Cider Digest #1587

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Subject: Cider Digest #1587, 14 October 2010 
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Cider Digest #1587                                         14 October 2010 

                 Cider and Perry Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  belt presses for cider making ("Tom Brown") 
  Marchisio apple crusher ("Tom Klepfer") 
  Cider presses (Steven Gougeon) 

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Subject: belt presses for cider making 
From: "Tom Brown" <zeraat@sbcglobal.net> 
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 23:07:08 -0500 

Can anyone reference a belt press for continuous processing of apple juice 
for use in cider?  I am looking for one that could produce 250 gallons per 
hour or thereabouts. 

Tom Brown 

Meadowlark Farm, LLC 

Mailing Address: 4005 E. Lewis St. Wichita, KS, 67218 

Farm Address:  11249 SW 160th St.  Rose Hill Kansas 67133 

cell:  (316) 518-8907 

landline: (316) 684-3807 

skype: zeraat 

"Fiat Fructus!" 

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Subject: Marchisio apple crusher 
From: "Tom Klepfer" <tomklepfer@hctc.net> 
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:43:15 -0600 

Steven Edholm mentions the Marchisio crusher from Midwest Supplies and the 
large pieces it makes.  I have one, and found that it works best if the 
clearance between the rollers is minimized as much as possible.  This is 
limited on the crank end by the gears, but I've made them just barely 
touch on the other end.  Unfortunately, this has the effect of lessening 
the "pull-through" of the rollers, and makes more cranking necessary, but 
the end result is significantly smaller pieces.  Waiting until the apples 
are dead ripe (which arguably makes for better cider anyway) and running 
everything back through a second time, help a lot.  The second time through 
is much faster and really doesn't add much time or trouble to the process. 

I don't have an answer for the danger posed by the blades, other than 
caution.  Even cleaning the thing is dangerous! 

Tom Klepfer 
Los Alamos, NM 

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Subject: Cider presses 
From: Steven Gougeon <steve@avwoodworking.com> 
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:31:20 -0400 

 
"On "hydropresses" (bladder press driven by water mains pressure, just 
connect to a hose) - these look very good in terms of ease-of-use and 
simplicity.  Main concern is that efficiency is apparently low, around 
50%?  I can do better than that with a basket press, so would be loath 
to take a step backward in that sense, although it would certainly speed 
up the pressing a lot. " 

Dick, 
It seems to me that the efficiency of this style of press (or any style) is 
going to depend a lot on the grind of your apples. If you were using more 
of a slicer it may not get as much from it. Our grinder set up leaves the 
pomace the consistency of a chunky apple sauce and we regularly get almost 
half the juice released before putting any pressure to the press. In our 
playing with it, with the same grinding, we get at least the same efficiency 
from our bladder press as we did from our small basket type. 
Steve 

Steve Gougeon 
Bear Swamp Orchard 
email - apples@bearswamporchard.com 
www.bearswamporchard.com 

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