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VOGLEY ENTERPRISES
Vogley Enterprises learns first-hand the benefits of Squeezeboxes
over belt presses.

Ohio cider maker calls his belt press a nightmare; lost 2 accounts because of the terrible cider it produced.

Gary Vogley of Vogley Enterprises knows a thing or two about apple cider. After all, he's been making it for more than 45 years. Located about 75 miles south of Cleveland, Vogley makes nearly 90,000 gallons of cider a year between his own label and the custom pressing he does. He grows 35 acres of apples, 15 acres of pumpkins, 6 acres of peaches, and owns an apple butter processing plant.

In 1998, he decided to replace his labor intensive, 48 rack and cloth. After considering both a belt press and a Goodnature Squeezebox, he decided to buy a new, 22 belt press from a leading manufacturer. I was convinced that a belt press was the way to go, he says. He’d been told that it would be easier and faster to use than a Squeezebox, but after using it and seeing the quality of the cider it produced, he knew he'd made a bad choice. High solids content, low yield, excessive labor, difficulty in cleaning, and the loss of 2 wholesale accounts forced him to replace his belt press with a Squeezebox.


High solids content.

Gary says the cider from his belt press was terrible. It was very, very, very low quality cider. That's because of the high amount of solids it produced. At his mill, Gary pumps the cider from the press into a 300 gallon holding tank. When we'd make 1,000 gallons, there'd be an inch to an inch-and-a-half of sediment in the bottom of the tank. It was just like mud. The cider never did really look right, it was muddy looking. I was ashamed of it.

A rotary screen was placed between his belt press and the tank in an effort to filter the solids from the juice. But it didn't matter how much solids the screen caught, Gary says, because we still had that muddy sediment in the bottom. He states he needed to stop his press every 5 to 10 minutes to clean the screen; it was overflowing because there was so much in it. I'd hate to see what the cider would've looked like without the rotary screen. It made him wonder what good a continuous press is if it's continuously producing low quality cider. If Gary wanted to remove the solids that the rotary screen missed, he would've needed to buy centrifuge, which can cost $40,000 for a used one.


Low yield.

At the beginning of the season, when the apples were good, Gary says the yield was a meager 3.5 gallons per bushel (167 gal/ton). As the apples got riper in November and December, he noticed the yield dropping and the cider becoming even worse because the pomace was oozing out between the belts, causing an even higher solids content. Asked if he considered using press-aids to improve the yield, Gary answered there was no way I was going to use press-aids. I was told I wouldn't need them when I bought my belt press.

Output was another problem. It was suppose to do 300 gallons per hours (gph), but I couldn't get more than 160gph out of it.


Excessive labor.

When Gary bought his belt press, he was told it would be a one man operation, but soon found out that wasn't the case. He says they needed 3 people to run it. You're watching it and you're gritting your teeth the whole time. It looked like a one man operation, but it was not. No way.

Cleaning also proved to be an arduous task. It took us 3 ½ hours to clean our belt press. Gary prides himself in having one of the cleanest facilities in the state, and was frustrated that it took so long to get his belt press clean. He used pressure washers, but it still took over 3 hours to clean it. Even foaming it down with a sanitizer was difficult, he says.


Loss of sales.

Gary had spent years building a reputation of making quality cider, and as a result, had obtained many wholesale accounts. But when he started shipping cider from his belt press, his clients were not happy. I lost 2 customers because of my belt press. Gary was ashamed, even embarrassed of the poor quality cider he was making. Every day we made cider was the worst day of my life.

Losing those 2 accounts, Gary says, is what finally made him decide to return his belt press after a couple months of using it and order a Squeezebox. I just had to get rid of it before losing more business. I had other customers, and I explained to them that we were switching to a Squeezebox, and thankfully they stayed with me. He continues, It was either get out of the cider business or shoot myself, and I wasn't going to do either one of those, so we got a Squeezebox. We should have done that from the beginning.


Squeezebox improvements.

Gary says the Squeezebox really puts out the cider. With my belt press, we were there for 12 or 14 hours and couldn't make the amount of cider we can with the Squeezebox in 5 or 6 hours, and the cider was terrible. We're making almost 3 times as much cider now than we were with my belt press.

As for yield, Gary's getting close to 4 gal/bushel (185 gal/ton). I can tell by the [dryness of the] cakes that the Squeezebox is a lot better.” He remarks that the Squeezebox is much easier to use than his belt press, too. You have to look at the end result, both the yield and the quality of the cider.” In both cases, Gary says, the Squeezebox is superior. Cleaning time has been reduced from 3 ½ hours to about an hour-and-a-half, though he notes it will take less time once they get accustomed to the Squeezebox.

His customers are very pleased with the cider he's producing now. They really like what we're making with the Squeezebox. I just hope I can get the other 2 customers back.


Final thoughts.

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, Gary gives his belt press minus 20, and a 9 for the Squeezebox. He adds, If there's anyone undecided about a belt press or Squeezebox, just give them my phone number. I don't want anybody to go through what I went through. It's aggravation we don't need in this business.

Overall, Gary's Squeezebox is working much better than his belt press. The yield is higher, the solids content is lower, the cleaning time is reduced, and most importantly, he isn't losing any more business. The Squeezebox does a nice job, he says. I'm very pleased with the way it runs, and I wouldn't hesitate at all to recommend one.”

Asked to sum up his belt press experience, he replied, Let's put it this way: it was a nightmare.”

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