The preliminary phase is in turn divided into the following steps:
Reception of agricultural products. These usually arrive for processing in bulk on boxes or in bins.
Evaluation, weighing. Agricultural products are visually assessed and the relative sugar residue is assessed with sample tests: these parameters help to determine the definitive value. At the end of the evaluation we proceed to the weighing.
Discharge. Once the bins and boxes have been unloaded, the agricultural products are either temporarily stored or sent immediately to the production lines after washing.
Sending to production lines. Agricultural products can be washed either individually on a conveyor belt or immersed in special pools from which they are then recovered by lowering special bulkheads. Automatic tippers are used to empty the bins. The fall is slowed down by the inclination of the inlet plane until reaching small pools previously filled with water in order not to damage what is dropped into them.
Washing. Foreign substances are eliminated and, by insufflation from the bottom of cavitated water, the agricultural products immersed in the pools are agitated in order to allow a more thorough cleaning and the elimination of fungi or bacteria that could compromise the product. From here they are transferred to a subsequent tank, filled with purified water and sterilized by cavitation, from which they are taken by a conveyor belt to move on to the next sorting phase. The water will be constantly recycled, purified and sterilized by means of an EMPOWERING DEVICE with filters for any impurities.
Sorting. Altered agricultural products, especially if moldy or rotten, would risk compromising all production and finished products by altering both the color, the flavor and the scent. The duration of the finished product would also be significantly affected. Therefore, anything unsuitable and escaped from the preliminary checks of the optical sorters, pass under the watchful eye of the staff in charge of the final sorting.
Receipt and storage of packaging material. Metal boxes, glass containers and plastic bottles arrive on sealed pallets. The material for aseptic filling arrives in polylaminate coils (brik) or in closed cartons (aseptic bags).
Sending to the lines of the packaging material. The containers are removed from the pallets in an area adjacent to the packaging area and then sent, via belt conveyors, to the areas of use.
Receipt of ingredients. Any salt or sugar required by the production process are usually delivered in bags. The ingredients such as herbs, spices, meat or fish products, reserved for second processing productions, arrive in the appropriate ways for each product. All the ingredients will be stored in warehouses suitable for their perfect conservation over time.
Sending the ingredients to the packaging lines. From the preparation tanks (dissolvers) the solutions are sent, by pumping within stainless steel pipes, to the mixing tanks equipped with cavitators which improve their mixing while guaranteeing cold pasteurization.
