Technical handbook for the paddy rice postharvest industry in ...
Technical handbook for the paddy rice postharvest industry in ...
Technical handbook for the paddy rice postharvest industry in ...
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70 POSTHARVEST INDUSTRY HANDBOOK3.38. Dimensions of standardidlers us<strong>in</strong>g 12.7 emcenter rollers.3.39. Self-align<strong>in</strong>g idlers.(Courtesy of Cont<strong>in</strong>entalConveyor Corp.)location. Also, some gra<strong>in</strong>s are crushed or cracked between <strong>the</strong> plow and <strong>the</strong> beltsurface. If <strong>the</strong> plow is adjusted too close to <strong>the</strong> belt, excess belt wear results.Trippers are available as hand-propelled, self-propelled, or automatic. The choicedepends on <strong>the</strong> particular <strong>in</strong>stallation, its capacity, and system operation. A simplelight-duty hand-propelled tripper and its dimensions are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.41. Note<strong>the</strong> direction of belt travel. As <strong>the</strong> belt passes over <strong>the</strong> top pulley, <strong>the</strong> <strong>paddy</strong> isdischarged immediately and spouted to <strong>the</strong> left or right as desired. The hand crank