Equipment selection and operating guides for each stage of a potato line. On this page: Planning Bulk Potato Outloading Reach and Wareho… · Checking Drop Height and Belt Speed at Potato Co….
Technical notes from Goldilocks
Plan bulk potato outloading by locating the pickup and receiving points, then checking the working envelope in both plan and elevation. Published conveying lengths and overall machine lengths describe different dimensions; neither alone establishes usable reach. Allow for repositioning, service access and...
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Check a potato conveyor transfer by measuring the actual release and receiving surfaces, then observing the landing point under controlled feed. Nominal height overlap is only a layout screening tool. Adjust geometry and relative belt speed separately, watch for accumulation, and compare...
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Dry cleaning suits potatoes needing surface-soil removal before selection, grading or packing when water use is undesirable. Water washing suits outbound lines where washing, inspection, grading and bagging are required. The correct choice depends on soil adhesion, skin condition, feed stability, site...
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Accept an optical potato sorter by testing independently labeled, representative potatoes and accounting for every output stream. Calculate false rejects against acceptable potatoes entering the test, and missed defects against defective potatoes entering it. Evaluate defect categories, crop presentation and feed conditions...
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Calibrate mechanical potato diameter grading by defining the buyer's short-diameter measurement, preparing measured samples on both sides of each cut size, and testing their outlet destinations. Adjust the gap through controlled trials, then repeat at the intended feed rate. Check elongated potatoes...
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Size a potato line buffer from the difference between incoming peak flow and the sustainable rate of the limiting process. Check every hand-off, record good and reject streams, and validate the result with empty, loaded and short-interruption trials rather than combining individual...
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Goldilocks guide to commissioning potato conveying and sorting equipment: how Potato Conveyor BSSJ8-08, Roller-type optical sorting machine CASV-2X-1200 and Potato cleaning machine BQX-16 / BQX-20 / BQX-24 fit together, which operating points to set first, and what our engineers confirm before we...
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Goldilocks guide to export potato equipment projects: how Potato cleaning machine BQX-16 / BQX-20 / BQX-24, AI intelligent sorting machine CASL-2X-1800 and Potato stacker crane BDDY-818 fit together, which operating points to set first, and what our engineers confirm before we prepare...
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Goldilocks guide to optical inspection of root and stem products: how AI intelligent sorting machine CASL-2X-1800, Roller-type optical sorting machine CASV-2X-1200 and Potato cleaning machine BQX-16 / BQX-20 / BQX-24 fit together, which operating points to set first, and what our engineers...
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Goldilocks guide to soil and impurity removal before optical sorting: how Potato picking machine BJXZ5-10, Potato dry cleaning machine and Potato cleaning machine BQX-16 / BQX-20 / BQX-24 fit together, which operating points to set first, and what our engineers confirm before...
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