Tong Engineering Upgrades Coil Cleaner

Vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, Tong Engineering, is building upon the success of its popular potato and vegetable coil cleaning unit, with new advancements for optimum performance and ease of maintenance. Tong’s range of coil cleaning and pre-grading systems are designed to offer gentle handling of crop while combining soil removal and crop sizing within one unit.

“Our PU coil cleaner is a very popular choice among growers and processors, offering very flexible application across a wide variety of root crops including potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions and more,” says Richard Knighton, sales manager at Tong Engineering. He adds that "with reduced downtime and maximum efficiency remaining at the forefront of equipment upgrade decisions, the new super-speed self-cleaning function on the latest models is already proving to bring invaluable time-saving and operational benefits.”

Incorporating a heavy duty, scissor-action shaft design, the deformable PU coil shafts feature an easy-maintenance coupling and are fully adjustable to suit a wide range of sizing requirements. With a direct-drive motor on every shaft, the coil cleaning and sizing unit is not only easy to maintain, but also ensures maximum energy efficiency during operation.

“One of the key advancements with the new super-speed self-cleaning function is that it removes the need for manual cleaning of coil shafts, particularly when operating in heavy-soil conditions,” says Knighton. When controlled by their intelligent Auto-Touch HMI touch-screen controls, the super-speed cleaning process can also be scheduled to automatically commence at pre-determined intervals, ensuring maximum performance, even in the most demanding cleaning conditions.

The next generation coil cleaner from Tong can be built to suit all throughput and sizing requirements, available in 4, 6 and 8 row configurations as standard, and is popularly combined with Tong’s EasyClean separator for efficient cleaning and sizing results.