Potato wafer is one of such products which has a great potential as this is considered as one of traditional food of india. Potato wafer are needed to be made in a scientific manner & under hygienic conditions.
The popularity of snack foods is growing fast day by day and potato wafer have emerged as a potential snack food. A number of organized as well as unorganized groups are already there catering to the needs of tea stalls, restaurants, railway stations, tourist places etc. Still there is a huge demand to be met for these products in interior and remote places in different parts of the country.

Construction of commercial Wafer Machine :-

commercial potato wafer machine is made from heavy duty Stainless Steel fabricated body. adjustable stainless steel blades are fitted on aluminum die. Wafer slicing die is rotated by suitable electric motor. Base of wafer machine is made from Mild steel angle and covered with stainless steel sheet. Stainless steel easily detachable hopper.

Key Features of potato wafer machine :-

• Unique and Reliable Design
  • The potato wafer machine are highly effective as well as non stop continuous slicing process.
• Stainless steel shaft the Aluminum die have stainless steel thickness adjustable blades and it can easily remove grids, assuring hygiene cleaning.
• All contacting Parts are Stainless Steel, Aluminum no corrosions hazards.
• Increased production leading to faster return on the investments

• All Rotating parts are dynamical balanced for less vibration & higher performances.

• low temperature slicing, chips making technology thus the original ingredient cannot destroy.

Operations of Wafer Machine : -

The potatoes selected for wafers should be large oval shape free from disease & fully matured. They should have the minimum numbers of eyes to cut down the losses by trimming. They are washed thoroughly in water & peeled manually with stainless steel knife or by means of Jas abrasive potato peeling machine. The peelings are washed away with sprays of water. They are trimmed and placed in water to prevent browning. they are sliced 0.4 to 0.5 mm thick in a slicing machine. The slice are again placed in cold water whenever their is considerable delay i subsequent operation of blanching. Then slice are kept in water containing 0.05% potassium metabisulphite to avid oxidation. The slice are blanched for 3 to 5 minutes in boiling water and spread on trays at the rate of 4.88 kg to 7.30 kg per square meter tray surface, The blanched chips are then subject to hydro Extracting machine (Centrifugal) to remove excess of water and fried in edible oil at 180-240° c, for 3-4 minutes. The fried potato wafer are then kept on sieve to remove excess of oil. The fried chips are then subject to hydro Extracting machine (Centrifugal) to remove excess of oil. This wafer and other ingredients like salts, spicy mixture is sprayed as per required taste. Now this potato wafers are then packed in the bags and sealed.

Standard Accessories of potato wafer machine :-

• Suitable 4 pole totally enclosed fan cooled single or three phase Sq. cage motor as per IS: 325 or 996 is supplied with Vegetable Cutter {Electricity (Special power can be accommodated): 220/380/415 V0lts, 50/60 Hz , 3 Phase }
• Two numbers of Blades ( one Number for Slicing , one number for sali wafer which are most of all use for farali chevada)

Extra Accessories of Wafer Machine

• Extra Blades as above Image.
• Suitable miniature circuit breaker as per IS: 8828 for over load protraction of Electric Motor.
• starters, main switch, ampere meter, capacitor for Single Phase Electric Motor.
• Peeler