PIECE CLOVES SPLITTING MACHINE

Description

The GARLIC CLOVES CRUSHER has been designed and built to carry out the homogenous shelling of
previously dried garlic bulbs deprived of impurities. 
The shelling takes place thanks to the different peripheral speed and the progressive reduction of
the distance of the two lower and upper belts.
The latter is adjustable to adapt to any type of garlic.

Working principle of the machine:

The garlic bulbs are placed inside the loading hopper, the bucket elevator takes the product and drops it between two rubber belts which, advancing at different speeds, shell the bulbs. At the exit of the belts the cloves and the leaves fall onto a vibrating grid which acts as a sieve, the cloves pass and fall below and then exit while the leaves remain at the top and through a jet of air generated by a fan they come out of a special side hood.

Main components of the machine

elevator with hopper: The frame is made up of two c-shaped profiles and a platform made from folded and electro-welded sheet metal; the carpet is dragged by two rollers, only one of which is motorized by a gearmotor; the belt tension and centering adjustment system is via four slide tie rods. Pressed steel cups are fixed on the PVC belt which act as a conveyor, the distance and conformity of the cups allow the bulbs to rise one by one facilitating the shelling in the subsequent shelling belts

main frame: made with electro-welded sections and sheet metal, it consists of a frame made up of suitably stiffened C structures and mounted on 4 legs resting on the ground and adjustable by means of threaded bars; the central part contains the lower sectioning belt and the foliage aspirator, while the upper part houses the frame of the upper belt, which can be adjusted in height according to the type of garlic; the elevator is located at the rear and the grid agitator is located at the front.

lower/upper belt: the structures of the belts are made of pressed sheet metal, the bearing supports are fixed at the ends which drive the PVC belts through the towing rollers with geared motor, in the central part of the belts there are free rollers which keep the garlic pressed at the moment of passage. While the lower belt is fixed, the upper belt can be raised or lowered using a special lever according to the size of the product to be shelled.

grid agitator: made of shaped sheet metal, it forms a sort of drawer, in the upper part there are rods that create a sieve to separate the wedges from the leaves. The agitator rests on the frame by slides and bearings and is held in position by springs and guides. Through a connecting rod transmission an alternating forward/up-back/down movement is generated which ensures the advancement of the garlic and the cleaning of the cloves from the skins.