. Drying cut fruits. Fruit. Buu 485] Drying Cut Fruits 31 readily. Some additional cost is involved in the cubing operation and in the screening out of fine pieces resulting from the cubing process. This additional cost, together with the consumer's unfamiliarity with the product has accounted for the fact that so far the cubed product has not been consistently profitable, and its production is not increasing. No trays are used in kiln evaporators but the fruit is conveyed by means of wheelbarrows or trucks from the slicer or sulfur box to the kiln floor. In other types of driers, trays are lo
. Drying cut fruits. Fruit. Buu 485] Drying Cut Fruits 31 readily. Some additional cost is involved in the cubing operation and in the screening out of fine pieces resulting from the cubing process. This additional cost, together with the consumer's unfamiliarity with the product has accounted for the fact that so far the cubed product has not been consistently profitable, and its production is not increasing. No trays are used in kiln evaporators but the fruit is conveyed by means of wheelbarrows or trucks from the slicer or sulfur box to the kiln floor. In other types of driers, trays are loaded from slicer, inspection belt, or sulfur box. The size most commonly used is 3 by 3 feet. In a few instances 3 by 4 feet or 3 by 6 feet are used. The use of wire screen trays (fig. 14) is being discouraged on account of the. Fig. 14.—Wire screen trays. objection of buyers to marks and the presence of zinc which usually accompanies the use of such trays. Oil may be applied to reduce marking and corrosion but does not entirely prevent it. About 90 per cent of the tray driers now use the slat-bottomed tray (figures 17 and 18). Such a tray does not mark nor flavor the fruit. It is fairly light, inexpensive, and durable if the frame is rigid and the slats are not too small. The preferred width for the slats is about % inch. Except in the stack evaporators and Oregon tunnel driers, where cleats or guides are provided to support the trays, the trays are of the self-supporting type, the sides of them being sufficiently high to provide adequate free space over the fruit and below the tray above. For apple drying it is especially important that sufficient free cross-sectional area be provided between trays on account of the relatively large volumes of air Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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