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POTATO CLEANING

File No. 127

Section 1

PROBLEM:

Clean mud off potatoes being transferred from the field to

the sorting station.

SOLUTION:

Install high pressure cleaning system using a CAT PUMP.

SPECIFICATIONS:

CAT PUMPS Model....................................................*1010

Pressure..................................................................700 PSI

Flow (2 per nozzle) .................................................12 GPM

Temperature ...........................................................Ambient

Fluid............................................................................Water

Duty Cycle .........................................................Continuous

Drive ...........................................................7.5 H.P. Electric

*Alternate CAT PUMP model 390 piston or model 1050 plunger pump.

BENEFITS:

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More effective cleaning than by previous hand cleaning

method.

G
Significant reduction in water consumption.

G
Drastically reduced labor costs.

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Dual service available with high pressure pump:

stationary cleaning chamber, as well as portable pressure

washer for other farm areas and equipment.
OPERATION:

Potatoes are coated with mud when brought in from the

fields. Before they can be routed through the sorter, they

must be rinsed. In this particular operation, a special

cleaning chamber containing a series of six overlapping

nozzles was developed. Each nozzle delivers ambient

water at 2 GPM, 700 PSI for a total of 12 GPM.

The potatoes are delivered to the cleaning chamber in

baskets which are dumped onto cleaning chamber rollers.

These rollers are covered with felt to protect the potatoes

from bruising. As the rollers tumble the potatoes, the high

pressure rinse washes off the mud. Once the potatoes are

cleaned, they are sorted on a long conveyor for further

processing.
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Products described hereon are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents 3558244, 3652188, 3809508, 3920356, 3930756 and 5035580

CAT PUMPS (U.K.) LTD.
1 Fleet Business Park, Sandy Lane, Church Crookham, Fleet

Hampshire GU13 OBF, England

Phone Fleet 44 1252-622031 - Fax 44 1252-626655

N.V. CAT PUMPS INTERNATIONAL S.A.
Heiveldekens 6A, 2550 Kontich, Belgium

Phone 32-3-450.71.50 - Fax 32-3-450.71.51

e-mail: cpi@catpumps.be

CAT PUMPS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
Buchwiese 2, D-65510 Idstein, Germany

Phone 49 6126-93030 - Fax 49 6126-930333

e-mail: catpumps@t-online.de