Fruit preparation
Receive, sort and wash whole fruit. Define whether peel, rind, seeds or prepared flesh cross the extraction boundary.
Fruit-to-juice equipment stages and interfaces
Define the functional sequence without hiding conditional duties or existing-line boundaries.
Follow the material, then confirm each boundary
Extraction & finishing
Press a suitable mash or choose a fruit-specific separation assembly. Control unwanted coarse matter while retaining the specified pulp.
Liquid & product state
Clarify only for a clear target. Concentrate only where required. Reconstitute or formulate with a distinct product identity.
Preservation & pack
Coordinate air removal where justified, product-specific treatment, transfer, filling and hygienic release.
This is a functional map. The order and location of treatment, concentration, blending and buffering depend on the qualified product process; the checklist is not a universal piping sequence.
Equipment by responsibility
Washing & sorting
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Fruit Washing Machine — Deliver inspected fruit to the correct preparation route.
Fruit-specific preparation
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Fruit-specific preparation — Separate what belongs in the product from what does not.
- Fruit Crusher — Prepare pressable mash where fruit and press duty justify size reduction.
Extraction / pressing
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Fruit Juice Press — Separate juice from an appropriate prepared fruit mash.
- Fruit-specific extraction module — Resolve the fruit’s peel, rind or seed boundary with a dedicated offered method.
Pulp / seed finishing
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Fruit Pulper and Finisher — Control pulp and remove specified unwanted solids at the right stage.
Clarification
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Juice Clarifier — Produce a clear-liquid target using a tested treatment and separation route.
Reconstitution / formulation
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Reconstitution & formulation — Combine measured ingredients while preserving a clear product identity.
Air removal
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Juice Vacuum Deaerator — Address a demonstrated air or dissolved-gas problem.
Thermal treatment
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Juice Thermal Processing System — Match a validated product-and-package process to the liquid duty.
Concentration
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Juice Evaporator — Remove water where concentrate is the actual product objective.
Transfer & balance
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Juice transfer & balancing — Connect unlike upstream and downstream rates without obscuring product hold conditions.
Filling interface
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- Aseptic Bag-in-Drum Filler — Match the product path and treatment boundary to the selected pack.
Cleaning system
Define the incoming and outgoing product, retained equipment and interface limits for this duty.
- CIP Cleaning System — Make re-used and new equipment part of a defined hygienic release.
Start with your boundary
Keep what fits. Specify what is missing.
Bring your existing equipment list into a fruit-specific stage review. A nameplate alone is not an integration specification.