Winegrowers Supplies   -  Horizontal pneumatic presses - for grapes or apples etc - 450 litres or larger capacity - Prices are valid for 2023.

   When deciding on the size of press: remember it needs to be at least a quarter full in order to work properly. For 'whole bunch pressing' a much larger press is needed.

   EN horizontal pneumatic presses, high quality and exceptional value.

With an elastic central membrane made of non-toxic food-grade elastic rubber, inflated by air, enabling pressing at up to 1 bar pressure in only 1 hour for grapes (1½ hours for apples).
A patented system, working at much lower pressure than other presses, thus increasing the quality of the juice/must.

In stainless steel AISI304, on wheels, with partially perforated cylinder.
Door for filling and emptying, located centrally.
Juice/must collecting tray in stainless steel, with rapid hookup and releasing, DIN40 male thread on outlet; a female hose-tail-connector is needed to connect a hose.
Rapid attaching for compressed air, from an external compressor.
Manometer for observing the pressing pressure. Safety valve set at 1.5 bar.
Valves for controlling the pressurising and depressurising of the rubber membrane.

    450 litres: with manual rotation of the cylinder for crumbling, 7,389 Euros
      or a motorised version to rotate the cylinder for crumbling, 11,494 Euros

        
Dimensions: 1597 x 840 x 1350/1387 mm high. Weighs about 220 Kilos.
Holds up to 400 kilos of whole bunches, 900 kilos of de-stemmed grapes or 1200 kilos of fermented (red) grapes,
or up to 375 kilos of milled apples. For apples it's important that a chopping mill is used, to produce pieces of 3 to 8 mm, rather than a Voran scraper mill that produces a paste.

Options:-
– Fully perforated cylinder, 548 Euros extra. This is essential for pressing milled apples (pommace).
- DN80 male thread welded on door of press, to connect an 80 mm hose from an elliptical rotor pump, for pumping in, 150 Euros.
– Air compressor, 50 litres – 8 bar, 2.0 HP, 230 Volts, 536 Euros.
- 230 Volts single-phase instead of 380 Volts 3-phase, 150 Euros extra.
– PLC with integrated program to control automatically all the phases of pressing, crumbling etc (only for the motorized version), 2650 Euros.

    1000 litres: motorised rotation of the cage for crumbling, 14,369 Euros


Dimensions: 2000 x 1000 x 1500 mm high. Weight approx 350 Kilos.
Holds up to 800 kilos of whole bunches, 1800 kilos of de-stemmed grapes or 2500 kilos of fermented (red) grapes, or up to 850 kilos of milled apples.

Options:-
– Fully perforated cylinder, 1094 Euros extra. This is essential for pressing milled apples (pommace).
- DN80 male thread welded on door of press, to connect an 80 mm hose from an elliptical rotor pump, for pumping in, 150 Euros.
– Air compressor, 50 litres – 8 bar, 3.0 HP, 230 Volts, 745 Euros.
- 230 Volts single-phase motor instead of 380 Volts 3-phase, 180 Euros extra.
– PLC with integrated program to control automatically all the phases of pressing, crumbling etc, 2650 Euros.

Also, larger DHEA models, all with a central membrane made of non-toxic food-grade elastic rubber, with a color touch screen PLC:-


Special features:-

– Elastic central membrane made of non-toxic alimentary gum, so the entire circumference of the press cylinder as dripping surface, reducing the pressing times to a minimum. Patented.
- Stainless steel draining elements, around 360° inside the cylinder, not only in a semicircle, with trapezoid section to increase the drainage capacity; detachable for easy cleaning.
– Automatic washing of the inside of the draining elements. Patented.

– Variable cylinder positioning during the processing phases, to optimise the performance throughout the working cycle, reducing the pressing times. Patented.
– Loading and pressing with the cylinder tilted towards the must collecting tank, to speed up the must exit and to optimize the loading, without the need for double or triple doors.
– Crumbling phases with the cylinder horizontal, to give a perfect ring distribution of the mash, so as afterwards to press evenly on the whole cylinder circumference.

– Emptying with the press tilted towards the unloading door, so as to obtain a fast and complete removal without needing double or triple doors or helical elements inside the cylinder.
– Pneumatic-opening loading and unloading door, placed laterally, not centrally, on the cylinder.
– Must collecting tank with quick fastening and unfastening, automatic level detection predisposed for the must pump, and the possibility to choose the side to connect the pump.

– Internal connection of the several draining elements, to allow the extraction of the must in all the positions of the press during the automatic pressing cycle.
– Dripping elements, each equipped with a DIN connection for the must exit, to enable maceration inside the cylinder if required.
– Quick connection for Inert gas injection, with possibility to insert the gas inside the reservoir before, during or after the loading phase, also with a rotating press.

– Washing nozzle to attach a hydro-washer, to wash the internal surfaces of the draining elements.
– Large diameter stainless steel ball-valve for the axial loading.
– Built-in air compressor, self-breaking gear motor, pinion, crown wheel, and chain for the cylinder rotation.
– Programming panel is easy and intuitive to use, with six pre-designed programs, and the ability to key in and change all the variables desired by the operator.

Options:-
– Pressing in inert gas atmosphere and total recuperation of the gas.
– Automatic separation of musts as required by the operator.
– Must extraction pump integrated in the press.
– Carbonic maceration with automatic extraction of the auto-pressed must.

Closed cylinder presses:-

DHEA 1600 litres,  33,488 Euros
Dimensions: 1400 x 2900 x 1700 mmH, 4.8 kWatt, weighs 850 kilos
Holds up to 1100 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 2400 kilos), 4000 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 4800 kilos).

DHEA 2400 litres,  39,312 Euros
Dimensions: 1750 x 3600 x 1950 mmH, 5.9 kWatt, weighs 1000 kilos
Holds up to 1680 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 3600 kilos), 6000 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 7200 kilos).

DHEA 3200 litres,  44,204 Euros
Dimensions: 1750 x 4100 x 1950 mmH, 7.8 kWatt, weighs 1240 kilos
Holds up to 2200 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 4800 kilos), 8000 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 9600 kilos).

DHEA 5000 litres,  54,417 Euros
Dimensions: 1900 x 4500 x 2300 mmH, 12.0 kWatt, weighs 2000 kilos
Holds up to 3500 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 7500 kilos), 12,500 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 15,000 kilos).

DHEA 8000 litres,  76,016 Euros
Dimensions: 2100 x 5500 x 2400 mmH, 17.0 kWatt, weighs 3000 kilos
Holds up to 5600 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 12,000 kilos), 20,000 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 24,000 kilos).

DHEA 10,000 litres,  92,274 Euros
Dimensions: 2300 x 6500 x 2500 mmH, 22.0 kWatt, weighs 3750 kilos
Holds up to 7000 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 15,000 kilos), 25,000 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 30,000 kilos).

DHEA 15,000 litres,  105,620 Euros
Dimensions: 2300 x 7000 x 2700 mmH, 23.5 kWatt, weighs 4050 kilos
Holds up to 10,500 kilos of whole bunches loaded through door (or with axial feed 22,000 kilos), 37,500 kilos of de-stemmed grapes (or with axial feed 45,000 kilos).

or Open presses, with partially perforated cylinder: prices are 2,400 Euros less than the Closed cylinder models above.

Accessories:-

Second door, 2,425 Euros
Automatic detector for full machine, 2,425 Euros
Automatic pneumatic valve, for models 50-80-100-150, 2,425 Euros
Pair of detachable back wheels, 680 Euros
Kit for membrane repair and exchange gasket for the door, 560 Euros
Level tube for must, with socket for pump, 849 Euros

and others for Closed cylinder presses:-
Automatic washing system, 728 Euros
Pump for the automatic washing system, 1,456 Euros
Bungs for carbonic maceration, with safety valve, 345 Euros
Kit for INERT GAS on tube, must, slides, loading valve, only 850 Euros !

and others for Open cylinder presses:-
Perforated pipe for external washing of the cylinder, 606 Euros

Secondhand, for information only:-

Willmes WHA 1250 litre screw-press, 3-phase electrics, semi-automatic.  WHA semi-automatic instructions

Willmes WHA 2000 litre screw-press, 3-phase electrics, fully-automatic.  WHA fully-automatic instructions


Willmes WP pneumatic presses: the original classic, reliable and very simple to use.  WP instructions

Model:                                           WP500       WP1000        WP1500        WP2300

Capacity (litres)                                500            1000            1500            2300
Destemmed grapes (tonnes)            1.0/1.25        2.0/2.5         3.0/3.5             4.5
Whole bunches (tonnes)     
Length (metres)                               2.74            3.35             4.27             4.85
Width (metres)                                1.32            1.47             1.70             2.11
Height (metres)                               1.35            1.40             1.57             1.83
Weight (kilos) incl juice tray              600            1100            1646             2395
Drum motor (hp)                              1.0              1.5               3.0               4.0
Air compressor (litres/min)                425             566              991             1415

                                                


Willmes UP fully automatic:    UP instructions

Model (1981 - 1984):              UP600      UP1200     UP1800     UP2500     UP3000     UP5000

Capacity (litres)                        650          1200         1800        2500         3000         5000
Destemmed grapes (tonnes) 
Whole bunches (tonnes)                                             1.0
Length (metres)                       2.20          2.90          3.55         3.55          4.05         4.50
Width (metres)                        1.10          1.25          1.60         1.85          1.85         2.10
Height (metres)                       1.20          1.40          1.70         1.80          1.80         2.15
Weight (kilos) incl juice tray      500          1200          1600        1900         2000         2800
Drum motor (kWatt)                 0.25          0.55          0.55           1.1           1.1           2.2
Total kWatt                             1.4            1.7            1.7          2.25         2.25           4.8
Air compressor (litres/min)                        900           900          1250        1250         2100

'The New' Model (1984 -):       UP600      UP1200     UP1800     UP2500     UP3000    UP4000    UP5000

Capacity (litres)                        650          1200         1800        2500         3000        4000       5000
Destemmed grapes (tonnes) 
Whole bunches (tonnes)                                             1.0
Length (metres)                       2.61          2.90          3.54         3.60          4.10        4.15        4.45
Width (metres)                        1.10          1.37          1.54         1.75          1.75        1.75        2.09
Height (metres)                       1.20          1.40          1.90         2.00          2.00        2.15        2.27
Weight (kilos) incl juice tray      500          1200          1600        1900         2000        2300       2800
Drum motor (kWatt)                 0.25          0.55          0.55           1.1           1.1          1.5          3.0
Total kWatt                             1.4            1.7            1.7          2.25         2.25                        4.8
Air compressor (litres/min)                        900           900          1250        1250                      2100


Prices shown are exclusive of Vat, valid for 2023.
Delivery from Italy will need to be charged at cost.

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