by
using either the
cut-and-harvest method or cut-and-freeze harvesting method.
Cut-and-Harvest
Method or Cut-and-Freeze Harvesting Method
About four workers chop off the fruit-bearing branches and set them on the
feeder belt which takes the branches to the prong barrel.
The rotating and simultaneously vibrating rotor teeth move the branches through
the guiding device, transfering the vibrations to the branches so that the
berries inherent
moment of inertia will remove them with utmost care, there is no stripping
off. The berries are separated from the mix of fruit, leaves and twigs by
means of winnowing, a screen conveyor and a fine sieve belt before being filled
into containers.








| Performance parameters | Flow
rate: Portion of fruit separated by vibrator: Loss through cleaning: |
200 - 1000 kg/h |
|
| Measurements of machine | Length/
width/ height: Mass: |
8,500 / 2,300 / 3,200
mm |
|
| Power requirement | of
p. t. o.: Vibrator frequency: Amplitude at prong end: |
15
- 20 kW 15 - 30 Hz 25 mm |