Engineering:Potato harvester
Potato harvesters are machines that harvest potatoes.[1] They work by lifting the potatoes from the bed using a share. Soil and crop are transferred onto a series of webs where the loose soil is sieved out.[2] The potatoes are moved towards the back of the harvester on to a separation unit and then (on human-operated machines) to a picking table where people pick out the stones, clods, and haulms (stems or stalks) by hand. The potatoes then go on to a side elevator and into a trailer or a potato box.
Types
Potato spinner
The potato spinner is becoming obsolete because modern potato harvesting equipment eliminates manual gathering of potatoes and leaves fewer potatoes in the soil.[3]
Haulm topper
A haulm topper is an agricultural machine that cuts potato stems (haulms) before potatoes are harvested. It is like a flail mower but has the profile of the potato drills. Modern potato farmers often mount a haulm topper on the front of the tractor and have a trailed potato harvester towed behind the tractor. Toppers can also be rear-mounted.
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References
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- ↑ "How Potato Harvesters Revolutionized Agriculture" (in en). https://www.lefa-cz.com/new_detail/How-Potato-Harvesters-Revolutionized-Agriculture.html.
- ↑ "Potato Harvesters Are Machines That Harvest Potatoes - News" (in en). https://www.yuanlonharvester.com/news/potato-harvesters-are-machines-that-harvest-po-82985506.html.
- ↑ Kaur, Balvinder; Mansi; Dimri, Shivani; Singh, Japneet; Mishra, Sadhna; Chauhan, Nikeeta; Kukreti, Tanishka; Sharma, Bhaskar et al. (2023-12-01). "Insights into the harvesting tools and equipment's for horticultural crops: From then to now". Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 14. doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100814. ISSN 2666-1543. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154323003216.
