KEY Technology’s Date Fruit Washing & Drying line is an innovative, fully automated washing and drying line to achieve high quality dates ready for consumption, while reducing water- and energy consumption to an absolute minimum.
Dates are washed by means of a cascaded sprinkler installation. While dates continue over the washing shaker, remaining dust and sand particles are removed mechanically.
Only the final row of sprinklers are consuming fresh water. Water gets recycled twice by means of state-of-the-art parabolic filtration systems with self-cleaning capabilities, resulting in up to 80% water savings compared to conventional washing lines.
During the 3-stage drying process, dates are dried by means Vortex & suction blowers, high-end STIR drying elements and a continuous natural flow of ambient air through the product.
The perfectly clean and dry dates can now proceed to a digital KEY sorter for grading on color, size and surface structure.
The entire line has an open, easy to maintain design to avoid any build-up of dirt or moisture.
As a result, dates come out cleaner and dryer compared to conventional washing lines while water consumption can be reduced by 80% and overall energy consumption drops significantly.
