After salting hams, it is necessary to wash them with water to eliminate the remains of salt on the surface. Nowadays this causes a great uncontrolled consumption of water that we discard, which incorporates a very high quantity of salt with the corresponding problem of contamination and the high cost of the purification of the same one, besides the removal of the residues that it generates. The DSA-17-SA desalting machine that recovers the salt dry by blowing air at high pressure and the MINICON washer that uses clean water without recirculation and consumes less than 1.5 liters of water per ham or shoulder.

With this efficient line we obtain:

• 80% reduction of external salt discarded in the washing process
• Very important reduction in energy consumption
• Perfect result in cleaning the hams
• Great contribution to the protection of the environment

The ham is placed on the special stainless steel conveyor by which it is transported into the desalting machine. The action of the high pressure air coming out of the nozzles spreads the grains of salt from the surface of the ham. The salt is collected in the lower hopper of the machine and is recovered by means of an endless tube. Next, the hams go to the washer where a sprinkler system shoots pressurized water, here we can control the necessary water consumption, achieving a consumption of less than 1.5 liters per piece. This water is channeled to the machine's drain. The ham comes out of the washer perfectly clean and ready to be hung.