Handling equipment - Receiving hopper | PowerCombi

Process up to 100 tons crop per hour with a maximum separation accuracy

With the launch of the PowerCombi, it is possible to use a receiving hopper with three highly efficient separation mechanisms to not only increase separation accuracy, but also to increase capacity up to 100 tonnes per hour. Up to 25% more efficient than the common systems. The first separator is comprised of adjustable rollers made out of highly durable polyurethan, which helps to separate loose soil, breaks up lumps of soil as well as separating smaller potatoes. The second separator is made of two specially designed rotating rollers, to aid further with separating smaller potatoes from the main crop. Oversized potatoes and other remaining impurities then pass through to the third separating device. An optical high performance separator, called TOMRA 3A. Clods, stones and foreign material are sorted out by means of ejection fingers. Due to the high and exact separation, operating at up to 98% efficiency, far less staff are required to check for waste/bad crop and therefore this allows for considerably lower labour costs. The PowerCombi can easily be operated by a sole person.

Benefits

Thoroughly cleaned

The centrifugal cleaning system Turbo Clean offers the possibility to remove sticky soil from the rollers. Turbo Clean is ideal for sticky, adhesive soils. By use of an automatic timer it can be activated without the need for manual intervention.

Mechanically height-adjustable rubber intake flap

The height of the rubber intake flap can be adjusted easily and without tools, so that a simple, perfect adaptation to different transport vehicles is possible.

Gentle and crop protective

The deep, soft bunker bags ensure a gentle crop handling and even unloading.

Powerful and gentle

For maximum crop protection with the highest separation performance, GRIMME has perfected the soft PU spiral rollers over the years. The soft spiral rollers have a high self-cleaning effect to achieve an optimal cleaning result without obstructions even under difficult, sticky conditions.

Maintenance-free

The rollers are driven directly and without loss of power by one hydraulic motor each. The speed of each pair of rollers can be adjusted independently of each other. Furthermore, the groups of rollers are adjustable in distance to achieve the best results with different crop sizes.

Capacity Control

A sensor which monitors the filling level of the receiving hopper regulates the optimum hopper floor speed at all times. In this way the entire storage line is used to its capacity without manual readjustment.

Capacity Control

A sensor which monitors the filling level of the receiving hopper regulates the optimum hopper floor speed at all times. In this way the entire storage line is used to its capacity without manual readjustment.

Thoroughly cleaned

The centrifugal cleaning system Turbo Clean offers the possibility to remove sticky soil from the rollers. Turbo Clean is ideal for sticky, adhesive soils. By use of an automatic timer it can be activated without the need for manual intervention.

Trouble-free operation

The Top Clean belt scrapers ensure that the belts run smoothly on heavy, sticky soils.

The storage line evolves into an assembled unit

Flow Control connects all machines that belong to one storing line to each other. The entire line can be stopped by each machine without delay or automatically stops itself in case of trouble. The entire storage line can be started at the push of a button in a programmed start-up sequence from any terminal. In order to avoid blockages, the machines start from the final discharge point of the storage line back to the receiving hopper with a programmable time offset. The minimal manual control effort allows the entire line to be operated by a single person, thus reducing the need for additional manpower. In conjunction with the automatic speed control of the hopper floor, called Capacity Control, a uniform crop flow in the entire storing line can be ensured under all conditions.

• Precise separation performance of up to 98 %
• Throughput up to 100 tons per hour
• Conveniently operated by one person, thus labour costs can be significantly reduced
• Gentle intake due to soft bags
• Excellent emptying due to deep bags with active sealing
• Durable due to large exterior rollers of the hopper floor chain
• Optimum crop flow due to infinitely variable hopper floor speed
• Bend at hopper top ensures an even crop flow
• Gentle crop discharge from the hopper floor onto the spiral coils
• Gentle soil cleaning and pre-grading with PU spiral coils
• Efficient and particularly gentle soil cleaning resp. pre-grading through infinitely variable speed adjustment of the PU spiral rollers.
• Quick adaption of the soil cleaning to varying amount of trash via infinitely levelling and distance adjustment of the PU-coils
• Ergonomically designed control platform
• Maintenance free direct drives
• Comfortable operation via operator terminal, type VC 50

Specifications

You'll find all the information about the standard features of the machine here.