Press garden for apples. Making a press for apples with your own hands. The simplest frame press with a worm mechanism

A large harvest of apples sometimes becomes a problem for the owners. Fruits cannot be stored for a long time, it is not always possible to sell or prepare for pet food. The way out of the situation is homemade preparations in the form of jam and juices. It will be easier to cook them if you use juicers and special homemade apple presses.

Presses for squeezing juice are:

mechanical,
hydraulic,
Pneumatic,
Electrohydraulic.

Purchased models, regardless of type, cannot cope with large volumes of fruit.

Therefore, most gardeners prefer to make a household apple press with their own hands.

Each type has its pros and cons. Mechanical is less productive, but the easiest to manufacture. Hydraulic ones have a more complex mechanism, but they are able to produce high-quality fruit puree. A pneumatic device requires a compressor, this affects the price of the device. But he is able to process a large amount of fruit in a short time.

The most efficient are electro-hydraulic models.

They work on a combination of electricity and hydraulics. Man's job is only to serve fruit. The minus of the device is the high cost of spare parts.

Most models provide pressure on the apple mass from above, but the combined version has its own differences:

The screw device presses on the mass from top to bottom,
Hydraulic jack - from the bottom up.

To make a juice press, you need to provide the following points:

Juice container. You can use a tank or a large pot, and install a faucet at the bottom to drain,
If used wooden barrel, then it should be from parquet slats,
If a body is used washing machine, then it must be clean and sealed, free of rust and mold,
The body of the device. The simplest option is a wooden lattice pyramid.

To ensure uniform juice extraction, finely chopped fruits are placed in clean bags, or they are shifted soft cloth. If this is not done, a do-it-yourself juice press will leave a wet cake and a large number of waste. You can cut apples with an ordinary knife or a special chopper. The device can be bought, but more often it is made independently and built into the pressing apparatus.

Screw homemade press

A properly assembled press is capable of squeezing up to 70% juice from apples. The output is dry cake. The screw apparatus works by rotating large blades, fastened with nuts, or jacks. The design of the hydraulic jack is different greater productivity and does not require a large physical strength. Before you make a press, you need to prepare:

bed,
Housing for laying raw materials,
wooden bars,
pressure piston,
Circle under the jack,
working node,
Tray or bowl.

Two are taken to make metal pipes to which the profile is welded. Most often it is done in the form of a crossbar. A small hole is made in it, to which a threaded head is welded to install the screw. A clamp is welded to the pipes or supporting structure. A handle for rotation is installed on top of the screw, and an emphasis on the bottom. It is a wooden or metal circle. wooden case it is made of boards about 5 mm thick, they are pulled together with self-tapping screws with an anti-corrosion coating. The distance between the rails should not exceed 1 cm. The strips with the rails are bent in the form of a circle and fastened with bolts. A plastic basin with a hole for draining the juice is used as a pallet.

Option using a jack

It is more convenient to use car jacks for 2-3 thousand kg instead of a screw. A nut for fastening is no longer required here, and a home-made press from a jack is more powerful. The only difference in build is a sturdy frame that can withstand pressure. The jack is installed both from below and from above - it depends on the preferences of the user.

When the apparatus is ready, apples are placed in the container, and a wooden circle is placed below. This will maintain the integrity of the structure at high pressure.

Average productivity - 1.75 liters of juice in 5 minutes.

How to make a hydraulic press

For manufacturing you will need:

Grinder machine,
Welding machine,
Capacity for 50-60 l,
Drill,
Metal pipes with wall thickness from 0.3 cm,
Hydropress,
Sturdy oak yards.

How to do Hydraulic Press: a hole is drilled from the bottom of the tank and a crane is mounted to drain the juice. The container is inserted into a barrel assembled from boards or slats. The distance between them should not be less than 0.3 cm. It is recommended to fasten the barrel with galvanized steel. If a barrel without a casing is used, then it is placed on a pallet. It has a hole for draining the juice.

The base - a metal frame - must be strong, as it takes on the main pressure. It is made according to the same principle as for a screw press. A do-it-yourself hydraulic press will become more stable if 2-3 metal pipe cuts are welded to the bottom of the frame.

The piston can be a circle made of wood. The diameter should be slightly smaller than the juice container. It is made from two oak boards fastened with self-tapping screws. As a stop, a circle of the same diameter made of stainless metal is usually used. A hydraulic device is installed on the stop.

An elastic barrel can also be used as a press. It is connected to the water supply and expands under the pressure of water. The press presses on the apples, as a result of which juice is released.

Screw homemade press

The screw press resembles a meat grinder. It works from electric motor, which rotates the pulley using a belt drive. Raw materials are loaded into the feed chamber, the auger grinds it and pushes it through a sieve. At the exit, the screw press produces juice with pulp.

For homemade this is the most difficult option. To assemble it, you will need drawings and diagrams, as well as:

Durable body made of of stainless steel,
Screw press, which is placed inside the body,
Container for receiving raw materials,
Juice container,
Electric motor, giving from 1500 rpm.

The structure is assembled on a metal frame. As a housing, you can use a housing from a conventional or electric meat grinder. A screw press is installed in it, which is attached to the engine with the help of a drive. A sieve with the desired cell diameter is mounted on the outlet. As a container for the finished juice, you can use jars, pans or basins.

The screw press has greater productivity, since it is not driven by manual force, but by an electric motor.

The productivity of such a machine is up to 7 liters of juice in 5 minutes.

If you have experience in making presses for apples and other fruits, share it in the comments to the article!

The owners of orchards, vineyards and berry plantations are well aware of the problem of crop processing. Effective method her solution is cold-pressed juice. This process allows you to save the vitamin value of fruits and berries for a long time without building a bulk storage.

The main mechanism of the country "canning shop" is a press for squeezing juice. It helps to process hundreds of kilograms of a ripe crop quickly and without loss.

ABOUT existing varieties, the principles of operation and the cost of equipment for obtaining juice, we will talk in this article. For home craftsmen, information about the features will be useful self-manufacturing powerful juicer.

Juice extractors are divided into mechanical, hydraulic, electro-hydraulic and pneumatic.

The most common mechanism is mechanical screw press.

Juice screw press is simple and reliable

The principle of its operation is clear at a glance: crushed fruits are placed in a container with holes, grapes or berries are poured. After that, by turning the handle, the screw is driven, lowering the flat piston. The squeezed juice flows through the holes in the casing into the tray, and from there it enters the jars or other containers.

In addition to stainless steel, for the manufacture of the casing, solid wood beech. They make a drainage grate out of it. It consists of two halves connected by metal hoops.

A modernized version of such a device is a manual hydraulic press for apples and grapes.

It does not have a perforated container to separate the juice. Instead, several wooden drainage frames are used. Between them, bags with crushed raw materials are placed. A manual hydraulic jack develops a large force (from 1 to 5 tons). Thanks to this, the volume of juice obtained reaches 70% of the volume of the fruit.

The original method of squeezing is implemented in the Grifo hydraulic press. It does not have a hydraulic jack, but a powerful “barrel” membrane is installed. It expands under pressure tap water(1.5-2 atm.) And squeezes the juice through the perforated wall of the casing.

Hydropress Grifo - connected to the water supply and squeezed the juice

A pneumatic press works on a similar principle. Only the membrane crusher in it is filled not with water, but with compressed air from the compressor.

Pneumatic juice press. Screw piston replaced by rubber diaphragm

Since all juice presses are paired with choppers, a few words must be said about these devices. The simplest mechanism is a steel grater drum placed in a casing with a loading neck. By turning the handle, the chopper is activated, turning the fruit into small crumbs-pulp.

A more advanced option is a device with an electric drive. A minimum of physical effort and a maximum of productivity are the main arguments in its favor.

It should be noted that the productivity of mechanical presses is low (10-30 liters per hour). However, for most summer cottages it is quite enough.

To improve the quality and increase the yield of juice, two methods are used:

Container bags for crushed fruits.
Wooden drainage grates or "pancakes" made of stainless steel.

Both methods improve the removal of juice from the middle of the compressed volume. Without such drainage, the middle layers of crushed fruit are squeezed out worse than the upper and lower ones. An additional plus from the use of bags is the release of juice from the pulp.

Large volumes of processing require the use of an electric drive. Two types of equipment can be distinguished here: a traditional screw mechanism driven by a pair of “electric motor-hydraulic jack” and a screw press operating on the principle of a meat grinder.

Screw press juicer with an electric motor is designed for processing berries, grapes and tomatoes. Grinding raw materials, the screw pushes it through a sieve and produces juice with a large amount of pulp.

Screw press - a relative of a household juicer

Estimated prices

The cost of manual screw presses for squeezing juice directly depends on their capacity. The price of devices with a working volume of 10-15 liters is in the range from 9,000 to 15,000 rubles. For a manual press, which holds 25 liters of raw materials, you will have to pay at least 20,000 rubles.

The average price of home "juice presses" powered by a hydraulic jack is 19,000 rubles. A pneumatic press for squeezing apple juice can be bought for 34,000 rubles. For a membrane-type hydraulic device, sellers are asking 94,000 rubles.

How to make a juice press with your own hands?

The most complex assembly of a manual juice press is a powerful screw. It is impossible to make it without the help of a qualified turner. At the same time, each car owner has a mechanism that is perfect for squeezing juice. This is a hydraulic or mechanical jack. Using it, you can make a good homemade juice press.

The main task is to weld a solid frame from a metal profile, into which the jack will rest. For this purpose, you can take trim square pipe(section 40x40 mm, wall thickness not less than 3 mm).

When making a drawing of the press, the height of the frame is chosen based on the height of the jack, the thickness of the linings, drainage grates and bags of raw materials. The width of the frame is made such that the juice tray fits freely into it.

In order to make the do-it-yourself juice press as stable as possible, three pieces of a square pipe (length 15-20 cm) must be welded to the bottom belt of the frame on both sides. A stand made of boards or OSB boards will rest on these “legs”.

The drainage grate should be made only from natural wood (oak, beech). The thickness of the planks of the drainage grid must be at least 20 mm.

For sewing bags, you can take different fabrics (burlap made of jute, linen, cotton calico, synthetics). The main thing is that it be strong enough so that it is not torn apart by the pressure of the jack.

In conclusion, let's look at photographs of a working sample of such a press. Without resorting to welding, the master decided to make a bolted frame using a powerful corner and a profile pipe.

For the bottom base plate a piece of laminated chipboard worktop was used.

But the master chose the material for the drainage grate incorrectly. Instead of natural wood, he used OSB board, making cuts in it for the outflow of juice. We do not advise you to repeat this mistake, because particle board contains toxic phenol-formaldehyde glue.

The drainage grate for the press is only wood, not chipboard!

In general, the homemade juice press turned out to be simple, reliable and efficient.

But more complex structure handmade hydraulic press. Here the craftsman decided to use the screw as a retainer for the fruit bookmark, placed in a perforated stainless steel casing. He placed a hydraulic jack under the frame. The support platform is made not stationary, but sliding. The jack moves it up the frame profile.

In this press, the screw does not squeeze the juice, but only fixes the bookmark

There are various juice press designs. Main homemade designs- these are screw or using a jack. A good option when using a pneumatic jack or a rubber chamber and a compressor. There are options for using a centrifuge, for example, an old washing machine. The press or juicers should not crush the seeds and ridges that are in the pulp. Depending on the expected volumes of processing of raw materials for juice or wine, choose the design of the device for squeezing juice that you like. The cooking process in any case is divided into two stages: 1. Preparation of pulp (grinding raw materials); 2. Actually the extraction itself is getting juice.

Screw structures of the press for squeezing juice

Usually the press consists of a pressing mechanism, a basket, a base and a pressing board. The basket serves as a pulp receiver and is installed on the base of the press. There is also a tray for flowing juice. bottom and side walls baskets are lined with a whole piece of burlap without gaps. The ends of the fabric should hang over the edges of the basket. Then the pulp is loaded into the basket and covered with the ends of the burlap. A wooden circle is placed on top, on which the head of the press is lowered.

Screw press with metal basket. Device: 1. Screw; 2. Bed; 3. Chute for juice flow; 4. Shopping cart

screw press with woodenbasket. Device: 1. Screw; 2. Bed; 3. Basket; 4. Chute for juice flow

Frame screw press. Device: 1. Packages with crushed raw materials; 2. Screw; 3. Bed; 4 drainage grids; 5. Chute for juice flow

Design juice screw press clear from the drawings. Here is an example of another homemade juice press. The press consists of two rack-pipes with a diameter of 22 mm. From above, a U-shaped profile bent from 3 mm steel is welded to the pipes. The height of the profile is chosen in such a way that the screw nut pressed into the steel bushing is freely placed inside. A clamp is welded to the bottom of each rack. With the help of these two clamps, the press is attached to the windowsill. A head with a hole for a handle is welded to the screw on one side, and on the other, a stop is attached, which compresses the raw material.

1 - clamp; 2 - pipe-rack; 3 - crossbar; 4 - screw; 5 - emphasis; 6 - table; 7 - sleeve with a pressed nut.

To collect the squeezed juice, a leaky 3-4 liter enamel pan is suitable (Fig. a). It is necessary to drill a hole in the bottom and fix a fitting with a hose in it to collect the juice.
The basket (fig. b) is made of stainless steel sheet 2 mm thick, bandages-rings made of stainless wire with a diameter of 4 mm are welded to it from above and below. The rings allow the basket to "evenly" fit inside the pan. The walls of the pan are perforated with a drill with a diameter of 3 mm (in random order).

Gaskets (Fig. C), which separate portions of raw materials loaded into the basket, consist of two discs of 2 mm stainless steel, connected by means of spot welding. Holes were drilled in the disks with a drill with a diameter of 3 mm, gaskets 4 mm thick were provided between the disks (gaskets are also made of stainless steel). In general, all parts of the screw press are made of stainless steel; a tank from an old washing machine is quite suitable.

For getting good harvest- as well as growing strawberries at home. The work of squeezing the juice is as follows. The press body is fixed with clamps on the windowsill in the kitchen (you can also install the press on the table). The screw with the stop is unscrewed to the stop. A basket is placed in the pan, and a gasket is placed on the bottom of the latter and a napkin made of durable fabric is placed on it. Next, crushed raw materials (apples, fruits, herbs, berries) are placed on a napkin in an amount of 0.5 ... 1 kg. The napkin is folded into an envelope, the portion is covered with a drainage pad, on which the next napkin is placed. There should be 3 such packages, while the top package can rise above the pan by 4 ... 6 cm. Putting a gasket on the top package, the pan is installed under the press screw. Yes, I completely forgot to say about the spacer (a circle of wood), which is placed under the basket (otherwise the pan may become unusable when the screw is tightened). When creating pressure, the screw must be turned slowly and smoothly, watching the juice flow out. Having finished squeezing the juice, the screw is turned up, the pan is transferred to the table, the cake is removed from the napkins. Depending on the type and quality of raw materials, in one cycle, using a home-made screw press for squeezing juice, it is possible to squeeze 1.2 ... 1.8 liters of juice, and in 1 hour - up to 12 ... 15 liters.

wedge fruit juice press

It is necessary to arrange wooden goats on four legs B 1 m high. At the top, these legs are connected by a thick (9-10 cm) board A, the width of which is 30 cm and a length of about 1 m. In the board we make a longitudinal slot G 10-12 cm wide and long 40 cm. In this slot we insert two boards B (thickness 9-10 cm), hewn from above and below. In the lower part, we connect both boards with an iron bracket b or, even simpler, with a thick rope. In order for the boards to hold and not fall into the slot, we skip iron pins or wooden bushings in their upper part. Then we make several wedges of different thicknesses from hardwoods - and the press is ready. It works like this: having parted boards B, we insert a bag of strong canvas filled with pulp between them. Then, driving wedges into the slot, we squeeze the boards. Thus, the pulp is strongly compressed. The juice flows down into the substituted tub or pot.

Making a simple lever juicer

We take two birch boards, the length of the main board is 1 m, the width is 300 mm, the thickness is 100 mm. The second board, which serves as a lever, is 1.5 m long, 170 mm wide and 20 mm thick. In the main board we make grooves for the drain of juice (Fig. a) with a depth of 10-15 mm and a length of 300 mm. We strengthen this board obliquely either on separate racks or on a special table. To it, with the help of a hinge and a spacer board, we attach a second lever board (Fig. b). Got lever press. We put 4-5 apples or some other fruits in the opening, press the lever, and the juice flows down the grooves into the substituted container.

In conclusion, examples most simple devices for squeezing juice requiring no description. For Home Winemakers - A Guide to Making Homemade Grape Wine

" Apples

Apple trees periodically give amateur gardeners such a large-scale harvest that the excess fruit has nowhere to go. In addition to jam and compotes, there is another option for processing fruits - juice. But many do not associate with this type of blanks due to the high labor intensity of the process. Ordinary household juicers simply cannot cope with a large amount of raw materials, and not everyone is ready to buy a professional device for the season. But there is great option- quickly and efficiently squeeze juice from apples on a do-it-yourself press.

To make a standard press yourself does not require special skills and drawings. Anyone can measure, saw off a rail, hammer a nail or screw a nut if desired. It is not necessary to own a welding machine, any design can be reproduced in wooden version with common garden tools .

For the manufacture of home press from the tools you will need a hacksaw for wood and metal (or a grinder), welding machine, screwdrivers, pliers, hammer. As for the materials, the following are mainly used:

metal channel;
wooden bars, slats, boards;
self-tapping screws, bolts and nuts;
tank or barrel, stainless steel sheet;
bench screw and nut, valve, threaded rod or jack - depending on the chosen design;
durable fabric with good drainage properties for bags for apples: coarse calico, cotton, jute burlap, linen.

It is better to make wooden elements from oak, birch or beech, since materials from biologically active tree species (spruce, pine) can change the taste of juice. Under no circumstances should drainage grates be made from chipboard: fine dust impregnated with phenol-formaldehyde glue will get into the product.

Types of structures: schemes and drawings

The main thing in the press solid foundation and working mechanism.

The principle of operation of the device:

layer by layer through the drainage gratings the prepared raw material is placed for pressing(chopped apples) in cloth bags;
by means of a mechanism oppression descends from above and squeezes juice.

A good press squeezes out 65-70% of the juice, leaving an almost dry pulp. It is quite possible to make one with your own hands.

The designs of a homemade press differ according to the principle of operation of the main mechanism:

Screw.
Based on the jack: mechanical and hydraulic.
Combined.

In the bulk of structures, the pressure is from above, but in the combined version, compression goes in two directions: using a screw mechanism on top and a hydraulic jack on the bottom.

Juice press consists of the following parts:

sustainable bed;
square or cylindrical frame, inside which sacks of chopped apples are stacked;
wooden lattices, with which the bags are shifted so that they do not spread;
piston-gne t, directly exerting pressure on the cake;
thrust bearing for a jack;
working mechanism: screw with handle, mechanical or hydraulic jack;
bowl-tray.

The main body can be:

single perforated: juice through the holes will flow down the walls and through the bottom into the pan;

double: a solid casing with a slightly larger diameter is put on a perforated metal cylinder;
in the form of a solid metal body with one drain hole at the bottom;
assembled from wooden slats connected by hoops, − barrel. The walls at the same time perform the functions of a drainage grate.

Corps may not exist at all.- just a pyramid of wooden lattice frames in a tray with a mouth at the bottom, under which a container for juice is substituted.

This design easy and quick to install. For the bottom plate, you can take a piece of countertop, for example.

Worm mechanism or hydraulic jack: what to choose?

The screw (worm) mechanism in the press is implemented in the form of a large screw (threaded axle) with a nut or a mechanical jack. The latter option is much simpler - you can buy it in a spare parts store or get it out of the trunk of a car, you don’t need to look for anything, adjust, grind and weld.

Structures based on a hydraulic jack are much more productive(force from 1t) than mechanical ones, and require a minimum of labor costs on the part of a person. bottled hydraulic jacks make it possible to squeeze juice quickly and in large volumes. They fit comfortably into any design.

You can design a press with a removable mechanism, then you don’t have to specially buy a jack, but you can use the attendant in the trunk. After all, the harvest of apples is not good every year.

Making a press with your own hands

The press needs a stable strong support - a bed. The simplest is to assemble it from wooden blocks with screws. For the manufacture of a metal bed, you will need a welding machine and a channel.

The dimensions of the frame depend on the diameter of the working body or the parameters of the drainage gratings. Therefore, if a hull structure is planned, then you need to prepare the container in advance.

The simplest frame press with a worm mechanism

Welded stable construction. A hole for the screw nut is cut in the center of the upper channel (you can use an old bench or order from turners). The nut is welded into the frame.

Then assembled wooden drainage grate, which is two layers of slats stuffed perpendicular to each other. The thickness of the rails is not less than 20 mm. It is also necessary to install a stand from the bars. A retainer for the pressing part of the screw is attached to the top board - any metal part that is suitable in shape (can be put on epoxy glue).

The tray is made from stainless steel sheet., in front of the spout-drain is bent. It remains to substitute a pan or other container. The result is a press.

The bed for a hydraulic press is assembled according to the same principle as for a screw press. As a case, it is easiest to take a ready-made metal or wooden barrel. A hole is cut out at the very bottom and equipped with a drain spout.

If the wooden barrel is not completely airtight - even good. The juice will merge in several directions at once, in the end it will still end up in the pan. It is better to put a plastic casing on top of such a design. larger diameter so that there is no splash.

You can make a wooden case yourself:

It will take: several planks of equal size (parquet can be used), two strips of stainless steel and self-tapping screws with an anti-corrosion coating.
Boards from above and below are screwed with self-tapping screws to stripes at a distance of approximately 10 mm.
Strips with boards are bent in the form of a circle, the ends of the strips are fastened with bolts.
A plastic bowl of a suitable diameter can be used as a pallet with a drain for juice cut out at the bottom.

Another important element is the jack stop.. It is usually made of wood: you need to knock down the slats and cut out a circle slightly smaller than the diameter of the working body from the resulting canvas. You can use a grinder to cut a support out of a stainless steel sheet.

Drainage pads are made in the same way as in the description for the screw press, but they are given a round shape.

As a result, the design should be something like in the photo.

Raw material preparation

The principle of pressing apple juice simple - the finer the raw material is chopped, the more product will be the output. It is best to use a special chopper (crusher), since it is theoretically possible to finely chop several buckets of apples by hand, but in fact it is difficult to implement. An electric meat grinder for large volumes is also not an option: it roars, howls, heats up, and as a result, it may burn out. A suitable crusher can also be made independently.

The simplest design of a homemade crusher

From moisture resistant plywood or sheet stainless steel, a deep bunker is mounted slightly on the cone. Two bars are attached to it for stability from below. A wooden roller (preferably made of beech) with self-tapping screws wound in a spiral cuts into the lower part of the container. As a drum, you can use an ordinary kitchen rolling pin. The axis of rotation of the roller goes out, a drill is inserted into it and the process begins.

Some simply crush apples in a bucket with a construction mixer.

The process of squeezing juice from apples at home

After the raw material is prepared, it laid out in cloth bags or wrapped in pieces of fabric according to the principle of an envelope. Next, the bundles are placed in a container, a basket, or simply at the bottom of the structure in layers through drainage grates. Fits about 3-4 bags. Oppression descends from above, the juice flows into the pan. When the push-up process is completed, the pulp is taken out, the next batch is loaded.

The remaining cake after quality pressure usually goes dry and pressed into "tablets" (photo 16).

The pomace is best disposed of in compost heap. Worms reproduce very well on such material, creating valuable fertilizer for the garden.

The resulting juice can not only be drunk fresh, but also prepared for the winter:

pasteurized rolled juice;
apple wine several types;
apple cider.

Apples are a very valuable product for health. It is extremely imprudent and wasteful to bury and give the neighboring pigs the surplus of the crop. Having built a couple of simple devices, you can quickly and easily process all the fruits. And in winter it will be so nice to get healthy and tasty amber drinks from the cellar or refrigerator!

After the summer struggle for the harvest comes autumn fight with the harvest. A juice press is a device that can greatly simplify this task. It is used both in summer cottages and in industrial purposes. Has several configuration options. You can even create a simple device with your own hands. IN different regions Russia is most often used in the collection of apples, grapes, carrots, other vegetables and fruits.

How a juice press works

The device has a mechanical type of control. Comprises:

Baskets for loading vegetables or fruits. Depending on the model, it can be made of metal or wood.
Press. He descends into the basket and squeezes its contents.
The filter through which the squeezed product passes, leaving pulp, seeds, etc. in it. It is made of burlap and wooden gratings.
Pallet where the finished product flows. Produced from different materials right down to the plastic.

If the juice press is manually operated, it takes a lot of effort to extract the juice. Especially when it comes to vegetables. herbaceous plants or hard fruits(). Therefore, it is better not to consider it as a gift for a woman. Only if a small volume is required for use in the kitchen.

How the device works:

Before starting work, the products from which it is planned to make juice are cut into small pieces (or crushed).
They are placed in a basket, distributing evenly over the entire plane (some devices use a special filter bag).
Gradually, a press is lowered onto the basket, which compresses the contents.
The drink is cleaned, passing through the filters and enters the tray.

This principle is called the cold pressing method.

The press does not heat the products, thereby preserving everything useful material that were laid down by nature.

Advantages and disadvantages

What are the advantages of this type of product processing:

all vitamins and minerals are preserved;
the minimum amount of waste is only 5%;
does not make noise when used;
simple design, easy to repair in case of breakage;
long work without spending resources;
is inexpensive;
can be easily carried from place to place.

Minuses:

if the volume of products is large, then the extraction will take a lot of time and effort;
you have to deal with the preliminary processing of vegetables and fruits (for small models, in addition to cutting, you also need to peel the fruits and remove the bones);
a lot of juice from one serving of the product does not work.

Before choosing, you need to decide on the criteria by which you need to evaluate the device.

Juice Press Control Types

Manual presses require the direct participation of a person in the pressing process. Automatic devices take effect when the button is pressed. The latter include hydraulic or pneumatic presses. Their purpose is to process a large volume of products, they are most often used on farms where big harvest or in manufacturing plants.

For normal suburban area an automatic juice press is not suitable, since there is no large volume and the cost of the apparatus is above average (about 500,000 rubles).

Types of presses

They differ in the type of mechanism and the nuances of assembling the device. Presses with mechanical control have a small production volume, up to 30 liters per hour. The units are simple, you can make your own. Well suited for use at home and in the country. The main structural element is a steel frame. It holds the device in place during operation.

Manual screw press

This device is the most simple and very convenient. A screw press for squeezing juice is elementary: it is driven by a screw. Under its influence, the piston is lowered. These units are inexpensive. The only negative is that sometimes they require considerable physical strength.

Models calculated hand press about 2.5 liters of vegetables or fruits.

Jack press for juice extraction

They are easier to manage than screw. Fix the device on the floor, set in motion with a jack. Physically, this is much easier than turning a screw. It can be used in the country, right on the street. A jack press costs about 15,000 rubles and can produce up to 3 liters of juice in one full load.

Pneumatic press

Works in automatic mode. Sets in motion through the action of compressed air, which creates a compressor. It is advisable to use it in large farms, farms or in several areas. Able to process a large number of vegetables and fruits. Its price is approximately 80-90000.

The pneumatic press produces up to 14 liters of finished juice in 1 cycle.

Hydraulic

Looks like a metal basket with holes. Inside there is a rubber bag into which water is supplied under pressure. The bag is filled and presses on the raw materials that are in the basket. The juice flows out through the holes into the lower reservoir.

There are mechanical, automatic and electric models. The device is driven by fluid pressure on the piston. And it is created with the help of controls.

There are two types of hydraulic juice presses:

Due to the complex design of the hydraulic press, its price is above average. In the private sector, it is used less frequently than screw.

Belt press for juice extraction

Used in the factory. Fully automatic, performs all functions independently. The automatic machine works from electricity, makes juice of a direct extraction.

Combined

Here, a screw and a jack are tried on together. Initially, the juice is produced using a screw mechanism. After it, the remains are squeezed with a jack. Effective on garden plots small size, convenient and easy to use.

Differences by type of raw material

In most cases, juice presses are universal. You can squeeze any fruits and vegetables in them. Some models involve the creation of oil.

A special press is only suitable for a certain type of raw material. For example, it is used only for citrus fruits or berries. It is not recommended for solid products.

Before loading raw materials into a press of any type, it must be crushed. Otherwise, the device may be damaged. For these purposes, a crusher is used.

How to choose a juice press

For a home, for a small company, a press of 3-5 liters is enough. There are special small devices with which you can prepare 1-2 glasses of juice. To give, when you want to roll up several cans of juice, use a screw or hydraulic press with a volume of 10-12 liters.

If there is a large garden, wine is produced or a press is used for apples in a large farm, you need to take a volume of up to 30 liters. Control is automatic or semi-automatic. small industrial production will require the ability to squeeze up to 200 liters of juice per hour. A pneumatic press for squeezing juice or an electric belt press is ideal here.

The harder the raw material, the more powerful the unit will be required. For juice from apples and grapes, a screw press can be used, but processing will take a long time. A hydraulic apparatus will give more juice than a screw one.

Used to chop fruits and vegetables special devices- shredders. Any press can process whole fruits and vegetables, but the quality will be much worse, so it is not recommended to do this.