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Automatic Fruit Peeling Machine Saves 50% Labor Cost and 30% Waste
Astra peeling machines bring a range of benefits, including increased yield due to finer, cleaner peeling, reduced waste, increased safety, reduced labor costs, increased productivity, as well as improved hygiene.
Astra automatic peeling machines, the result of two decades of innovation, are designed to peel more than 20 fruits and vegetables. They are the ideal time- and labor-saving solution for supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, hotels, school lunchrooms, distilleries, and large-scale facilities like fresh-cut food commissaries that prepare value-added foods for airlines, hospitals, and luxury cruises.
Even in the 21st century, many people peel fruits with their own hands. Why? Because most of them don’t know about ASTRA peeling machines. ASTRA peeling machine can peel four times faster and improve yield rate by 20% than hand peeling. The customer can collect the investment in about 2-3 months by saving the labor cost. ASTRA peeling machine makes the peeling much easier for the worker, saving the cost and increasing the sales at the same time.
One good example is a supermarket in California. They sell tons of peeled mangoes every day. Before using ASTRA peeling machines, four workers worked 8 hours, five days a week, to prepare fresh-cut mangoes. After using the ASTRA peeling machine, the number changed to 3 workers, working 5.5 hours, five days a week. This is nearly 50% of saving labor costs. The supermarket succeeded in collecting the investment in 1.5 months.
Another example is a pineapple farmer in southeast Asia. They peeled pineapple with two workers and peeled 40kg per hour in the past. Using the ASTRA pineapple peeler, they could peel 150 kg per hour. The productivity increased 7.5 times. Not only the improvement in the peeling speed but also the yield rate increased drastically. The yield rate used to be lower than 50% when peeling by hand, and when using ASTRA peeling machine, the yield rate improved up to 65%.
These examples are not an exception. ASTRA peeling machines are used in +40 countries on all continents and respond to customer needs worldwide. Many supermarkets, dried fruit producers, fresh juice makers, distilleries, and other fruit-related companies use the ASTRA peeling machine, saving cost and increasing productivity.
