Abstract:This paper describes a new machine for cleaning coffee harvested with plastic nets, as well as the coupling of this machine to the horizontal washer. The machine consists of two blowers in two tunnel chambers. The material fed by a screw conveyor is taken by a rotating shaft and ejected by the action of the blower in the upper chamber. The separated material (coffee beans, berries, dirt and small twigs) which falls through the screen to the bottom chamber is carried by a water stream into the washing reel. Fur… Show more
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