ATLAS PACIFIC APRICOT PITTER & HALVER
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ATLAS PACIFIC APRICOT PITTER & HALVER MANUFACTURED BY: ATLAS PACIFIC ENGINEERING COMPANY • PUEBLO, COLORADO USA • 719.948.3040 • FAX 719.948.4273 APRICOT PITTER & HALVER Singulating worm & feed wheel Machine Applications The Atlas Pacific Apricot pitter is designed to orient, slice and remove the pits from oval shaped apricots. The machine is adjustable to accommodate a wide range of fruit size (1 1/4”/32mm to 2 1/4”/57mm diameter). The floating knife feature allows for some variation within the size range while producing high quality halves. Pitter/Halver to orient, slice and pit Machine Operation The apricots are fed from the customer’s feed conveyor into the Atlas automatic feed system. The feed system consists of 3 components: 1) The shaker which evenly feeds the fruit into the feed worms; 2) The feed worms which space the fruit (singulate) and feed it into the pick up pockets of the feed wheels; and 3) The feed wheels which place the fruit on the V-trough orienting belts. Once on the orienting belts the traveling orienting fingers, located above the belt, rotate the fruit so that the larger diameter is vertical and aligned along its suture. Atlas Pacific offers the Apricot oval shaped apricots. The system processes up to 1,000 pieces of fruit per minute, depending on fruit conditions, and is ideal for producing grade pack quality apricot halves. The machine is fully automatic which helps to reduce labor requirements. This machine produces superior alignment and has gentle fruit handling techniques which result in producing the greatest possible number of choice halves. The simple machine design results in high reliability and minimal maintenance during the season. After orientation, the V-belts move the fruit to the cutting area. The cutting area consists of a floating serrated knife system centered over the orienting belt. The serrated knife moves up and down freely and can be adjusted to accommodate variations in fruit size. Each knife includes a shroud to assure that the apricot remains aligned during the cutting process. Typically, the pits fall All machines meet OSHA and UL508 requirements. Machines bearing the CE Mark are also available (no

APRICOT FITTER & HALVER Machine Operation continued... free after cutting. However, on the occasion of a “stuck pit” the kicker blade, located at the rear of each blade assembly, will displace the pit should it still be lodged in the fruit after cutting. The pit kicker oscillates at approximately 1,000 cycles per minute thus contacting each stuck pit 3 to 4 times as the fruit passes. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (APPROXIMATE) ATLAS PACIFIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. #1 ATLAS AVENUE / P.O. BOX 500 • PUEBLO, CO 81002-0500 USA 719.948.3040 • FAX 719.948.4273 ATLAS WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE 4500...