How to make a press for grapes?

The main tool for creating wine and juice at home is a grape press.This device is used both by amateurs and at industrial enterprises. However, the press for grapes, created by himself, is very different from the industrial device.

Consider the main characteristics inherent in the home press.

• This device is needed in order for you to get high quality grape juice. How good the juice or wine is depends on how the fermentation takes place.
• The main function of the press is the separation of juice from the pulp, seed and peel of grapes.
• Subsequently, this juice is pressed. A significant feature is that the juice is separated from the pulp with little or no damage to the bones or brushes.
• This design for separating the wort from the pulp consists of several gears, rollers with a wavy surface, and two empty containers. The grapes are crushed in the first container, and the resulting juice enters the second container.
• On gears are fixed rollers. In the design there is a special handle, with the help of which the press is rotated, as a result of which these two elements begin to spin towards each other.

• A special system is built into the press unit, thanks to which the gap between the gear and the roller can be controlled. Thanks to this mechanism, you can easily squeeze the juice from any other fruits and vegetables using this device.
• The smallest gap distance is 0.3 cm, and the greatest is 0.8 cm.
• This design is considered a pressure device, regardless of its subspecies: hydraulic, manual or screw press. In addition to this fixture, a plate and basket are attached. This is where grape juice is separated from the peel.
• Between the two discs, a drainage system is installed, through which the resulting juice is drained.
• Under the press is a special rod with a solid screw surface. With the help of it, unnecessary products are screened out after draining the juice.
• The end result of the process of passing the grapes through the press is pure juice, drained into an empty container.

Any device designed to press grapes, apples or other fruits, includes 4 stages of pressing:

• first, grape juice is separated from the pulp under an incline using its own gravity;
• obtaining juice of the first pressure;
• obtaining juice of the second pressure;
• obtaining juice of the third pressure.

Before you buy a press for squeezing grape juice or other fruits and vegetables, you need to carefully examine all types of these devices.

All industrial pressing presses can be divided into the following categories.

Such a device is a fixed iron base, on which a special basket made of wood is installed. This solution has good performance, reasonable price and small size. Many winemakers consider the mechanical device for pressing fruit and vegetables to be the ideal solution for creating juice at home.

This subgroup includes two more types of press: hydraulic and pneumatic. Such devices are made of stainless steel of excellent quality, so that the press does not rust. This solution will not give your juice any side tastes. The hydraulic press works with the help of water, the pneumatic press with the help of high air pressure, which is created by a special pump. Both the hydraulic and pneumatic versions of the pump operate only with electric current.

The main advantage of this solution is considered high performance device.

Many people want their device to squeeze juice not only from grapes, but also from any other fruits and vegetables.Universal presses have long established themselves in the market and are in considerable demand because they can squeeze juice from apples, cherries, oranges and other crops. This greatly expands the possibilities of making juices and wines.

Each winemaker can buy a five-liter device for pressing grapes and use it at home. All versions of presses are similar in function, however, the material from which the structure is made is often different. The most popular are 2 types of devices: a press made of wood and metal.

• Wooden option is environmentally friendly, and does not cause any harm to human health. However, it is very difficult to care for such a device, since after each use you will have to thoroughly flush the device and disinfect it.
• Metal option The device is an alloy of cast iron and stainless steel. If the basis of the design is metal, then this device will be durable. The press made of metal is very easy to use, it is hygienic, since it does not give any extra flavors and smells to the resulting grape juice.

In the modern world in terms of home use, juicers and food processors easily overshadow a full-fledged mechanical press. With their help, you can easily squeeze the juice from grapes or other fruits and vegetables, however, not everyone will be happy with the result. The main drawback of food processors is that there is too much pulp in the resulting juice, and not everyone likes it.

You can also buy a special screw press, released at the factory, which is able to perfectly perform all the functions of juicers much better than themselves. However, not all people are willing to buy what you can assemble yourself with little effort.

Below will be considered one of the lightest types of press for grapes, not requiring any drawings. With this design, you can easily squeeze your entire crop.

• First you need to pick up a large amount of dishes. Here we will put the berries. Experts recommend using a drum from a washing machine. With the help of a drill on the walls of the vessel you need to make small holes in a chaotic manner.
• Next, you will need dishes, the diameter of which will be larger than the drum typewriter. This should be a round dish, not having a bottom.
• In a container that is larger in diameter, you need to install a washing machine drum, and place a small wooden plate in the distance between the containers.

• From the tree should build a U-shaped frame. On the received "horizontal bar" you need to fix the chassis. It is a fairly dense pancake of cast iron or stainless steel. It is fixed on the frame with a special lever, for this the frame should be drilled.
• Both tanks must be installed in a large basin. It also drills a small hole the size of a hose diameter. The hose must be connected to this basin in order to separate the resulting juice.
• The crossbar in the shape of the letter “P” should be firmly fixed in the ground, it is the main part of this design. Subsequently, an aggregate consisting of a pelvis made of food polymers and a pair of vessels fixed in each other is installed on it.
• You will need another large empty container. It will be sent to the hose that goes out of your design. Ready grape juice will begin to merge here.
• Place the berries in the drum of the washing machine, and cover with a metal cloth or close the boards. From above you need to put a cast-iron pancake. The pressure force should be controlled with a lever.
• As a result of the manipulations, you get grape juice, which is discharged through a hose into an empty container.

Grape juice, obtained after the first spin, great for quality wines or expensive fruit drinks.

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