Description:

Verhoest leek washing and peeling machine

Verhoest leek cleaning/peeling and washing machine

Specifications:

• Roots-cutting device
• Leaf-cutting device with 2 rotating knives (clean cut)
• 2 rotating peeling tumbles with peeling fingers
• Water sprinklers at different places in the machine clean the dirt away
• Completely hydraulically driven, with a hydraulic power pack with an electrical engine/pump and all hydraulic motors
• All functions are adjustable
• Construction completely in stainless steel
• From right to left
• Collection conveyor 
• Waste conveyor under the machine

How the machines work:

The leek has to be put on a conveyor at the start of the machine. Then the leek goes through 2 rotating peeling tumbles with peeling fingers, which travels the leek continuously from the roots to the leaves. It takes the dirty leaves and pulls them off. It washes and peels leeks and cuts the roots and surplus green to size. The peeling drums are easily adjustable via a lever. The speed of the belts, drums and knives is adjustable.