Farm Power And Machinery (1+1)

Adjustable height with metal head and metal blade harvester

• In this type of harvester, the cutting mechanism is similar to the fixed height type harvester.
• The variations are only in head and pole length to achieve increased adjustable height up to 5.4m. An additional base plate is provided at the bottom of the pole.
• The cutting head was fabricated out of angle iron of 191 X 115 X 6 mm size. The pole is composed of two G.I. pipes of 12 mm and 18 mm sizes. One can be inserted in to the other.
• This telescopic arrangement of poles is helpful in varying the height. The pole can be fixed at any desired height by a clamp arrangement, thus making it flexible, adjustable and not fixed as in earlier harvester.
• The cutting mechanism is arranged at the top of a 12 mm pipe by means of a coupling.
• This facilitates dismantling and assembly of the cutting mechanism from the pole.
• Provision of base plate at the bottom of the pole with U-clamp arrangement helps to freely move pole in all directions to meet fruit orientation.
• This facilitates the operation of the harvester although it is heavier than the fixed type harvester discussed earlier.