Exploring Pickle-Producing Countries Through Culture, Tradition, and Taste”
Exploring Pickle-Producing Countries Through Culture, Tradition, and Taste” Seamerco research team wrote this
SEAMERCO Industrial Group designs & offers canned pickled cucumber production lines in different capacities and uses. Depending on the type of exploitation and packaging method, the canned pickled cucumber production line includes preparation, production, packaging, and facilities. By making changes in some parts of the machines, including adding or changing the capacity and type of function, it is possible to produce canned pickled cucumbers in the form of premium, special, super special, zero, etc., with packaging in glass, cans, and 17 kg bottles. The cucumber canning production line is manufactured by SEAMERCO Industrial Group in capacities of 3 to 12 tons. The number of cucumbers entering the production line and packaging is 500,750 in glass packaging, 3,000,5,000 grams in can packaging, and 17,000 grams in Aleppo-designed and manufactured packaging. All SEAMERCO industrial group lines have 18months warranty and 10 years after-sales service.
After the cucumbers are poured on the surface of the roller sorting machine, they are placed between the rotating rollers; there is a distance between each roller and the following roller so that if the diameter of the cucumber is smaller than the distance between the rollers, it passes and is transferred to the special holding tank under the machine.
Washing consists of two stages. First, the cucumbers are transferred into the washing tub by a lifter, and the bean blower carries it out to separate the mud stuck from the cucumbers. The cucumbers are thoroughly soaked and ready for final washing.
After washing, the cucumbers are entered into the dehydrator to separate their plant stems from the cucumbers. For this purpose, the round rods covered with rubber bands placed horizontally and parallel each other are driven by a gearbox connected to an electric motor. They rotate against each other; between the round bars the cucumbers are placed in the groove, their plant stem is stuck and separated from the cucumber, and the cucumbers are guided outwards on the roller surface of this device.
A traffic tray device is used to move empty cans from a pallet to the production line. The operator places several cans on the machine’s tray, which rotates and creates centrifugal force. The cans exit from the outlet on one side of the engine and are placed on the next device individually.
A glass machine or can cleaner is used to be sterilized before filling the contents in the jar or can. Sterilization process is done by passing each container under the water vapor nozzle in a compressed form and wind nozzle to dry.
Saltwater, vinegar solution, and permitted additives must be added to canned pickles according to a special formulation as a liquid part. This formulation has a special composition and method of preparation, which is usually considered a specialized skill in the hands of production managers of canning factories. A formulation machine should be used to combine and make a unique solution for canned pickled cucumbers. The formulation has a tank in the lower part and a tank in the upper part; the lower tank has a jacket (water vapor wall) and a high-speed mixer to combine water, salt, vinegar, permitted acids, pepper, etc. The upper tank for storage has a jacket and a mixer with a lower speed.
They are passed under steam nozzles to ensure no air is left inside canned. This causes rise the temperature of the can, leading to the expulsion of air. If any water vapor remains inside the can after closing & cooling the autoclave, it will condense and create a vacuum. This process helps preserve the quality of the canned food and prevents spoilage.
After capping, cans or jars are placed inside the Pasteur tunnel device. After that, the final cooking and pasteurization of the contents inside the can and glass will take place. The Pasteur Tunnel has 3 stages hot water, lukewarm water, and cold water. In three stages, hot water, lukewarm water, and cold water are showered on the cans and jars respectively.
In glass packaging, to show that the manufacturer seals the packaging, a nylon label should be placed on lid & body of the glass to cover both. For this purpose, a label shrink device is used; the label roll is placed on the edge of the glass and is cut, then it is heated inside the element tunnel until the nylon above is shaped into the shape of door & body of the glass.
Cucumbers are usually prepared in the form of barrels, baskets, and bags from the farmer, and these cucumbers are used after grading (sorting) according to the order requested by the customer. But generally, the grading of cucumbers includes premium, special, super unique, and null and more giant cucumbers, each with a defined length and diameter size, premium, unique, super special cucumbers for packing inside the glass. It is used, and now more enormous cucumbers are used for packaging in cans and 17 kilos or barrel fermentation.
Cucumber planting and harvesting are not limited to a specific geographical region. Still, according to people’s taste habits, non-greenhouse cucumbers are used for this purpose, cultivated in different areas of Europe, America, and Asia.
Yes – according to the food culture and per capita consumption, the world of pickled cucumbers and considering that greenhouse cucumbers are not grown in many countries, nearly 86% of the finely harvested cucumbers are used in the canned pickled cucumber production line. Therefore, planting and harvesting of cucumbers is done yearly in high capacity, which can reduce production costs and increase the export of this product.
The construction of a factory depends on the approach of the group’s founder in marketing and selling the product (whether it is only a producer or both a producer and a seller). It is possible to reach large markets with higher shipping costs. If the factory is far from the cucumber harvesting fields, the costs of supplying raw materials will be higher, and access to the market will be better.
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SEAMERCO industrial group has participated in setting up 170 domestic factories and 35 foreign factories.
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