Vegetable Destoners

GENTLE DESIGN

Tong’s vegetable destoning equipment offers effective and reliable removal of stones and debris from a wide variety of crop in one compact and gentle machine.

ALL CAPACITIES

Built to suit your specific requirements, Tong manufactures a wide range of vegetable destoners to suit all requirements, whether a stand-alone machine or integrated within a vegetable barrel washer.

BUILT TO PERFORM

Manufactured in a choice of mild or stainless steel and to Tong’s heavy duty design, Tong vegetable destoners offer a stone removal solution that performs in all environments.

TPD720 VEGETABLE DESTONER

Tong’s TPD720 destoner offers effective, compact and low maintenance vegetable destonering. Built as a stand-alone destoning machine, the TPD720 destoner can be specified as a single machine. It can also be integrated within a new or existing vegetable processing line. Featuring a speed-adjustable separation pump in the base of the destoner tank, this destoner works in the same way as the integrated vegetable destoners. Upward pressure encourages vegetables to float onto a 700mm wide crop web elevator. Stones and debris sinks to the bottom of the tank where a 500mm web elevator effectively removes all waste. The crop web elevator is also fitted with a water spraying system to rinse crop as it is transferred on for processing.

CYCLONE DESTONER

The latest addition to Tong’s destoning equipment range, the cyclone destoner offers exceptionally effective vegetable destoning in which crop enter the conical-shaped tank with circulating water, and similar to tong’s other vegetable destoners, crop is carried over the destoning tank whilst stones sink. Based on a simple yet effective design, the cyclone destoner offers a longer residence time for crop in the destoner tank, offering improved separation whilst ensuring low water consumption and minimal maintenance. Available in standard diameters ranging from 1.2m to 3m wide, to suit capacities from 10 to 40 tonnes per hour, the cyclone destoner is an ideal option for high throughput vegetable destoning.

FLUME DESTONER

Tong’s flume vegetable destoners, also known as a fluidised bed destoner, offers effective vegetable destoning to ensure stones and debris are removed from crop prior to washing, preventing crop and equipment damage. Popularly used to destone potatoes and carrots in particular, Tong’s flume destoner can be specified as a stand-alone destoning machine, complete with its own destoning water tank, or it can be specified without a tank for direct connection to a barrel washer. Featuring a stone chute and chevron belted stone elevator, the flume destoner is built with a self-contained pump which pumps water in an upward direction, where crop carries over the water flume and towards the out-feed end of the destoner, whilst stones and debris sink down to the chute and are elevated out of the machine via the stone elevator. A simply designed, affordable destoner that offers effective destoning results.