Lime oil & juice
Practical Action
Equipment suppliers
Note: This is a selective list of suppliers and
does not imply endorsement by Practical
Action.
Small juice extractors and peelers
Kenwood Limited
New Lane
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2NH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 23 9247 6000
Fax: +44 (0) 23 9239 2400
Website: http://www.kenwood.co.uk/
Bellingham + Stanley Ltd.
Longfield Road, North Farm Industrial Estate
Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1892 500400
Fax: +44 1892 543115
E-mail: sales@bs-ltd.com
Website: http://www.bs-ltd.com/
Refractometers
Hauber Macanuda
Rua Araranguá, 41-
Bairro América - 89204-310 Joinville-SC-
Brasil
Tel: (47) 423-0232
Fax: (47) 422-6706
Website: www.macanuda.com.br
E-Mail: macanuda@macanuda.com.br /
macanuda@tutopia.com.br
Manufacture a large range of small-scale
equipment including:
distillation equipment with capacities from
30 litres to 900 litres, refractometers, fruit
pulping equipment etc.
Lehman Hardware and Appliances Inc.
P.O. Box 41
Kidron
Ohio 44636
USA
Tel orders: +1 877 438 5346
Tel enquiries: +1 888 438 5346
E-mail: info@lehmans.com
Website: http://www.lehmans.com
Suppliers of hand operated fruit presses and
grinders.
Alvan Blanch Chelworth
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 9SG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 666 577333
Fax: +44 (0) 666 577339
E-mail: info@alvanblanch.co.uk
Website: http://www.alvanblanch.co.uk
Essential Oil Distillation Plant used to extract
oil from a variety of crops, herbs and spices
using the method of distillation. Capacity:
130-420 kg/hour.
Fruit Pulper/Siever
Used for the extraction of juice or pulp from
fruit. Complete with feed chute, removable
stainless steel perforated screen, rotary
paddle with blades and collecting tray below.
Food Groups: Fruit Power: Electric
Distillation equipment
See the Practical Action Technical Brief on Essential Oil
Granite rollers are available from Alexander Stephen Engineering Limited, Linthouse,
Glasgow, Great Britain, but the remainder of the crusher would need to be made by a local
engineering firm. A mill with rollers 30" long and 12" in diameter can crush at 11/2-2 tons
an hour and can be driven by a 5hp motor.
In the running of a lime processing operation a reliable electricity supply is very important.
When you consider that conveyors, crushers, washer, juice pumps and boiler (fuel pump,
ignition and safety device circuits) may all need electricity to operate. If a reliable power
supply is not available, consideration should be given to installing a standby diesel generator.
In the event, that it is not possible to provide an alternative electricity supply, it could be of
value to consider, the use of diesel engine(s) to drive the crusher, washer, juice pump, etc
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