for drying and the operation would be more viable if it were combined with canning, where the larger diameter fruit could be diverted for this purpose The standard high speed high capacity Honiron pineapple grader, made by the Carter company, has a capacity of up to 60 tons per hour; therefore, for a smaller operation, a simple fruit or vegetable grader would have to be dapted Sizing and coring is usually carried out on a Honomach Ginaca machine set for a specific size and operating at 120 pineapples per minute Alternatively, if small fruit are going to be used the Carter Co can offer a small Sizer-Corer to handle 7cm fruit at half the price of the ginaca After sizing and coring, which implies the removal of the skin and coring down the centre of the fruit, a cylinder of fruit is left, which passes on to a stainless steel conveyor belt for inspection and trimming if require The trimmed cylinders are then conveyed into a pineapple slicer, thence to a Honiron segment cutter, which will produce dice, spears, titbits or chunks. This is a relatively small capacity machine but is probably relevant in context of a medium sized drying project The comminuted pieces are then sulphited by immersionin asulphiting tank, dewatered and passed to the dryer. After conditioning, the fruit is inspected screened and packed (4) g For a medium sized operation, probably a double tray dryer or stove dryer is most suitable, and again a lower temperature is often used in the first stage-63" -finishing at 65C-68'C. This tends to prevent caramelisation of the sucrose in the fruit. Raw moisture is about 85% Moisture content in the end- product ranges from 15 to 18% Drying ratio: 6: 1 Overall ratio depends on crown weight and sizing losses, which could be up to 50%. This would create an overall ratio of 12 (5)Equipment Suppliers Special pineapple plant Carter Co Inc 91-060 Hanua Street, Ewa Beach, Hawaii 96706 or FMC International AG 1459 Coleman Avenue, Box 1178, San Jose, CA 95108USA Pears (1)Flow-Sheet Maturingfor drying and the operation would be more viable if it were combined with canning, where the larger diameter fruit could be diverted for this purpose. The standard high speed high capacity Honiron pineapple grader, made by the Carter company, has a capacity of up to 60 tons per hour; therefore, for a smaller operation, a simple fruit or vegetable grader would have to be adapted. Sizing and coring is usually carried out on a Honomach Ginaca machine set for a specific size and operating at 120 pineapples per minute. Alternatively, if small fruit are going to be used the Carter Co can offer a small Sizer-Corer to handle 7cm fruit at half the price of the Ginaca. After sizing and coring, which implies the removal of the skin and coring down the centre of the fruit, a cylinder of fruit is left, which passes on to a stainless steel conveyor belt for inspection and trimming if required. The trimmed cylinders are then conveyed into a pineapple slicer, thence to a Honiron segment cutter, which will produce dice, spears, titbits or chunks. This is a relatively small capacity machine but is probably relevant in context of a medium sized drying project. The comminuted pieces are then sulphited by immersion in a sulphiting tank, dewatered and passed to the dryer. After conditioning, the fruit is inspected screened and packed. (4) Drying For a medium sized operation, probably a double tray dryer or stove dryer is most suitable, and again a lower temperature is often used in the first stage - 63°C - finishing at 65°C - 68°C. This tends to prevent caramelisation of the sucrose in the fruit. Raw Moisture is about 85%. Moisture content in the end-product ranges from 15 to 18%. Drying ratio: 6:l Overall ratio depends on crown weight and sizing losses, which could be up to 50%. This would create an overall ratio of 12:l. (5) Equipment Suppliers Carter Co Inc 91-060 Hanua Street, Ewa Beach, Hawaii 96706. - or FMC International AG 1459 Coleman Avenue, Box 1178, San Jose, CA 95108 USA. Pears (1) Flow-Sheet Special pineapple plant: Maturing I i 84