Open Source Batch Style Cider Press

Basics

• An agricultural/food processing device where apples (or other similar fruit) are placed (usually in a preground state) into a chamber that has filtered vents leading into the collection vessel (buckets, barrels, bottels, etc). A Piston then decends pushing the juice out of the apples. The juice then exits through the vent into the collection vessel. Finally the compressed apple pulp (or cake) is ejected, and the process is either stopped or repeated

Used For

• Apple (Or Similar Fruit) Cider + Deriviteves (Juice, Hard Cider, Vinegar, etc) Production

Industry Standards

• [1.8L Brewer's Choice.Com Device]
• ["Fastrak Press", a good example of increased automation]
• [This website has many options, as well as kits/parts, also an interesting destop variant]
• [This one has a different slot design (either useful or a gimmic, needs to be determined)]

Existing Open Source Designs

• [Faithfull Homestead Design]
• There are tons of the similar wooden designs

Basic Design

Piston Cylinder

• Food Grade Stainless Steel
• Four Legs Welded to bottom at an ~45 Degree Angle

Filter

Option A

• Terminates in square with holes for bolts on the bottom (possibly with funnel edges decending to it) (This is for filter paper/medium) (This may not work due to pressure involved, also doesn't allow for fast ejection of cake, just here as brainstorming for now)

Option B

• More Traditional Cylinder with holes
• May Require A CNC Lathe

Useful Links

• [This] Part of the "Fruit Press" Wikipedia Page
• [The Wikipedia Page on Cider Mills]