The invention relates to a device for removing leaves from root crops, such as carrots, comprising sets of bars and sets of bearing blocks, each of the bars having ends rotatably mounted to their respective bearing blocks, thereby enabling simultaneous rotation, and each bar being substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to rotation over 180 around a symmetry axis. Each bar is further releasably fixable in the device, such that when fixed in the device in a first position, each bar is releasable, is turnable over 180 around the symmetry axis for placing it in a second position, and is fixable in the second position in the device. The invention also relates to a bar for such a device, to a harvesting machine comprising such a device, and to a method for maintenance of such a device.

The invention relates to a device for removing leaves from root crops, such as carrots, comprising sets of bars and sets of bearing blocks, each of the bars having ends rotatably mounted to their respective bearing blocks, thereby enabling simultaneous rotation, and each bar being substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to rotation over 180 around a symmetry axis. Each bar is further releasably fixable in the device, such that when fixed in the device in a first position, each bar is releasable, is turnable over 180 around the symmetry axis for placing it in a second position, and is fixable in the second position in the device. The invention also relates to a bar for such a device, to a harvesting machine comprising such a device, and to a method for maintenance of such a device.

A fruit decapping apparatus and method, particularly suited for strawberries. The fruits items (100) are placed by a robotic arm (200) in a lateral aperture (310) of a plate (300), leaving the calyx (120) and the main body (130) below the plate (300). When the robotic arm (200) pulls from the peduncle (110), the plate (300) also pulls from an elastic connection (500). This movement is detected by a sensor (600) which activates a pair of blades (800) solidarily disposed under the lateral aperture (310) of the plate (300).

A fruit decapping apparatus and method, particularly suited for strawberries. The fruits items (100) are placed by a robotic arm (200) in a lateral aperture (310) of a plate (300), leaving the calyx (120) and the main body (130) below the plate (300). When the robotic arm (200) pulls from the peduncle (110), the plate (300) also pulls from an elastic connection (500). This movement is detected by a sensor (600) which activates a pair of blades (800) solidarily disposed under the lateral aperture (310) of the plate (300).

A sugarcane harvester includes a topper assembly having a boom that is mounted to a main frame. A radar support structure includes a cantilevered portion having a first end attached to the main frame and extending generally horizontally in the forward direction to a second end. The cantilevered portion is laterally offset from the boom, and is attached to the main frame at approximately the same elevation as the boom. The radar support structure includes a drop portion having an upper end attached to the second end of the cantilevered portion and extending generally vertically in a downward direction toward the ground surface to a lower end. A radar sensor assembly is attached to the lower end of the drop portion of the radar support structure.

A sugarcane harvester includes a topper assembly having a boom that is mounted to a main frame. A radar support structure includes a cantilevered portion having a first end attached to the main frame and extending generally horizontally in the forward direction to a second end. The cantilevered portion is laterally offset from the boom, and is attached to the main frame at approximately the same elevation as the boom. The radar support structure includes a drop portion having an upper end attached to the second end of the cantilevered portion and extending generally vertically in a downward direction toward the ground surface to a lower end. A radar sensor assembly is attached to the lower end of the drop portion of the radar support structure.