Pulping starts with prepared whole fruit
The pulper receives berries and releases a pulp stream separately from seeds and coarse rejects. Its selection focuses on feed condition, separation duty and the integrity of the discharged seeds.
Refining starts with pulp
Refining or screening takes extracted or purchased pulp and removes material retained by the selected screen. It is selected for texture and the finished-product specification, not as a preservation operation.
Different acceptance questions
Assess a pulper with residual pulp on seeds, seed damage and measured extraction streams. Assess a refiner with retained material, texture, screen loading and product consistency at the stated feed temperature.
Where the duties overlap
A two-stage unit may combine extraction and subsequent finishing. Keep each stage’s duty visible in the proposal and process flow, particularly when purchased pulp may bypass whole-fruit extraction.
Select for the actual inlet
An enquiry for prepared pulp should focus on screening and handling if extraction is already complete. A whole-berry enquiry should include seed separation before any finer finishing stage.
Continue your equipment selection
Bring these requirements into your proposal.
Start with the available information. Material condition, output basis and packaging make the equipment discussion specific to your project.
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