Vegetables
Gentle, hygienic flows for a product that varies every day.
Vegetables come in every shape and size, and quality depends on careful handling. IntOCon builds custom internal transport that moves your product smoothly between process machines and to packing, with hygiene and easy cleaning designed in from the start.
We connect the steps in your vegetable line, so your product moves gently and hygienically from intake to packing.
Our customers
Trusted by leading food producers
Producers across the food industry work with machines and lines from Sticomax Group every day.
End products
Solutions for every vegetable product
Fresh – Vegetable mix
Fresh – Leafy vegetables
Fresh – Cabbage
Fresh – Carrots & root vegetables
Fresh – Onions & leeks
Frozen – Carrots
Frozen – Peas
Frozen – Broccoli
Frozen – Cauliflower
Frozen – Beans
Frozen – Mushrooms
Frozen – Sweetcorn
Frozen – Savoy cabbage
Frozen – Green & white cabbage
Frozen – Spinach
Frozen – Parsnips
Frozen – Sweet potatoes
Frozen – Tobacco
Frozen – Turnips
Frozen – Leeks
Frozen – Onions
Frozen – Courgettes
Frozen – Brussels sprouts
Frozen – Beetroot
Your challenge, our solution
Fresh product that flows through whole and clean
- After washing and blanching: dewatering belts with mesh or perforated belts, optionally with an air knife or blower.
- Quality control: inspection belts with custom working height and lighting. Metal detection belts reject contaminated product automatically by flap, pusher or retracting belt end.
- Weighing and dosing: weighing belts track throughput continuously for process control. Dosing belts feed the next machine evenly.
- Flexible layouts: incline and decline conveyors (–90° to +90°) and curved conveyors (0–360°) make the most of the space in your plant.
Every conveyor is available with full CIP, so you spend less time cleaning and more time producing.
What we connect
From intake to packing, one connected line
IntOCon connects your core machines into one line that keeps running. We design and build the conveying, handling and auxiliary equipment in between, including platforms, stairs and support structures. These are the steps in your vegetable line where we do that.
Intake & dosing
Intake hoppers, box tippers, dosing tippers for fragile products and hoppers with discharge vibrators.
Preparation & cutting
Cabbage coring machines and pre-cutting machines for lettuce and cabbage, with inspection belts for manual checks.
Washing & water transport
Flotation washers, flumes, pump systems and buffer tanks for a thorough, product-friendly washing step.
Screening & water treatment
Curved screens, bar screens, drum filters and water treatment so process water can be reused.
Dewatering & drying
Dewatering belts, dewatering shakers and flow-through dryers for lettuce and leafy vegetables.
Sorting & inspection
Roller sorters for onions, leeks and root crops, and inspection belts to remove off-spec product.
Blanching & coating
Belt blanchers for frozen vegetables and coating and glazing lines for an even finish.
Weighing, distribution & crates
Weighing belts, distribution belts, buffer systems, box filling systems and crate handling towards packing.
Machines
Machines that keep your vegetable line running
Line advice
Where is your vegetable line still leaving yield behind?
In a consultation, one of our engineers looks with you at where your line is losing capacity, product or cleaning time, and which change will deliver the most. You get concrete advice, even for a small adjustment.
Complete lines
Need more than conveying? We connect the whole line
If your project calls for a complete line, IntOCon brings together the right process machines. Through Sticomax Group, we work with specialist machine builders from Belgium and the Netherlands. We design the connections between them and remain your point of contact, from engineering to service. These are the specialists we work with for your vegetable line.
Stumaco
Stumaco from Staden builds vegetable lines for fresh and frozen, from intake, destoning and washing to sorting, mixing and filling. With its own machines for removing datura, nightshade and insects, and a Mixline for frozen vegetables.
DTS
Dutch Tec Source from Beusichem specialises in thermal processes and builds blanchers, dip screws and cooling screws for frozen vegetables. For mushrooms, DTS supplies complete lines for fresh, frozen and canned, from washing and cutting to blanching and cooling.
FoodeQ
FoodeQ from Steenbergen specialises in vibration technology, with more than 2,500 vibratory conveyors delivered. For dewatering, screening, distributing and dosing, complemented by belt steamers, freezing tunnels and Eqlipse dosing and weighing systems.
ICS Spiral Freezers
ICS builds spiral freezers and spiral coolers. In vegetable processing, the spiral freezer is suitable for frozen spinach, combining a long dwell time with a compact footprint.
Romonta
Romonta from Katwijk builds the conveying and process machines for fresh and frozen vegetables, from lettuce and leafy greens to carrots, cabbage, onions and beans.
ViwateQ
ViwateQ has developed a unique, chemical-free treatment for stainless steel. The surface of machines and lines becomes microscopically smooth, so product residues and dirt adhere less and cleaning is faster and more thorough.
We are here to help
Contact
Ready for a vegetable line that keeps running?
Tell us what you produce, what capacity you need or where your current line is running into problems. An IntOCon engineer will contact you personally to discuss the options. The conversation is without obligation.
