Five large salad leaf centrifuges for Vezet:
Big is Beautiful
Vezet:
Vezet, in Warmenhuizen, ranks as one of the largest fruit and vegetable processing companies in the Netherlands and is the market leader in the field of freshly sliced vegetables. The company has recently started using five new Sormac centrifuges. Vezet aim to be the best and most progressive developer, producer and highly valued supplier of vegetables and fruit that have been processed to prepare them for immediate use. So it is not only a large company, but also one with ambition and a trendsetter in the Netherlands. The customer base of Vezet also numbers the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, and its extensive product range offers no fewer than 250 different products. The range includes delicate salad varieties and leaf vegetables. Following comprehensive and comparative market research, the company purchased the new centrifuges from Sormac.
Sormac salad centrifuge:
Initially, Sormac supplied Vezet with one SC-740 centrifuge for trial purposes. The machine completed the trial with flying colours, so Vezet requested Sormac to develop a larger version of the machine for the larger processing lines. The result was the SC-940. In the meantime, three of these have been installed at Vezet. Another SC-740 has also been supplied, making a grand total of five centrifuges!
Larger centrifuge:
Sormac had added the larger version of the centrifuge to its delivery programme. The SC-940 is not only larger than the SC-740, but in addition — in co-operation with the technical staff at Vezet — boasts an improved filling system that will be used on all the Sormac centrifuges supplied in the future. This modification achieves an even better drying result. The filling system ensures that the leaves to be dried are evenly distributed in a thin layer inside the drying drum. Combined with the inclined position of the drum, this method avoids the delicate product being subjected to too much pressure during drying. This feature makes the SC-740 and 940 from Sormac ideally suited for extremely delicate spinach leaves, but also for other varieties of leaf vegetables.