Process and installation for processing peppers (pimientos), hot peppers (red chilli peppers) and the like

摘要

The process comprises the stages of roasting, peeling and docking (cutting the tail from) the fruit. Before the roasting stage, the fruits are subjected to a preheating operation, by means of immersion in an oil bath. The installation comprises a loading table 1 composed of a chain of scoops which are dimensioned so as to receive one fruit each, a conveyor chain 2 which includes clamps articulated to the chain links, a preheating bath 3, a roasting tunnel 4, a peeling unit 5 composed of at least one pair of friction-producing rollers, and a docking device which includes a cutting station 6 and a pair of reacting rollers 7. IMAGE