Description:

Verhoest leek cleaning / peeling and washing machine

Machine is revised by our own mechanic, with a.o. new hydraulic engines, new gearings and new oil hoses.

Specifications:

• Roots cutting device
• Leaf cutting device with 2 rotating knives (clean cut)
• With extra leaf cutting knives, to make the 'short' leek of 34 cm or longer
• 4 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 pac with electrical engine / pump and all hydraulic motors
• All functions are adjustable
• Construction completely in stainless steel
• From right to left
• Collection conveyor 310 cm long (can be made shorter)

How the machines works:

• The leek has to be put on a conveyor at the start of the machine
• Then the leek goes through 4 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 tyres, drums and knives are ajustable.