The Self-propelled harvesters CIMINA C160S and CIMINA C180S are suitable for picking from the ground fruits like hazelnuts, chestnuts, almonds, walnuts, coffee, macadamia and olives.

This machine constitutes the fruit of development, knowledge and technologies, and it represents FACMA's reply to the mechanized harvesting of shell fruits.

A tank easy to maneuver renders it efficacious and efficient, improving the work capacity and reducing harvesting time and labour costs.

• Saves on manpower as only one operator is required
• Supplied with lateral blowing kit which propels the produce between the rows to quicken the process
• Great maneuverability thanks to its wide steering angle
• Adaptability of the frontal harvester to irregular grounds
• Possibility to use the machine with manual hoses (for excessive steep grounds).
• Has the possibility of going over the same piece of ground in order to avoid harming the product
• A system of selection makes an excellent product cleaning.

FUNCTION

First of all the produce which has fallen down on the ground is tiered by a pair of frontal contra-rotating brushes which cover an area of 2 meters. There is a suction tube which is placed in the middle over a gatherer which, then, sucks up the produce and propels it towards a depression chamber where the heavier waste material is separated. The produce is then poured through a valve into a conveyor and is blasted with air from a ventilator so that leaves and other light-weight impurities are eliminated. A double gyratory screen carries out a further selection process by separating all of the impurities of different shapes and sizes from the produce. The cleaned product is then put into a trolley or into sacks. Different gyratory screens can be fixed on the machines to gather the products above mentioned.

All the self-propelled harvesters are supplied with a lateral blowing kit, which uses the air from the suction to propel sideways in the right direction the produce on the ground, so that a sort of tier is formed which helps the gathering at the next passing.

For maximum harvesting performance, it is suggested to prepare the ground, working it different times by mulcher during the previous year and before the produce falls to the ground.

*The working capacity is subordinate to the ground preparation and to product quantity.