Metcalfe Potato Peeler - Floorstanding - 14lbs

Pedestal Potato Peeler • Powerful direct gear drive motors 0.5hp • Designed to enable the user to operate, clean and maintain with the minimum of effort • Designers and patent holders of the guarded discharge chute. Fully compliant with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974. It protects the operator by allowing the door to the chamber to be opened which stops hand access through the door aperture whilst the machine is working • Motor and gearbox units are housed inside the pedestal therefore no external projections • The drive between the output shaft of the unit and the drive shaft of the peeler is by means of a flexible coupling which will prevent damage to the motor or gearbox if the machine is accidentally jammed or overloaded • Top casting removable without tools so that the rotor plate can be lifted out. Turn on water and the whole machine is flushed clean . Cleaning should be carried out on a daily basis • Rotor plate bonded with abrasive grit. Inside wall of peeling chamber has patented cast-in abrasive serrations which dispenses with the need for abrasive coating. Consequently there is less potato loss during both peeling and boiling and the efficiency of the serrations will last the life of the machine • All peelers supplied with a wall mounted starter which incorporate the on switch, emergency stop, no-volt release and overload protection features - fitted with 13amp plug • Single phase • Machines fitted with a water inlet and hose connection incorporating an air break. Stop tap can be fitted if required. Provision for fitting water inlet on either side of machine • Waste outlet screwed 2 inch BSP female • Waste disposal adaptor dispenses with need for an interceptor. Gives an adequate water supply to the peeling chamber and additional water supply to the waste outlet. A sweep tee is fitted to the outlet and the additional supply is directed into it to flush away the sludge. Unit supplied complete so only one water supply needed to be connected. Water Byelaws Scheme approved product when connected to water header tank (optional extra) • External interceptor with tank and basket can be supplied as an alternative