How to Setup a 1000kg/h French Fries Processing Line in Kenya

Because of the rising demand for french fries, more and more businesses invest in making potatoes into french fries. For example, on 23th October 2023, a customer from Kenya inquired about how to setup a 1000kg/h french fries processing line. This client told us “..complete line – consideration for equipped with water recycling system and steam&diesel heating method for frying. With capacity 400 kg/h…send me the layout, quotation…”

What is the design of a 1000kg/h French fries production line?

When you want to setup a French fries processing line, factory area are also two aspects you must consider. Usually, the whole French fries making area is divided into three parts:

As the name suggests, this is an area for potatoes storage. And generally, it will vary with capacity. The larger the capacity, the larger the storage area. For example, the customers from Kenya wanted to prepare 1000 kg of French fries per hour. You need to prepare a corresponding area.

This area is designed for installation of equipment from washing to dehydrator. So you can prepare potato chips for the next procedure. If you want to ignore a machine in this process, we can also customize this production line according to your requirements.

Beside the above two areas, you also need to prepare a place for finishing French fries production. This area includes potato chips frying to French fries flavoring. And this area should occupy the largest proportion.

How much does it cost to set up a 1000kg/h French fries line in Kenya?

Then, the client from Kenya inquired about the quotation of the French fries production line with a capacity of 1000 kg/h. Because of quality food equipment use, the price of it is $ 15,800-$ 200,000. Can I set up a 1000 kg/h French fries line in Kenya at a lower cost? The answer is yes. You can replace some machines according to your requirements. And it has a more economical price.

1000 kg/h French fries line

How to save cost for making the high quality of French fries?

Finally, Kenyans customer still have concerns about building a French fries processing line, we can provide him with two ways to easily save costs:

Configuring water recycling system

This system make water recycling from one stage to another in this French fries production line. That means it only uses fresh water at one stage of production – to be clear when potatoes are on the spreading belt that blows water to wash them just before frying.

From here, the system recycles the water that goes back to the previous stages. The water is filtered through a cyclone system that cleans it and removes the starch so it can be reused again. For this, water recycling system technology uses up to 60% less water than conventional systems, meaning they use 4 m³per hour on average.

Steam and diesel heating method

When you fry French fries, the heating source of continuous frying machine you must consider. What heating source can save on the amount of fuel? Steam and diesel. Combining the two can maximize savings. So we specially install a heat exchanger on continuous frying machine, which has two stages.

The first is to use steam to raise the temperature of the oil to 140 degrees. And then the second stage can use a diesel burner to raise the temperature of the oil from 140 degrees to 310 degrees. This can better save costs and meet the oil temperature requirements of French fries.