#Mango peeler skin

Studies have identified a range of potential banana products – but they cannot be made economically without peeling technology.

#Mango peeler skin

About 50,000 tonnes of bananas are currently thrown away every year in Qld because of minor defects such as skin blemishes, or shape. Thus the Raw Mango Peeler developed at IIHR, Hessaraghatta, which is very. A future version of the machine, fed by conveyor, is planned.īy changing the rollers and peeling blade profile, rockmelons (cantaloupes) can also be peeled.įoodStream is also working on the development of a banana peeling machine, with funding support under the Qld Government “Big Ideas” program. About 75 percent of mangoes in India are aborted before reaching maturity. Currently hand-fed, the design meets international safety standards. The slicing is performed during the peeling operation to save the cost of double handling the fruit.įoodstream Pty Ltd, have licensed the Tom Franklin design and re-engineered the machine for production using 3D modelling, laser cutting and NC machining. They can include either knives to cut the flesh into thin fingers, or blades to produce concentric cups of equal thickness to aid the drying of the fruit. He produced some pilot bench top mango peeling machines and has sold several of these machines to processors in Queensland. Tom Franklin retired from the DPI and started his own company designing and building special purpose machines in Cleveland. David Lewis, then of Neotech Industries, designed and built the conveyors and elevators for this system. Several machines were used at Golden Circle to produce Canned Mango Slices in the early 1990’s.

The DPI machine was commercialised and the technology licensed to various companies in Queensland over the subsequent years.

The mango peeler has a history with Foodstream Directors David Lewis and Gordon Young – before they had even met! During the 1990’s Gordon Young (now of FoodStream) was also involved in the project in QDPI. “We previously had a machine based on the same principle, but it was poorly designed – with safety issues as well as poor performance”. “Mechanisation of the process is critical to our business in north Qld.” Linda Abell, one of the founders of Tropical Harvest, said. Tropical Harvest Qld (see process and supply dried tropical fruit. The first FoodStream “Model TFR342” re-engineered machine was supplied to Tropical Harvest Qld Pty Ltd in north Qld. SameTech Easy Kitchen Tool 4-in-1 Fruit Mango Peeler Splitter Pitter. Bananas next?įoodStream now manufactures and supplies a mango peeler first developed by Tom Franklin at the (then) Qld Department of Primary Industries (QDPI). This great gadget to simplify the ardorous task of cutting up a mango mustnt be. Peeler keeps NQ company competitive First Mangoes, then Rockmelons.