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REGULARS
FEATURES
INDUSTRY NEWS
R&D
TOMATO-POTATO PSYLLID FEATURE
CONTENTS
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Editorial
Messages from the Chairman and CEO
Regional updates
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Hort Connections 2017: Speaker line-up announced
Young Potato People
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Young grower profile: Chris Gallagher
Grower profile: Stephen Osborn
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The National Potato Levy at work
Potato extension activities aim to address important
industry issues
Ask the industry
Gaining an understanding of Verticillium wilt
Student profiles: Next generation of potato research
Plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes:
What are the differences?
New initiative to provide a fair go for workers and growers
Introducing new potato varieties to Canada through
an open house
Tomato-potato psyllid: A destructive potato pest
Supporting Australia's potato growers during an incursion
The Front Line: Tomato-potato psyllid detection
Neighbours across the ditch reflect on
tomato-potato psyllid
Responding to an exotic pest incursion
Using an integrated pest management strategy to
manage psyllids
Economic update: The economic impacts of
tomato-potato psyllid overseas
A leader in the design, manufacture & supply of
specialised agricultural machinery
DOBMACAGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
Carefully calibrates, sorts and weighs up to 30 potatoes per second
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An ingenious system arranges the potatoes one after the
other smoothly and at high speed. The software optimises
the sorting rate automatically. A surge hopper installed
above the aligner absorbs any variation in the feed stream.
Electric controls enclosed in a sealed cabinet.
Control computer with factory-set sorting software ready for
production.Waterproof and washable monitor, keyboard,
and mouse. Assembly on the left- or right-hand side
of the machine.
A nozzle system blows the potatoes towards the
various outlets allocated with great precision. The potatoes
fall on soft materials, which ensure a smooth landing. The
casing is equipped with washable soundproof panels and
large doors, which make it easier to clean.
Two three-way conveyor belts for
receiving and distributing the six
grades. Custom length according to
requirements.
Aligner
Control Interface
6 Outlets
Outlet Belts
Handling Innovation
• Efficient & gentle vegetable handling
• Belt widths up to 2.4m wide
• Wide range of cleaning tables
• Complete turn key solutions
• Heavy duty construction
• Mobile graders
• Field transfer trailers
• Sizing and sorting
• Box & big bag fillers
• Box tippers
• Potato & Carrot Washing
• Brassica trimming & grading equipment
Efficient & gentle vegetable handling
For
washed &
unwashed
potatoes
Heavy duty
complete
turn key
solutions
High-performance
intelligent optical
sorter