Banana Peeling Machine

Hello sensys001,

We have a row of these, cheap to run and do the job automatically:

Have a look here:

http://www.tehnoinvest.com/vegetables4.html

and also:

http://www.mosteverything.net/banana+peeling+machine.htm

also from:

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:rnsGpVWtNo4J:www.mylibnet.org/lb/05/projrep.html+%22peeling+machine%22+banana&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=40&gl=nz&client=firefox-a

PR-0262 ROZARIO (A), GIRISH (TJ), KAVYA KAUSHIK, PAVITHRA (HR) Design and fabrication of continuous peeling machine for banana Mr. K. Venkatesh Murthy, Mr. V.T. Venkateshiah CFTRI & PES

2005

Hope that assists.....

1. The monkeys are a great idea - training may be a problem :-)

2. http://www.tehnoinvest.com/vegetables4.html do not appear to do bananas as far as I can see.

3. http://www.mosteverything.net/banana+peeling+machine.htm

...is a gag about peeling bananas :-(

4. http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:rnsGpVWtNo4J:www.mylibnet.org/lb/05/projrep.html+%22peeling+machine%22+banana&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=40&gl=nz&client=firefox-a

Not sure where that report comes from but there is no hyperlink to it.

In any case I am after a machine I can buy. Not intersted in DIY.....

Thanks anyway.

Hello again sensys001,

1. The monkeys are a great idea - training may be a problem :-)

The monkeys are automatically trained - Take as many as you want - Right Click on the graphic, "Save As" to your own Computer, rename so you remember what the file means - you are in business.

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I presumed that you, as an intelligent person, would be using Malware free and Open Source, with plenty of add-ons, Mozilla Firefox Browser from:

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However, because I'm Mr. Nice Guy, especially for you, here is the link which should work for Internet Explorer:

As for your Banana Peeling Machine enquiry, my best thought is for you to contact Dole & Co, here:

If Dole don't know where to buy a Banana Peeling Machine from, nobody does.

Hope that assists you, this time....

I have added my picture here, so you know who I am.....

malware free firefox? I dont think so, try Googling "malware firefox".

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Kind Regards.....

Banana under the fingernail works great though for "on the road" snacks.

If your sure its banana.

Using monkeys will work but you will have to decide the percentage profit against the cost of cheap labour.

I have a solution for that.

When I was a boy I had to open pecans for my Granny. I was told to whistle all the time to keep the nut thieves away.

Hello Hendrik,

I used to open pea cans too but always used a can opener....

Hi Spark Y

I haven't had a pea for a long time.

Where do you get all the images from?

I have a collection of 3 and none ever seem to be applicable.

Hi Hendrik,

It's after 2:30am here, and I have an early start in the morning.

I shall place a Topic Post tomorrow,about it, if that's OK.

that should save me from advising Members individually, which I have done here, to date.

I am a believer in efficiency, amongst other things....

Hi sensys

Back to your problem. I opened and ate 5 bananas and did not come up with a solution yet. Must go and buy some more.

Eating the 5th I started wondering if you intend to peel local or imported bananas? That is are they bent to the left or right or are they straight (from the equator)? (Coriolis effect)

Ship the bananas back to Brazil. They peel them cheap. Besides, Outsourcing is an innovation that replaces "Automation" which drives up cost?!

Can't you just stick the end in an old-school clothes wringer and give the handle a turn? The peeled banana should shoot right out. That's how it works in the cartoons anyway.

Using a spoon, that's how I deal with those little lobster legs. Works great and they are really tasty.

Monkey motivation is a fascinating topic. I've found that promiising them rapid advancement to the typewriter room works. There's one named William who shows real promise, after a shakey start.

All sounds like a bit of monkey business.

Recently I had been to a slaughter house is an 100% Export Oriented Unit from Inida for Gulf & EU. They have even a food & health division for xtracting juices and pulps in natural condition all the machinery imported from Italy......

As far my memory goes they even make guva & banana juices, but still you can try on email:fcalzbd@allana.com (or) fricon@sancharnet.in

No answer from either of those addresses :-(

Thanks, guys - will try the Indian connection.

Thanks to all the comedians too - who says engineers are a dull lot? :-)

I recently came across apple peeling machines - you can buy them to sit on a kitchen bench (turn a handle) - ingenious and addictive. I also saw a steam powered one (working) from the 1900s - nasty thing to put your hand near - or inside as the operators had to do.

But they work on the principle of the fruit being hard enough to spike and resist the blade... unlike bananas.

When I first left high school I worked in a fruit and vegetable canning factory. Didn't do bananas, but I was a devastated to discover that the peeling is all done with... caustic soda. Yep - soak your fresh fruit and vegies in caustic soda until the skin burns off, then rinse.

I wouldn't be surprised if you find that's how bananas are done too - either that or they are only processed in countries where the cost of labour allows you to use the smartest banana peeling machine money can buy...

Good luck - hope you don't have to resort to chemicals.

.....and peaches are peeled by rolling them in SULPHURIC ACID (true!).

Welcome to modern food technology, guys!

the best banana peeling machine I know of is the fingers on both hands.

You can try Reitech SA in Cape Town South Africa. I know they make pineapple peelers and other fruit processing equipment. Bananas are just a bit thinner and squeeshier.......

Brgds, M

Hi,

Do you want pulp or whole/sliced bananas?

What volumes are you expecting?

Hi,

The bananas need to remain whole and undamaged.

I would like to peel about 1,000 bananas in one 8 hour shift per operator.

That works out to about 1 per 30 seconds - do-able but not for too long imho. Insanity might set in rather soon.....

Hence the search for a machine......

Pay them a fair piece-work and they will find a way to triple that easily and be happy (and regular).

Hmm... obviously you have never run a business in Asia :)

I would suspect that "Human Beans" (from Dustin Hoffman movie "Little Man Tate" could strip a banana and place it on a conveyor in about 2.5 sec. Doubt a machine could do it much faster without mushing (mentioned previously).

To begin from the stalk, likely much much slower.

ps: There are surely a host of peculiar questions on CR4, huh? Only if more of them would contain more information.

We once had a VP of R&D who carried a few PHDs around his neck. His primary contributions to the the organization was that he always knew where North was and he could snap a Banana into two sections.

He could actually grip a Banana in his two hands, one near each end, and quickly and deftly snap it into two pieces. We all expected a handful of mush, but it was actually a clean break.

Might that be the first step in a quick peeling process ?

Steve

Does your application require the banana(s) to stay intact? Other solutions and/or ideas may work for what you need.

Yes the machine should peel the shin off the banana and leave it intact so that a process can take plase by using all of the banana without the skin or peel

I would think that Del Monte or any other packer that produces a tropical fruit cocktail would already have the type of processing machine you are looking for. Unless they developed and built it in house, there is a machine manufacture out there that can build one for you. You might even contact a packer and see if you can buy used. They might not be thrilled about competition but it's worth a try.

Oops! I just reread post #3. Sorry for being for being redundant. (I can say that again)

Why not ask Shakira Banana or is it Chiquita? I forget!

I like to think I'm beyond that.

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Hi,

My name is Geraldo Augusto Junior, i'm from Brazil and i am interested in Banana peeling machine. can u give me more info and ur email id so that we can discuss in details?

Thanks.

Geraldo,

Unfortunately, I have not succeeded in tracking down anyone anywhere around the world who has built such a machine. I got a lot of amusing comedy though :-)

I am still interested, so if you ever manage to find one, pls let me know.

Best of luck!

Well, like i tell you, i job in a dehidrated fruits company, here in Brazil, and my boss its very interesting in that equipment.

If you want, access the site of us (www.polpabrasil.com.br).

After this, tell me your impression and we back to negociate about this machine, ok?

My apologies for the english errors, but since 2007 i don't written...

About the way, my e-mail is: augustojuniorg@gmail.com

Best regards