For small businesses, a Potato Chips Mini Plant is an excellent choice. It is used for process potato chips in small scale production. It is also called semi-automatic mini potato chips production line.
This Potato Chips Mini Plant includes a potato washing and peeling machine, a potato slicing machine, a blanching machine, a dewatering machine, a frying machine, a deoiling machine, an air cooling machine, a seasoning machine, and a packaging machine. You can easily change the knives of slicing machine to make French fries.
The output of the Potato Chips Mini Plant is 30 to 200 kg per hour. Compared with the large potato chip production line, this mini production line has a small one-time investment, low energy consumption, and a small size. It is suitable for small potato chips manufacturers and factories.
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Capacity: 30kg/h to 200kg/h
Price range: $2000 to $3500 (based on different models and configuration)
Type: Semi automatic
Application: potato chips, French fries, banana chips, sweet potato chips, cassava chips, etc.
Parameters of Potato Chips Mini Plant
| Model | PL30/50/100/150/200 |
| Ratio of Output | 3.5:1 (fresh potatoes: potato chips) |
| Oil Consumption | Approx. 4-5 kg/h |
| Water Consumption | Approx. 100 kg/h |
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Potato Chips Mini Plant
Capacities:30kg/h, 50kg/h, 100kg/h, 150kg/h, 200kg/h
Price: $2000 – $3500
Operation: mainly rely on manual operation.
Suitable for: small-sized enterprises; new business with low initial investment costs
Advantages of Potato Chips Mini Plant
Low investment: Low investment, small footprint, easy installation and operation. Suitable for small scale potato chips production.
Easy operation and high-quality: simple operation, advanced and mature technology, stable equipment operation.
Diverse functions: can also produce banana chips, sweet potato chips, french fries, etc. Each machine can be used individually.
How Potato Chips Are Made Step By Step by Potato Chips Mini Plant?
- 1. Washing and peeling machine: it used for cleaning and peeling the potatoes with high efficiency and low loss.
- 2. Slicing: Slicing the fresh potatoes into chips. The slice thickness is usually adjustable to meet different requirements.
- 3. Blanching machine: Rinses the potato chips and protect their color.
- 4. Dewatering: removing the water on the potato chips before frying. Thus can can greatly shorten frying time and improve the taste of potato chips.
- 5. Frying: frying the potato chips.The oil temperature control is accurate, thus ensuring the quality and taste of potato chips.
- 6. Deoiling: removing oil from fried potato chips, overcoming the drawbacks of high oil content and greasiness, thereby improving the taste.
- 7. Flavoring: The potato chips will be mixed with different flavors according to your needs by octagonal flavoring machine or drum flavoring machine.
- 8. Nitrogen filling and packaging: the nitrogen filling machine fills nitrogen into packaging bags during packing, effectively preventing potato chips from breaking and lengthening their shelf life. This process involves inflating, packing, and making codes all at once.
What Machines Are Used In Potato Chips Mini Plant?
| Serial No. | Machine | Size （mm) | Quantity |
| 1 | Brush washing and peeling machine | 1250*824*1238mm | 1 |
| 2 | Slicing machine | 760*530*700mm | 1 |
| 3 | Blanching | 1000*500*750mm | 1 |
| 4 | Dewatering machine | 900*550*1000mm | 1 |
| 5 | Batch frying machine | 1000*500*750mm | 1 |
| 6 | Deoiling machine | 900*550*1000mm | 1 |
| 7 | Octagonal seasoning machine | 1650*1110*1500mm | 1 |
1. Brush Washing and Peeling Machine
Its cleaning or peeling function can be customized according to the hardness of the brush.
Can be washed alone or washed and peeled at the same time.
Widely used for cleaning, polishing and peeling of round and oval materials such as potatoes, carrots, beets, taro, etc.
The whole machine is made of high-quality stainless steel.
| Size | 1250*824*1238mm |
| Motor power | 1.5kw |
| Number of rollers | 9 |
2. Slicing Machine
Used for cutting potatoes, tuberous hard vegetables into slices or strips.
Suitable for vegetable processing, fast food chains, potato chips, French fry production, and food processing.
It is made of stainless steel.
| Item | Parameter |
| Size | 760*530*700mm |
| Power | 0.75kw |
| Slice thickness | 0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, 1.5mm (can be customized based on your needs) |
3. Blanching Machine
It is applicable to blanching potato chips, various vegetables and fruits.
Put the potato chips into the blanching machine for rinsing and blanching, which plays the role of rinsing and color fixing.
Heat the water to 80-85 degrees through electric heating.
Blanch the fries for 3-5 minutes.
| Item | Parameter |
| Size | 1000*500*750mm |
| Materials | 304 Stainless Steel |
4. De-Watering Machine
5. Frying Machine
Used for frying the potato chips.
Adopts pure oil frying technology
Advanced frying technology increases greatly the oil’s using cycle.What’s more, the exact oil temperature guarantees the good quality and taste of potato chips.
| Name | Fryer |
| Power | 60-72kw |
| Voltage | 380v/50Hz |
| Frame material | 304 stainless steel |
| Other materials | 304 stainless steel plate cut, folded, welded. |
6. De-Oiling Machine
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Features of Potato Chips Mini Plant
1. Small Capacity Design: with a small capacity, including 30kg/h, 50kg/h, 100kg/h, 150kg/h, 200kg/h, 300kg/h.
2. Cost – Efficient: Requires less initial investment than fully automatic lines, perfect for small to medium scale manufacturers.
3. Fully Customizable: Easily adjusted to meet diverse production needs.
4. Top – Notch Quality: Made of 304 stainless steel, ensuring food – safe production.
5. Reliable Performance: Thoroughly tested before shipment for seamless operation.
6. Simple Installation: Easy to install, operate, and maintain. Just connect the power upon arrival.
7. Flexible Batch Processing: Tailor – make batches with specific flavors or specs for customized chips.
8. Worker Requirements: Needs 4 – 6 workers, with 1 per machine for optimal capacity.
9. Heating Options: Choose between electric or gas heating for blanching and frying machines.
10. Low Resource Consumption: Water use is 100 – 200kg/h, and oil consumption is 15% – 20% of output.
11. Wide application: It can be used to process potato chips, sweet potato chips, banana chips, etc.
Application of Potato Chips Mini Plant
The Potato Chips Mini Plant is widely used in the processing of potatoes and other round root vegetables, such as carrots, onions, beets, sweet potatoes, etc., and are well received by factory operators and fresh fruit and vegetable retailers.
We can customize any Semi-Automatic Potato Chips Production Line according to your needs. Tell us your needs and we will provide you with the most suitable customized solution.
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