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Conventional Horizontal |
ProAuto™ Vertical | |
 Steel pressure vessels in horizontal configuration occupy a large ground area proportional to the cyclinder's length and diameter. |
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 Steel pressure vessels in vertical configuration occupy a relatively small ground area. |
 Requires a large number of steel cages (~USD4,000 per cage) and rail tracks to transfer FFB from loading ramp to the steriization station. |
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 No cages required. FFB are directly transfered from loading ramp to the sterilizer by conveyor. |
 FFB handling involves a lot of equipments like tipper with pit, conveyor, transfer carriage, winch, indexer, etc. |
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 FFB handling is simple. FFB are fed into the sterilizer by conveyor directly from loading ramp and discharging is automated. |
 High oil losses resulted from spilled fruits during loading to cages, transfer to sterilizers, from sterilizer to thresher, oil dripping from cages and sterilizer condensate exhaust. |
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 No spilling and dripping. Oil loss during transfer fruit is minimized. |
 Discharging of sterilized fruit is labour intensive. |
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 Sterilized fruit is discharged via internal auger. |
 Another difficult handling using crane. |
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 Sterilized fruit is just conveyed up. |
 Requires a lot of manpower (>5 men) to operate due to its difficulty and multiple machines. Satety is a concern. |
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 Less manpower required because the system is automated, simple and safe. |
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