A complete set of potato starch equipment
1. Raw material reception unitThe unit is the first step of potato starch processing. The main purpose of this unit is to preliminary remove impurity and put them into storage pool.
When unloading potatoes, it is better to use special shovels to prevent the potatoes from damaging. Potato storage time cant exceed half a month. The longer the potatoes are stored, the more adverse for the starch production.
Attention must be taken that potatoes should not be damaged at time of purchase. Damaged potato is perishable, and the rotten potato will affect the potatoes around easily. The quality of potatoes has very big influence on the quality of potato starch.
2. Hydraulic transport unitThe main purpose of this unit is to convey potatoes of the potato storage tank into conveying screw elevator and conveyor by flow conveying, and then convey them to a de-stoner through a flow trough. In the process of conveying, potatoes continuously roll and clash in stream flow to peel off sticky mud of potato, it plays a very good cleaning effect.