1. Potato Chip Production Processing Lines in Food Industry Topi Karilainen

2. Introduction Potato chips are deep fried or baked potato slices. The first chips were made in 1853 in New York State. Mass production from 1910.

3. Economic Value $ 16 400 000 000 in 2005 0,5% of total processed foods market

4. Production

5. Goals of Production Quality Product  Taste  Storability Fast, Cheap and Flexible Production  Low PL construction and operation costs  Ability to produce variety of products

6. Production Phases Unloading Storage Dirt and stone removal Peeling Slicing Frying Salting and seasoning Packing

7. Production Phases A - Unloading B-E – Storage; Dirt and stone removal F - Peeling I - Slicing N - Frying T - Salting and seasoning Y - Packing

8. Unloading Goals: Speed, minimum damage

9. Storage Sizing Loading in crates

10. Dirt and stone removal Finger rolls remove dirt during transport to storage

11. Peeling Batch peeler Continuous peeler/washer After peeling, transport on open conveyor belt for inspection

12. Slicing Feeders ensure uniform flow to slicer

13. Frying Heat exchangers, heat recovery Cooking oil filtration Control

14. Salting and seasoning Applied pneumatically or from a belt

15. Packing Weighing Bag making Loading into boxes Checkweighing

16. Thank you Remember, don't eat too much!