TR 2003-Trailer-type pumpkin seed harvester

Field of application: to harvest pumpkin-seeds grown for industrial and food purposes. (Also suitable for melon-seed harvest).

The machine must be connected to the drawing sheet mounted on the lower arms of the three-point-linkage system of the tractor.

During intermittent or slow movement, pumpkins are mechanically fed into the crushing-throat with the help of the pick-up adapter. The crushing-roller crushes the pumpkins, and this crushed substance is then forwarded onto the next roller, which is equipped with sticks. This roller moves continuously , thus the seeds proceed through the sticks and get into the lower part of the roller-box, while the rest of the material is dispensed onto the ground. Some parts of soft material stuck on the seeds peel off through the perforated wall of the roller-box. The seeds are fed into a cleaning roller where a fan peels off the still remaining soft material. The cleaned seeds then get into a hopper which must be emptied from time to time.

Features:

• modified  separating roller, good seed-separation, increased delivery value,
• longer cleaning roller with high-capacity fan, larger dry seed output
• display to help adjust the trailing angle
• assembly-type lower sieve

Main specifications:

TF-1500 Pumpkin pickup adapter with hydraulic lifting system


The Pumpkin Pickup Adapter is an individual  trailer-type unit, connected to a console mounted on the right side of the machine during operation. The pickup unit consists of a spiked roller, a unit which takes off the pumpkins from the roller and a belt conveyor or chute which delivers the pumpkins into the throat.( pumpkins must be arranged in line in the fields)


Features:

•    the spiked roller can be lowered or lifted up controlled hydraulically from the tractor’s cab,
•    the working-height can be fixed by a built-in supporting valve,
•    pumpkins are firmly held by the strong steel spikes of the roller,
•    in 2003 a modified chute was introduced to reduce human interference