VIDEO: New side-tipper design helps reduce fruit, vegetable contamination

Keeping the fruit and vegetables you harvest in the same condition you found them in the field can be a challenge as there can be a number of points-of-contact in the handling process. One in particular being getting produce from a field bin to larger containers during processing. With this in mind, Tecnoagri has introduced a new side-tipper design that locks the bin in place as it turns on its side, eliminating the overhead arm that holds it in place that could result in contamination from hydraulic components. At the EIMA agricultural machinery show in Italy last month, Federico Mingazzi with Tecnoagri showed how the system works.

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