Areas of application

WINEMAKING AND DISTILLATION

L’Atelier De Fermentation (France)

A microbrewery in the south of France (the Cévennes), opened by an Englishman for educational purposes.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-26s

Figure 1. Pressing wild lemons using the GP-26s hydraulic press

Likörerei Mühlberger e.U. (Austria)

A producer of natural liqueurs of the highest quality.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-26s
- fruit crusher ESE-018, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 2. Crushing strawberries using the ESE-018 electric crusher

L'Âne Brasseur(France)

A craft microbrewery. After a long maceration of the fruit, the beer is drained off, but the fruit still contains a lot of liquid. Therefore, a hydraulic press is used to squeeze the maximum amount of liquid out of the fruit.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GBP-26

Figure 3. Pressing beer after prolonged fruit maceration using the GBP-26 hydraulic press

JUICE AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTION AND FARMS

SIA Ābolis (Latvia)

A producer of apple juice with chili pepper, ginger, blackcurrant sprigs, and spicy aromas. "SIA Ābolis" also produces apple cider vinegar, apple juice sauce with ginger, cider, apple distillate, birch and maple sap with lemon and ginger.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-30
- hydraulic juice press GPA-100
- screw juice press VP-100
- filling machine for Bag-in-Box® and “Stand up Pouch” juice bags BIBF-20
- electric juice pasteurizer ESP-20, 400 V, 50 Hz
- screw press VP-075

Figure 4. GP-30 hydraulic juice press at a farmers' market

"IEVGRAVAS"(Latvia)
In the orchards of "IEVGRAVAS", quince is grown and beekeeping is practiced. The press and crusher are used to extract juice from quince and berries and then make syrups.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-50s
- fruit crusher ESE-055, 230 V, 50 Hz
- juice pasteurizer SP-22

Video 1. Crushing quince using the ESE-055 electric crusher

Video 2. Pressing quince juice using the GP-50s hydraulic press

Petit Broc de nature(France)

An agricultural producer from Pamproux engaged in growing and processing fruits and vegetables. From seed to tasting.

Equipment used:
- electric apple crusher ESE-055, 230 V, 50 Hz
- juice collection tray manufactured according to the client's drawings

Figure 5. Crushing apples using the ESE-055 crusher

Singing Frog Orchard (Canada)
A farm producing apple juice and cider.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic press GP-50s
- apple crusher ESE-055, 120 V, 60 Hz
- juice pasteurizer SP-50

Figure 6. Crushing apples using the ESE-055 crusher

Vivita un Modris Posses (Latvia)

In the Ērģeme parish, sugar beets are grown and processed into syrup.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic press GP-50s
- apple crusher ESE-055, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 7. Crushing sugar beets using the ESE-055 crusher

Joseph Reitzer (France)
At the request of a client engaged in cider production, an ESE-055 apple crusher with a 3-phase motor was manufactured.
The client designed and built a special elevator for the crusher, allowing apples to be fed into the crusher hopper and, after crushing, the crushed mass immediately falls into the press basket.

Equipment used:
- Electric fruit crusher ESE-055, 400 V, 50 Hz

Figure 8. Homemade elevator for the ESE-055 apple crusher

Nikola Dzony (Montenegro)

Production of natural juices, as well as fruit processing services.

Equipment used:
- Hydraulic juice press GP-50s
- Electric fruit crusher ESE-055, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 9. Pressing apple juice using the GP-50s press

RESTAURANTS, CAFÉS, HOTELS (HORECA)

Linderhof (Russia)

Linderhof is a Bavarian cuisine beer restaurant located in Moscow. Chef Ilya Romanov uses the press to prepare various beverages and wine.
The stainless steel piston is used as a weight when making fermented red cabbage.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-12s
- screw juice press VP-3
- stainless steel piston GP-12s

Figure 10. Beverage filtration using the GP-12s press basket

Maison Caillet ( France)

Maison Caillet is a Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel in Valmont (Normandy). Chef Pierre Caillet (Fr. Pierre Caillet) uses an apple crusher in his restaurant to prepare natural juices from apples and pears.

Equipment used:
- electric apple crusher ESE-055, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 11. Crushing apples using the ESE-055 crusher

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

INRAE (France)

INRAE researchers use an apple crusher and a press in a fully anaerobic chamber to obtain apple juice for cider that is not subjected to oxidation. This juice is then used in a controlled oxidation reactor to study polyphenol oxidation reactions.

Equipment used:
- electric fruit crusher ESE-018, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 12. Obtaining apple juice in a protected carbon dioxide atmosphere using the ESE-018 crusher and screw press

HOUSEHOLDS

James Downer (USA)

A family from Arizona that makes apple juice and cider.

Equipment used:
-hydraulic juice press GP-100s

Figure 13. Assembly of the GP-100s hydraulic press

Lucia Tarase (Romania)

A family from Romania that makes its own wine from grapes grown on their plot next to the house.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-50s

Figure 14. Pressing grape juice using the GP-50s hydraulic press

Mark Alekseev (Russia)

A family from Pskov that makes juice from apples grown on their country plot.

Equipment used:
- screw juice press VP-20
- electric apple crusher ESE-018, 230V, 50 Hz

Figure 15. Pressing apple juice using the VP-20 screw press

Dmitry Teteruk (Russia)

A family from Moscow that bought a house in the Moscow region and moved to the countryside. Dmitry makes cider for himself and his acquaintances.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-26
- electric apple crusher ESE-018, 230 V, 50 Hz

Video 3. Review of the ESE-018 crusher and GP-26 press

@VinoguAudzesana (Latvia)

Grape growing and winemaking in the Baltic climate.

Equipment used:
- screw juice press VP-20
- apple crusher DS-2

Figure 16. Pressing grape juice using the VP-20 screw press

Client (Latvia)

The press is used to press heather honey. To heat it, the honeycomb with honey is kept in a bath, after which it is pressed using the press.

Equipment used:
- screw juice press VP-20

Figure 17. Pressing heather honey using the VP-20 screw press

@k.paeonia (Russia)

A happy owner of the GP-12s press from the Moscow region. The press is used for pressing juice from apples and making cider.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-12s

Figure 18. Pressing juice from apples using the GP-12s press

Ralph (United Kingdom)

In 2020, Ralph moved to the countryside in southwest England, where 12 apple trees grow on a 1.5-acre slope. Every year, about 4–6 trees produce a good harvest of apples suitable for eating and juice making.

Equipment used:
- hydraulic juice press GP-26s

- electric fruit crusher ESE-018, 230 V, 50 Hz

Figure 19. Making apple juice using the GP-26s press and ESE-018 crusher

Barry and Alison (United Kingdom)

They previously used a manual crusher, so the juice pressing process was very labor-intensive and time-consuming. After purchasing an electric crusher, the work became a pleasure instead of a routine.