If the trees in your country house bend during the season under the weight of fruits that require urgent processing, you should take care of having a juicer. This problem also arises among winemakers, among whom there are no people willing to process the berries manually. It is quite possible to make a juice press yourself, eliminating additional expenses for purchasing equipment, which is quite expensive today.
Operating principle
Screw type can be made according to different technologies, in this process, parts such as old containers, washing machine tanks, as well as pots and boards are used. In some cases, structures are made using a jack. If we are talking about a traditional device for obtaining juice, then the device provides the following constituent elements: thrust mechanism, basket, pressing element, as well as base. The basket should be placed on the base, with a tray underneath for receiving juice. The last of these elements provides a gutter, under which a sap receiver is installed.
Making a press yourself
Initially, you will need to prepare the base and frame, which are made from metal profile. To make a juice press, you will need to form the top of the frame, which should be positioned horizontally. For this element, the most durable and rigid profile with thick walls is selected. This will prevent the components from bending under load. A sheet of plywood is laid on the base, on which the tank and tray are installed. In order to prevent frame corrosion, it is necessary to cover the surface with a layer of paint. As for plywood, it is treated with varnish.
Pallet preparation
If you decide to make a juice press yourself, then you will need to prepare a tray; the element of the same name from the pot can serve as it large diameter. You just need to cut a hole in the side and glue a plastic tube into it, with the help of which the juice will flow into the receiver. When working with a pallet, you need to act very carefully, since the product can easily break if it is accidentally caught or something is dropped on its surface. This also applies to operation, since the tube can be torn out due to negligence. In order not to worry about this, it is best to use a pallet made of stainless steel.
Making a tank
A juice press must have a tank, which can be made by a craftsman from galvanized steel. When choosing a material, you should stock up on planed pine beams, it should not be glued, you can easily find such lumber in any hardware store. The tank will be made of timber, the cross-section of which should be 20x40 millimeters. Clearance between elements of this product should not be more than 5 millimeters. Due to the fact that wood contains essential oils, as well as resins and glycosides, it is best to use indifferent biological material like natural wood as the material for the tank; it can be birch, beech, or oak. As for pine, it is, as a rule, not used when making hand press for juice. This is due to the fact that the material contains resins, the content of which can somewhat affect the taste of the juice.
Making a piston
When making a juice press with your own hands, you will need to make a square from two layers of boards, which should be located perpendicular to each other. In this case, self-tapping screws should be used as fasteners. The resulting square will allow you to get a piston, and you will need to use electric jigsaw. It is important to make an element that fits in diameter. The pistons should be rounded with a file, which will make it easier to install the elements in the tank. The piston is also made from biologically pure wood such as beech, birch or oak.
Work on the power element of the device
If you are making it for juice, then you can use a screw as a power element. A jack will also do. In order to obtain juice, it will be enough and which is capable of creating a force equivalent to two tons. Among other things, you should cut the planks that are placed under the jack; this requirement is explained by the fact that the piston stroke will not be enough for the height of the tank; the jack handle will rest against the edge of the barrel.
When making a screw manual juice press, you can use a traditional galvanized pin for the screw. A handle and a nut are welded to it, the latter of which will turn the screw. To filter the juice, you should use a fairly strong cloth that has a fine mesh. Polyester or lavsan are perfect.
Making a metal press
When making a juice press with your own hands, you can take as a basis steel structure. To do this, the master will need to have skills in turning or plumbing, and also have available and be able to operate a welding machine. It is based on a stainless steel tank, borrowed from an old washing machine. Two cylindrical containers without a bottom are made from it. The diameter of these products should be 23 and 29 centimeters, and the height will be the same, equivalent to 24 centimeters. In a smaller diameter cylinder you need to make holes, arranging them in a checkerboard pattern. Their diameter should be 8 millimeters. The inner container, which will become the basket, is necessary for loading fruits, while the outer one is for juice.
When making a juice press, it is important to place a rectangular tray under the cylinders, which is made of stainless steel and has dimensions of 30x50 centimeters. The sides of the tray must have a triangular bevel, which is necessary for draining the juice. A 21 mm flange will act as a poisson. Its fixation must be rigid; it must be installed on the lower part of the rod.
If you decide to make a press for squeezing juice yourself, then you need to weld a head with a hole that is necessary for the lever to the top of the poisson. Using the last element, the thrust mechanism will be activated. A nut will work in tandem with the screw, which is installed on the U-shaped frame. The latter is fixed to the base; if necessary, it can be concreted into the floor or fixed to the table with screws.
Key secrets
If you use it in your work when making a juice press, you will not have to grind out the nut, but you need to ensure that the base has sufficient strength. It is against this that the mechanism that is designed to lift the car will rest. When using a frame-type wooden press, it will be possible to operate the device without a basket. The steel element in it will be a screw with a nut and gratings that are placed between bags of raw materials.
Grape presses are an integral part of the winemaking process, both on an industrial scale and for home use. good and modern equipment can significantly facilitate the work of a winemaker.
Purpose and principle of operation of the press
A modern and convenient press is necessary to obtain good wort. The quality will directly depend on adherence to fermentation technology and the use of properly prepared wort.
Using a press helps to quickly and effectively separate the grape pulp from the resulting must and squeeze out all the juice from the pulp. At the same time, crushing of grape seeds and ridges, as well as skins, does not occur during the pressing process. Thus, The press allows you to extract juice from the berries without damaging the seeds or ridges of the grapes.
A standard press consists of the following elements and components:
- gears;
- a pair of wooden or stainless steel rollers with a grooved surface;
- a pair of containers intended for crushed grapes and grape juice.
A pair of rollers is mounted on gears. When the handle moves, the rollers come into action and begin a counter translational movement. A special device can be used to adjust the gap between the gears depending on the size of the processed berries.
The minimum clearance is 3 mm, and the maximum distance between gears can be set to 8 mm. The result of the press is the extraction of juice from the berries and redirecting it into a separate container.
Standard Process Pressing grape berries consists of several stages:
- separation of wort by gravity;
- obtaining first pressure wort;
- obtaining the wort of the second and third pressures.
Any press is a pressing device, complemented by a fixed plate and a basket in which the pulp is separated from the grape juice. In the interdisk space a peculiar drainage system, which promotes the removal of pure juice. Directly under the press there is a screw designed to remove the presses.
Types of press
Currently, there are a large number of varieties of such units that help to obtain.
- Mechanical press for grapes. The unit includes a wooden basket and a cast iron frame. This unit is compact and its price is quite affordable for most consumers. A good and high-quality mechanical press is the best option for home winemaking. The principle of operation is based on the use of physical effort. The productivity of such a unit is not too great.
- Electric grape press. Made from high quality stainless steel. This material is not prone to oxidation, is durable and does not affect negative impact on the taste characteristics of the final product. The principle of operation is based on the pressure obtained by using water (hydraulic) or air (pneumatic) through a special pump. Productivity is very high.
In addition, according to the purpose of the press, they can be made into universal ones, which can be used for squeezing not only grapes, but also other berries or fruits, as well as special ones, the use of which is adapted specifically for grapes.
By material
The most in demand are wooden and metal presses:
- wooden presses need more careful care, which includes washing, disinfecting and systematic inspections for the appearance of mold or pathogens. A high-quality main basket of the press is made of beech or oak;
- metal presses can be either cast iron or stainless steel. Such materials are more hygienic and easier to maintain. In addition, such materials are very durable and do not impart foreign odors to the wine. Metal presses can be both household and industrial.
By volume and power
Of course, home winemaking involves the use of more budget options press, which have a low, but quite sufficient for household use productivity. For home use, presses are used without metal elements or homemade designs.
Hydropress for grapes (video)
Benefits of use
- grape juice obtained in this way contains all the beneficial and nutrients, which is due to minimal contact with oxygen;
- the press allows you to obtain a larger volume of grape juice;
- with this method of squeezing, foaming is practically not observed;
- A high-quality press is not only durable, but also reduces the cost of effort and time.
When choosing a unit for home or household use, you should choose a simple design that is easy to assemble and clean after use.
DIY making
Very often, at home, winemakers replace the press with conventional ones. food processors or juicers. However, the use of such devices very often causes poor clarification of wine and the formation of sediment.
You can make a press yourself using available materials. Such a device will facilitate the process of obtaining juice and will not require the purchase of expensive equipment.
Step by step instructions for making a press:
- preparing a container for loading berries, which can be used as a drum from a regular washing machine, in the walls of which holes should be drilled in a checkerboard pattern;
- Prepare a container that is larger than the size of the washing machine drum. The container, like the drum of a washing machine, should look like a cylinder without a bottom and have a number of additional holes along the bottom;
- having inserted one cylinder into another, you should fix them together by inserting blocks between the walls;
- prepare a U-shaped frame, onto the crossbar of which drilled hole the working part is fixed in the form of a thick cast-iron pancake with a lever;
- both containers are placed in a wide bowl made of food-grade plastic, in which a hole is drilled for a hose to drain the juice.
The principle of operation of such a mechanism is very simple. A U-shaped frame concreted in the form of a horizontal bar with a working mechanism is the basis under which a structure made of a basin with two perforated cylinders is installed. The hose from the basin should be placed in a container to collect the finished juice. Grapes are loaded into the drum and covered wooden shield, onto which the cast-iron press plate is lowered using a lever. The squeezed juice flows through the hose into a clean container.
The best and highest quality juice is the one that is collected from grapes without using a press, that is, by gravity. As a rule, winemakers combine it with first and second pressing juice, which allows them to obtain the highest quality wine. The juice from the third and subsequent pressings can be used in winemaking to prepare simpler alcoholic drinks. The pressed pulp can be mixed and pressed again, but no more three times.
How to make a grape press (video)
Of course, you can squeeze grape juice by hand or through a juicer. But such options have a large number of disadvantages, including loss of juice and reduction in the quality of the wine. Therefore, for winemaking at home, it is recommended to purchase or make at least a simple press yourself. It is very important to thoroughly rinse the device immediately after use, and then the press will serve faithfully for many years.
Today we will talk about how to make your own press for squeezing juice from fruits, berries and vegetables or a homemade juicer with your own hands. We will also consider technologies and drawings of homemade presses and juicers with visual illustrations
There are various designs presses for squeezing juice. The main homemade structures are screw or using a jack. Not a bad option when using an air jack or rubber bladder and a compressor. There are options for using a centrifuge, for example an old washing machine. Presses or juicers should not crush seeds and ridges located in the pulp.
Depending on the expected volume of processing of raw materials into juice or wine, select the design of the juice extraction device you like. In any case, the cooking process is divided into two stages: 1. Preparation of pulp (grinding raw materials); 2. The actual extraction itself is the extraction of juice.
Screw Juice Press Designs
Typically a press consists of a pressing mechanism, a basket, a base and a pressing board. The basket serves as a receiver for the pulp and is installed on the base of the press. There is also a tray for draining juice. The bottom and side walls of the basket are lined with a whole piece of burlap without gaps. The ends of the fabric should hang over the edges of the basket. Then the pulp is loaded into the basket and covered with the ends of the burlap. A wooden circle is placed on top, onto which the press head is lowered.
Here is an example of another homemade juice press. The press consists of two pipe stands with a diameter of 22 mm. A U-shaped profile bent from 3 mm steel is welded to the pipes on top. The height of the profile is chosen in such a way that a screw nut pressed into a steel sleeve can be freely placed inside. A clamp is welded to the bottom of each rack. Using these two clamps, the press is attached to the window sill. A head with a hole for the handle is welded to the screw on one side, and a stop is attached to the other, which compresses the raw material.
A leaky 3-4 liter enamel pan is suitable for collecting the squeezed juice (Fig. a). You need to drill a hole in the bottom and attach a fitting with a hose to collect the juice.
The basket is made of stainless steel sheet 2 mm thick; bandage rings made of stainless wire with a diameter of 4 mm are welded to it on top and bottom. The rings allow the basket to fit “evenly” inside the pan. The walls of the pan are perforated with a drill with a diameter of 3 mm (in random order).
The spacers that separate portions of raw materials loaded into the basket consist of two 2-mm stainless steel disks connected by spot welding. Holes are drilled in the disks using a drill with a diameter of 3 mm, and gaskets 4 mm thick are provided between the disks (the gaskets are also made of stainless steel). In general, all parts of the screw press are made of stainless steel; a tank from an old washing machine is quite suitable.
The work of squeezing juice occurs as follows. The body of the press is secured with clamps on the windowsill in the kitchen (you can also install the press on the table). The screw with the stop is unscrewed until it stops. A basket is placed in the pan, and a gasket is placed on the bottom of the latter and a napkin made of durable fabric is placed on it. Next, crushed raw materials (apples, fruits, herbs, berries) in an amount of 0.5...1 kg are placed on a napkin.
The napkin is folded into an envelope, the portion is covered with a drainage pad, on which another napkin is placed. There should be 3 such bags, and the top bag can rise 4...6 cm above the pan. Putting a gasket on the top bag, the pan is placed under the press screw. Yes, I completely forgot to mention the spacer (a circle of wood) that is placed under the basket (otherwise the pan may become unusable when the screw is tightened).
When creating pressure, the screw must be turned slowly and smoothly, monitoring the release of juice. Having finished squeezing the juice, unscrew the screw upward, transfer the pan to the table, and remove the pulp from the napkins. Depending on the type and quality of the raw material, in one cycle, using a homemade screw press for squeezing juice, it is possible to squeeze out 1.2...1.8 liters of juice, and in 1 hour - up to 12...15 liters.
Wedge press for squeezing fruit juice
It is necessary to arrange a wooden trestle on four legs B 1 m high. At the top these legs are connected by a thick (9-10 cm) board A, the width of which is 30 cm and the length is about 1 m. In the board we make a longitudinal slot D 10-12 cm wide and long 40 cm. Into this slot we insert two boards B (thickness 9-10 cm), hewn at the top and bottom. At the bottom, we tie both boards with an iron bracket or, even simpler, with a thick rope.
In order for the boards to hold and not fall into the slot, we pass iron pins or wooden bushings in their upper part. Then we make several wedges of different thicknesses from hard wood - and the press is ready. It works like this: spreading the boards B apart, inserting a bag of strong canvas filled with pulp between them. Then, driving wedges into the slot, we squeeze the boards. This way we compress the pulp tightly. The juice flows down into a placed tub or pot.
Making a simple juicer using the lever principle
We take two birch boards, the length of the main board is 1 m, width - 300 mm, thickness - 100 mm. The second board, which serves as a lever, is 1.5 m long, 170 mm wide and 20 mm thick. In the main board we make grooves for juice drainage (Fig. a) 10-15 mm deep and 300 mm long. We strengthen this board obliquely either on separate racks or on a special table. We attach a second lever board to it using a hinge and a spacer board. We got a lever press. We put 4-5 apples or some other fruits in the opening, press the lever, and the juice flows down the grooves into the placed container.
Nowadays, self-taught craftsmen are increasingly asking the question: “How to make a grape press with your own hands?” Grow grapes on your own garden plot simply put, the berry is unpretentious in care and grows quickly. Having built a press for it, you could store juice for the winter or brew your own homemade wine.
A press with a twenty-liter basket is quite suitable for squeezing juice from overripe grapes for wine.
Option one.
What does the press consist of?
We will make a screw-type press and it will consist of:
Screw. It would be good if it was rectangular, powerful and threaded.
Basket. By the way, it can be made from parquet boards. Which then needs to be tightened with stainless steel hoops.
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Advice:
And if suddenly your local market suddenly doesn’t have a strip of stainless metal of the thickness you need, in this case, grab some corners on the way home. After all, they can also be used to fasten parquet boards together.
The design of our press will be, so to speak, self-sufficient. That is, the finished press will be without stands, on legs. A nut will be attached to the top, and the screw rod will be screwed into it. There will be a basket in the frame itself; wort with pulp or grapes will be loaded into it
Let's make a basket.
We buy a couple of dozen parquet boards: length – 320 cm, width – 50 cm and 1.5 cm thick. We buy a metal strip, 1 mm thick. Many people purchase stainless steel metal corners. In this case, you will need a couple of them, two meters each.
We remove the grooves from the boards using a cutter. Well, this operation can even be called useless if you have dishwasher. Since in this case, with the help of its brush, everything is washed perfectly. But if there is no machine, so that the grooves do not become dirty, it is better to cut them off.
Now you will need stainless steel screws. We attach them to the corners, the gap is no more than 12 mm. Then, using a grinder, we cut a corner between the boards. We bend the edges. We make holes in them for the bolts.
An insert will be needed; its diameter corresponds to the diameter of the basket. The piston is placed on the grape pulp.
The height of the basket is 32 cm. The diameter inside is 29 cm. The estimated volume is 21 liters exactly.
So, let's continue the topic of how to make a grape press.
Now you need to buy:
Corners 25 mm;
Drills, diameter 6.2 mm;
Several M6 bolts;
Nuts to bolts.
Assembling the frame of the press.
Please note that it is necessary (!!!) to place boards under the screw, on top of the circle.
The screw can be ordered from a turner, or you can build it yourself if you have the appropriate skills.
Screw parameters: diameter – 30 mm, pitch – 3 mm, nut, disk with holes for fastening, welded.
More details:
A small piece of plywood as a stand for the press;
Plastic bowl. We make a hole in it, put a tube in the hole.
Of course, you can do everything using a welding machine, but if you don’t have one, and if you have no experience working with this device, then the question immediately arises of how to make a grape press without welding. This is where the idea came to mind, to make a press with bolts.
You can safely cook parts using inventory, right in your apartment on the balcony.
Design flaw.
Option two.
Step one.
In order to squeeze juice from grapes right at home, to make jelly, juice, wine and other things, you will need a press. We will now tell you how to make a grape press.
You need a roller crusher. You can also make it yourself, for example, from a loading ladle. The berries will be poured into this crusher. It's better to build it from wooden frame. To the frame we add a pair of rollers, also made of wood, and a handle for rotation. We secure all elements with bearings.
Step two.
We prepare all the details. We make a frame from bars: length - 70 cm, cross-section - 4 by 10 cm. Width of the frame - look at the length of the rollers, since the width completely depends on how long your rollers will be. The optimal size is 20 cm. When constructing the structure, make sure that the distance between the blocks is the same.
Step three.
For the press, the rolls must be made corrugated, 3 cm deep. The corrugation can be made screw, in this case, we direct the shift to the side by a couple of cm. Next, we attach the rolls to the frame with bearings. They will spin on different axes and at different speeds.
Step four.
If the diameter of the wool is the same, it is necessary to make the rollers have different diameters. What does this give? The speed of movement in a circle will be different. For such a press you need a wooden ladle into which the grapes will be loaded. Choose a pyramid shape.
Step five.
We place the bucket on the frame slats. Our slats must be transverse. The distance between the bucket and the roller is minimal, preferably no more than a centimeter. Ready. It's time to secure the crank for rotation. With its help, the grinding of raw materials and pressure of juice will be carried out.
Step six.
At the bottom of the structure we place a vessel to collect the juice.
We load the berries into a ladle, from there they fall onto the windrows. We rotate the handle, the berries are crushed and crushed until a puree is obtained.
Step seven.
We remove the berries from the bunch. Rinse thoroughly under running water. And only then load it into the press. And when the juice is ready, rinse the press with water and dry it with a soft towel or napkin. If you don't take care of it properly, the wood will simply begin to rot.
Apple trees periodically provide amateur gardeners with such a large-scale harvest that there is nowhere to put the excess fruit. In addition to jam and compotes, there remains one more option for processing fruits - juice. But many people do not get involved with this type of workpiece due to the high labor intensity of the process. Ordinary household juicers simply cannot cope with large volumes of raw materials, and not everyone is ready to buy a professional machine for the season. But there is great option– quickly and efficiently squeeze juice from apples using a homemade press.
What materials will be needed
To make a standard press yourself, no special skills or drawings are required. Anyone can measure, saw off a strip, hammer a nail or tighten a nut if desired. It is not necessary to own a welding machine; any design can be reproduced in wood using ordinary gardening tools .
To make a home press from tools, you will need a hacksaw for wood and metal (or a grinder), welding machine, screwdrivers, pliers, hammer. As for materials, the following are mainly used:
- metal channel;
- wooden blocks, slats, boards;
- self-tapping screws, bolts and nuts;
- tank or barrel, stainless steel sheet;
- bench screw and nut, valve, threaded rod or jack - depending on the chosen design;
- durable fabric with good drainage properties for apple bags: calico, cotton, jute burlap, linen.
It is better to make wooden elements from oak, birch or beech, since materials from biologically active tree species (spruce, pine) can change the taste of the juice. Under no circumstances should drainage grates be made from chipboard: fine dust impregnated with phenol-formaldehyde glue will get into the product.
Types of designs: diagrams and drawings
The main thing in the press is a solid base and working mechanism.
Operating principle of the device:
- layer by layer through drainage grates prepared raw materials for pressing are stacked(chopped apples) in fabric bags;
- by means of a mechanism oppression falls from above and presses the juice.
A good press squeezes out 65-70% of the juice, leaving an almost dry pulp. It’s quite possible to make one with your own hands.
Homemade press designs differ in the operating principle of the main mechanism:
- Screw.
- Jack based: mechanical and hydraulic.
- Combined.
In the bulk of structures, the pressure is from above, but V combined version compression occurs in two directions: with the help screw mechanism from above and a hydraulic jack from below.
The juice press consists of the following parts:
- sustainable bed;
- quadrangular or cylindrical frame, inside which bags of chopped apples are stacked;
- wooden gratings, with which the bags are transferred so that they do not spread;
- piston-gne t, directly exerting pressure on the cake;
- thrust bearing for a jack;
- working mechanism: screw with handle, mechanical or hydraulic jack;
- bowl-tray.
The main body can be:
- single perforated: the juice will flow through the holes along the walls and through the bottom into the pan;
- double: a solid casing with a slightly larger diameter is placed on a perforated metal cylinder;
- in the form of a continuous metal case with one drain hole at the bottom;
- collected from wooden slats connected by hoops, − barrel. The walls serve as a drainage grid.
There may be no body at all- simply a pyramid of wooden lattice frames in a tray with a mouth at the bottom, under which a container for juice is placed.
This design easy and quick to install. For the bottom plate, you can take a piece of countertop, for example.
Worm gear or hydraulic jack: what to choose?
The screw (worm) mechanism in the press is implemented in the form of a large screw (threaded axis) with a nut or a mechanical jack. The latter option is much simpler - you can buy it at a spare parts store or take it out of the trunk of a car; you don’t need to look for, adjust, grind or weld anything.
Designs based on a hydraulic jack are much more productive(force from 1t) than mechanical ones, and require a minimum of human labor. Bottle hydraulic jacks make it possible to squeeze juice quickly and in large volumes. They fit comfortably into any design.
You can design a press with a removable mechanism, then you don’t have to buy a special jack, but you can use the one on duty in the trunk. After all, the apple harvest is not good every year.
Making a press yourself
The press needs a stable, strong support - a bed. The simplest thing is to assemble it from wooden blocks using screws. To make a metal frame you will need a welding machine and a channel.
The dimensions of the frame depend on the diameter of the working body or the parameters of the drainage grids. Therefore, if you are planning a hull structure, then you need to prepare the container in advance.
The simplest frame press with a worm mechanism
Welded stable structure. A hole is cut in the center of the upper channel for the screw nut (you can use an old bench or order it from a turner). The nut is welded into the frame.
Then Assembling a wooden drainage grate, which consists of two layers of slats packed perpendicular to each other. The thickness of the slats is not less than 20 mm. It is also necessary to install a stand made of bars. A retainer for the pressure part of the screw is attached to the top board - any metal part of a suitable shape (can be mounted with epoxy glue).
The tray is made of stainless steel sheet, in the front part the spout-drain is arched. All that remains is to substitute a pan or other container. The result is a press.
Bed for hydraulic press assembled according to the same principle as for a screw one. The easiest way to use a body is to take a ready-made metal or wooden barrel. A hole is cut at the very bottom and equipped with a drain spout.
If wooden barrel not completely sealed - even good. The juice will drain in several directions at once, and in the end it will still end up in the pan. It is better to put a plastic casing with a larger diameter on top of such a structure to prevent splashes.
You can make a wooden case yourself:
- Will need: several boards of equal size (can be parquet), two strips of stainless steel and self-tapping screws with an anti-corrosion coating.
- The boards are screwed on top and bottom with self-tapping screws to the stripes at a distance of approximately 10 mm.
- Strips with boards are bent in the form of a circle, the ends of the strips are bolted together.
- A plastic bowl of suitable diameter can be used as a tray. with a drain cut out at the bottom for juice.
Another important element- jack stop. Usually made of wood: you need to knock down the slats and cut out a circle from the resulting canvas slightly smaller than the diameter of the working body. You can use a grinder to cut out a support from a stainless steel sheet.
Drainage gaskets are made in the same way as in the description for a screw press, but they are given a round shape.
The end result should be a design similar to the one in the photo.
Preparation of raw materials
The principle of squeezing apple juice simple - the finer the raw materials are chopped, the more product will be obtained at the exit. It is best to use a special chopper (crusher), since finely chopping several buckets of apples by hand is theoretically possible, but in fact difficult to implement. An electric meat grinder for large volumes is also not an option: it roars, howls, gets hot, and may eventually burn out. You can also make a suitable crusher yourself.
The simplest design of a homemade crusher
A deep hopper is mounted lightly on the cone from moisture-resistant plywood or stainless steel sheet. For stability, two bars are attached to it from below. A wooden roller (preferably made of beech) with self-tapping screws wound in a spiral is cut into the lower part of the container. You can use a regular kitchen rolling pin as a drum.. The axis of rotation of the roller comes out, a drill is inserted into it and the process begins.
Some people simply crush apples in a bucket using a construction mixer.
The process of squeezing juice from apples at home
After the raw materials are prepared, they laid out in fabric bags or wrapped in pieces of fabric like an envelope. Next, the bundles are placed in a container, basket, or simply on the bottom of the structure in layers through drainage grates. Fits about 3-4 bags. The pressure is lowered from above, the juice flows into the pan. When the squeezing process is completed, the pulp is removed and the next batch is loaded.
The remaining cake after high-quality pressure is usually obtained dry and compressed into “tablets” (photo 16).
It is better to dispose of the pomace in a compost heap. Worms reproduce very well on such material, creating valuable fertilizer for the garden.
The resulting juice can not only be drunk fresh, but also prepared for the winter:
- pasteurized rolled juice;
- apple wine several types;
- apple cider.
Apples are a very valuable product for health.. It is extremely imprudent and wasteful to bury and give away surplus crops to neighboring pigs. Having built a pair simple devices, you can quickly and easily process all fruits. And in winter it will be so nice to take healthy and tasty amber drinks out of the cellar or refrigerator!
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