Spedo F.LLI S.r.l products

The  Elevator  Potato Digger  JUNIOR has been designed to pick early  and  very delicate potatoes. The potato digger pickup consist of a system  comprising:  3-blade share,  a swinging  feeler  roller for adjusting  the digging depth and grass-cutting discs.The elevator-sieving  belt is large  600 mm. with  features intercalated bars to avoid rolling and peeling. The  selection platform  consist of  a  large belt  (850 mm.)  divided on the ateral sides by 2 plates to allow  sorting of potatoes.On the  centre of the belt  are conveyed  the tubers and the dug up  material (earth, stones, leaves etc.).

The digging head of the machine is totally independent and free to oscillate for a better adaption to the ground and is composed of two feeler rollers that regulate the digging depth, 2 haulm intake rollers and 2 grass cutting disks. A digging belt 165 cm wide vibrating by means of camshafts, transports the product on a defoliating conveyor of equal width that provides for the cleaning of the leaf part of the plant. Subsequently the product crosses a series of screw rollers (with variable opening) for discharge of small clods or crushed stones. Then the product is placed through another belt on a hydraulically adjustable cleaning hedgehog in inclination and in the speed to carry out a further final cleaning of the product. Finally, a lateral charger belt conveyor with a width of 1 mt conveys the product directly onto the trailer.