the press. We substitute the pan. We start turning the screw clockwise and get apple juice.

We prepare the apples as follows: wash them, cut them, grind them on a grain grinder or pass them through a vegetable cutter. To facilitate labor, a factory-type manual feed cutter was mechanized. Converted into a mechanical one, the drive and motor were taken from an old washing machine.

To enhance the juice extraction, an additional pipe was used, which was inserted into the screw handle. Thus, the press squeezes the cake until dry. Instead of a screw, you can use an automatic jack for 2-5 tons.