CITRUS

processing
Bertuzzi has gained a wide experience
in the design and production of
CITRUS processing machinery: equip-
ment for freshly squeezed high quality
juice, NFC pasteurized juice, FCOJ,
essential oil recovery.

We can supply complete citrus pro-

cessing lines on turnkey basis as well
as single machines to meet specific
requirements.
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RECEIVING, WASHING, SORTING

Fresh citrus fruits are fed to our washer INOXALL. The unit has been designed for
washing by immersion, supplied with large tank and fruit elevator to feed the subse-
quent sorting line model SELINOX.
This unit consists of a roller belt conveyor which, slowly rotating, allows to inspect
carefully the citrus fruits as to eliminate the rotten or unsuitable ones which cannot
support the subsequent industrial process.

We manufacture different models of BRUSHING MACHINES suitable for citrus- or

other fruits. Our brushers have a heavy duty structure in stainless steel; the rotating
brushes are in nylon with external motorization.
ESSENTIAL OIL EXTRACTION
For the extraction of essential oils from whole fruits Bertuzzi has designed the CITRORAP which pierces the peel
by rotating rollers. Designed in several versions for different hourly capacities two adjustable motorizations allow
to optimise the oil extraction cycles varying the fruit advancing and speed of the scraping rollers thus having a
versatile machine suitable for any work. It is furthermore an excellent solution to decontaminate from chemicals
the peels of fruits used for the extraction of fresh juice.

DEPULPING/REFINING
The juice is depulped by means of helicoidal extractors and
centrifuges in order to meet the customers requirements
for pulp content.
Our helicoidal extractors model ESM and Super have been
designed especially to refine citrus juice.
These units are suitable to treat the high-pulpy juice
coming from the extractors as to gently squeeze the pulp
in a progressive way in order to obtain a low-pulpy juice.
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JUICE EXTRACTION
Bertuzzi provides two different types of extractors:

roller type (CITROTAL)

individual cup type squeezing
and refining (CITROSTAR)

CITROTAL is mainly used for the production of jui-

ces to be concentrated, while

CITROSTAR juice extractors are preferred for the

production of high quality fresh juices.

Our CITROTAL extractors can process any kind of

citrus fruits without grading (calibrating) with a limi-
ted amount of essential oil getting into the juice
and a very high productivity.

In the CITROSTAR the juice flows down from the

centre of the fruit without contamination of the
peel. This unit works calibrated fruits and its ope-
ration cycle includes 4 phases: feeding & positio-
ning of the fruit on the extraction cup, closing of
the fruit between two cups, compression of the
fruit and pushing of pulp and juice into the refining
cyclinder, juice squeezing and refining.
The machine is available in three versions, depen-
ding on the required capacity: 1-head, 3-head
and 6-head.
CONCENTRATION
Rising film plate evaporators are used in order
to keep retention times and product temperatures low.

THERMAL TREATMENT FILLING

Depending on the final use of the juice it may include:
refrigeration only
pasteurization
sterilization
It can be carried out by either a tube in tube heat exchan-
ger, plate- or scraped surface- depending on the opera-
tion parameters and the type of final product required.
We have realized a large number of filling applica-
tions such as ASEPTIC FILLING of concentrate,
regular DRUM FILLING (NFC or concentrate) to be
frozen and of course fresh juice going straight into
the PET bottle, glass- or also pouch.
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PRODUCTION FLOW DIAGRAM

BERTUZZI FOOD PROCESSING S.R.L.

Corso Sempione, 212/bis

21052 Busto Arsizio (VA) - ITALY
tel. +39.0331.356311
fax +39.0331.356299

e-mail: info@bertuzzi.it
www.bertuzzi.it

If a single machine, a pilot plant

or an industrial-size processing line,
we will be pleased to find
the right answer to your needs.

Every product means different requirements.

Tell us your requirements, because
we do not only supply machines, but solutions.

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