How to make a juicer for apples?

Can I make a juicer for apples with my own hands? Of course, moreover, any person can cope with this.The material below will be of interest to summer residents, people who have subsidiary horticulture and who love apple juice in unlimited quantities throughout the year.

If we are talking about making juice from seasonal fruits in the amount of up to 2 liters, then electric auger juicers, presented on the shelves of any large hardware store, will help. But if it is necessary to squeeze the juice from a large number of apples, and household appliances do not fit, then the head and the available materials come to the rescue. For a large number of apples requires a highly productive and reliable juicer.

One of the main advantages of a homemade device is in the minimum investment or lack of it, if there are all available materials. In the event of a malfunction or breakdown, it is possible to repair the device yourself.

Before you start making a homemade juicer, you need to understand the principle of its work and know What elements must be provided and installed in the process of its creation:

• the first necessary detail is the chopper;
• in fact, the press, which squeezes the juice from the fruit;
• something like a filter, in this case, you can use gauze, a sieve, a colander or make it homemade with a drill and stainless steel;
• The last required item is the container in which fresh apple juice should be collected.

Further, it all depends on the material capabilities, the desire to work with the head and the volume of the processed fruit.

Homemade juicers are divided into 4 types: mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electro-hydraulic. The most commonly manufactured at home are mechanical type juicers. Such models are large in size and are divided into two types: centrifugal machines, where the grinding of the apple takes place in a centrifuge, and then comes into effect a press or screw products that produce the necessary juice through the complete processing of the fruit.

A big plus of augers is that they give the maximum amount of juice, and after work is finished there is no need to clean and rinse them, like centrifugal ones. Please note that the version with a screw machine is more costly and time-consuming to build, requiring the use of a machine and the availability of certain knowledge.

One of the easiest ways to quickly create a juicer is the old folk method. For this, a wooden or metal container, a sieve and a manual screw press are needed, under which fruits are poured, and the juice is squeezed out of them by human strength. Any solid material (an old grinding stone, a wooden circle of hard wood, a metal product) can act as a press, the desired shape is round.

In the manufacture of this model, time takes only the creation of a screw press. To do this, you will need a so-called support frame, metal or wood, the screw itself, preferably with a knob for tightening, and a support board, the diameter of which must correspond to the dimensions of the inside of the container. If there is a welding machine and a metal sheet, then the screw mechanism described above, as well as a metal profile for fixing the support board, can be welded, which also does not take much time and effort.

Among the homemade apple juicers of the automatic principle of operation, the use of elements of an old or broken washing machine of any type is considered a popular option. What is necessary for its manufacture:

• take a drum machine, better known as a centrifuge, and an intact casing (tank);
• in the tank it is necessary to close any excess holes and holes in any way, leaving only one through which the finished juice will flow during the spin;
• if the filter mesh is preserved in a satisfactory condition in the tank, it can be moved and installed on the drain of the product;
• the presence or independent production of fasteners;
• Ball bearings, if the old ones are in order, use them or purchase new ones.

The assembly of an automatic juicer has its own nuances:

• installation of a DC motor with a capacity of at least 11 kW;
• making a frame for fastening the casing, it is best to weld it from metal corners;
• all electrical contacts must be well insulated, if possible use a corrugation;
• Before switching on, it is necessary to check the correctness of the assembled apparatus, the electrical network must provide the required voltage;
• after assembly of the device, it is necessary to rinse it well and make the first idle start.

The product is ready for use. Do not forget that after each pressing, the drum must be washed and cleaned. A product of this type shows great performance: within half an hour, you can process 2-3 buckets of apples and get natural fruit juice.

There is another simple way to create a juicer to get your favorite apple drink. We take the usual mixer, fasten 2 bolts to its lower part, connect apples to the electric drill and in the container (bucket, deep basin, tank). The resulting slushy liquid is placed in a cloth bag and in a new container, preferably with holes on the bottom for juice flow.

Before squeezing the juice, the apples must be carefully picked, as the rotten fruit will subsequently negatively influence the taste of the future drink. After selection, the fruit must be thoroughly rinsed and allowed to drain. Large apples are desirable to cut into pieces, the core can not be removed, but in this case, after receiving the juice, you will need to drive it through a tight filter to remove the seeds, the peel from the apples is also not removed.

After the entire juice stack, pass it through the filter. However, if you plan to prepare the juice with pulp, and the hearts of the fruits were removed beforehand, then the finished drink can not be run through the filter. To preserve the nutrients in the resulting juice is better to pasteurize it, but do not boil.

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