LEAF VEGETABLES

Category

Harvester

Operation

Harvesting

Country

Local Name

Commodities

Leaf vegetables

Energy Source

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Electrical motor

Engine, petrol

Company

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Kubota Corporation, Osaka, Japan

Ortomec snc, Cona, Verona, Italy

Description

The harvester has a front, moving blade that cuts the plants' stem near the soil surface and a conveyor belt that deposits them in crates or in bins; the cutterbar length of the harvester in figure 2 is 120 cm.

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