Automatic orange juicer

Design and prototype of an orange juicer with self-cleaning.

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What does the self-cleaning orange juicer consist of?

The automatic orange juicer is a compact machine capable of cutting and squeezing oranges of any size, automatically, without the need for any manual handling.

The juicing machine, in addition to squeezing orange juice, has the ability to systematically self-clean, a function that substantially reduces the main frustration of operators of orange juice machines in bars, restaurants, and hospitality businesses in general.

Problem solved by the self-cleaning automatic orange juicer

Cleaning the juice extractor is a task that requires significant time and effort. Bartenders dedicate an important part of the business closing process to the thorough and deep cleaning of juice machines.

Orange juice is a highly demanded product with a wide profit margin in the hospitality industry. However, operators often choose to remove it from the menu on their own to avoid going through the cleaning cycle more than once a day.

The cleaning system designed for the automatic orange juice extractor prototype relieves operators’ frustration, extends active service time, and minimizes the risk of perceived lack of hygiene in businesses.

How does the orange juice machine work?

The juice machine features a top hopper and an entry channel, capable of storing and efficiently managing the organized feeding of oranges into the machine.

Once the orange juice machine is activated, it feeds the oranges, cuts them, and directs them into the squeezing cycle.

The efficiency of the squeezing cycle is comparable to that of commercial and industrial juicers used in the hospitality industry.

Once each half of the orange is squeezed, the juice is filtered through a conveyor belt that acts as a kind of false floor inside the juice extractor module.

Beneath the conveyor belt that acts as a filter for the extracted juice, there is a tray capable of adopting two positions: orange juice dispenser or support for the cleaning system.

During the orange squeezing service of the machine, the movable tray channels the juice by gravity towards the dispensing unit.

The machine includes a clean water tank that supplies the self-cleaning circuit of the orange juice extractor, capable of dispersing this water with high-speed jets at critical points of the central module of the juicer.

The waste conveyor belt, which also serves as a juice filter, directs the remains to the opposite side of the multifunction tray. It carries the unwanted residues and wastewater from the cleaning cycle into a tank that can be easily removed from the outside.

Technical Complexity of the Prototype

Mechanical design

90%

Industrial Design

70%

Electronic design

30%

Firmware development

20%

Manufacturing and testing cycle

75%

Advantages of the natural orange juicer with self-cleaning

Without affecting the aesthetics of commercial orange juicing machines, its space and efficiency as an orange juice extractor make it capable of minimizing the least desired task in its use: cleaning.

The electronically controlled cleaning system offers two cleaning modes: one faster and one deeper. The combination of both does not replace but does simplify and extend the intervals between thorough manual cleanings, which require service stoppage and the disassembly and reassembly of juice machines for bars and restaurants.

Design of the orange juicing machine for restaurants

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