ECOMILL-CENICAFÉ

ECOMILL-CENICAFÉ offers ecological technology for coffee washing during natural fermentation.

With ECOMILL-CENICAFÉ technology, water consumption is REDUCED from 20 L/kg of dry parchment coffee (DPC) to values between 0.3 and 0.5 L/kg of DPC, and pollution generated in the process is reduced by more than 90%, by mixing pulp and mucilage.

With ECOMILL®, over 98% of the mucilage present in pulped coffee is removed, resulting in coffee of high physical and sensory quality.

ECOMILL® utilizes much of the existing infrastructure in processing centers, such as dry receiving hoppers, pulpers, screens, screw conveyors for pulp transportation, and tanks.

A complete ECOMILL® module consists of the following elements:

• Pulper, one or more depending on the equipment's capacity, operated without water.
• Pulp conveyor, without water.
• Conveyor for depulped coffee to fermentation tanks, without water.
• Fermentation tank, one or more depending on the equipment's capacity, with a hopper.
• Mechanical conveyor of coffee with mucilage at the "washing" point.
• Mechanical upward flow washer and radial discharge of honeys.
• Metal structure to support the module's components.
• Coffee dosing at the "washing" point.
• Dispensers that deliver the required flow of coffee at the "washing" point.
• Each dispenser consists of a hopper, a screw conveyor, and a pressure relief column, which significantly reduces mechanical damage to the coffee.
• All parts of the dispenser are constructed of stainless steel.
• The screw conveyor housing can be opened for thorough cleaning.

Each module has devices to ensure water flow. The ECOMILL® 500 module has a single water inlet. In the ECOMILL® 1500 and 3000 units, two and three water inlets, respectively, regulate the required flow using quick-closing valves, one for each water inlet.

 Manufactured by JM ESTRADA S.A. under license from CENICAFÉ