New crop flow process for 4-row potato harvesters

Comparision: GentleFlow (l/h) and traditional system (r/h).

Gentle flow ensures an almost blockage free, efficient and very sensitive crop flow through a 4-row potato harvester. Traditional systems have pulled separate intake units for 2 rows each which can create blockage problem at the intake unit and can incur higher maintenance costs.

Grimme harvester have a through-type intake unit and separators and therefore require less bearings, drives etc. Maintenance is greatly reduced as a result. Two active running rubber rollers are fitted to the 20 cm small connection to the rear axle which gently separates the crop flow. In combination with the one piece extracting roller as transfer unit from the 1st to the 2nd main web a blockage free crop flow is achieved by this design. The crop is distributed over the full width rear of the axle onto the following separators.