Introduction Of Unique Avocado Processing Line

The demand for avocados is increasing and thus the fresh processing of large quantities of the fruit become more and more important as well. KRONEN GmbH meets the requirements of the Convenience and Freshcut market and introduces the worldwide fi rst avocado processing line, which allows the peeling and coring of big amounts within very short times and thereby creates a visually attractive product.

With the unique, partly automated avocado processing line up to 1.200 fruit – which equivalents to about 300 kg – can be peeled and cored per hour. The capacity can even be quadrupled if needed: to up to 4.800 pieces per hour.

In the first step the avocado is halved, including the stone, and in the second step the stones are removed from the halved fruit. In the last step the fruit is peeled. Stone and skin are disposed on a waste conveyor belt, while the ready made halved avocados are proceeded on the out feed conveyor belt.

The avocados are prepared within seconds for downstream processes. The line is designed in a way that the sensitive fruit are processed very gently to guarantee a visually attractive product equivalent to manual treatment. At the out feed belt of the line the KRONEN cutting machine GS 10-2 can be integrated, which realizes the next step and cuts avocados into slices or cubes.

Avocados processed in such a way can be used for sandwiches, wraps, salads, Sushi rolls and other fresh, high-quality convenience food.

Successful application of the convenience avocado line

The innovative avocado processing line was created in close cooperation with a KRONEN customer and convenience producer from Western Europe. The company produces sliced avocados on a large scale. It needed a solution which could support the staff. Since the producer had to fight with a loss of production due to illness – which resulted from the uniform movement of the hand when coring the fruit and lead to health problems at the wrist in a short length of time.