Modern Equipment for Potato Cultivation

Quite a while ago, potato became for Russian farmers that vegetable crop, which, along with wheat, is the most popular in terms of the area allocated for its cultivation. Growing potatoes is a very complex and labor-intensive task, for which it is desirable to use modern mechanization tools. Such mechanization tools are called agricultural machinery, and in the case of potatoes — potato harvesting machinery.

Of course, strictly speaking, potato harvesting machinery can only refer to potato harvesters and potato digger KTN of various models, while the rest of the machinery relates to sorting, processing and storage. Harvesters are the most popular automation tool among potato harvesting machinery because the harvesting operation itself is very labor-intensive and, on large fields, it is very difficult to collect the harvest by hand.

Moreover, potato harvesters allow working on difficult soils, which is quite common, as there are practically no ideal soils. Sometimes the soil is overly wet or very clayey, in such cases, the ideal solution to the problem is a modern domestic potato harvester KPK-2-01. This harvester can work in the most extreme conditions, and due to the fact that its manufacturer is located in Nizhny Novgorod, it is always possible to obtain the necessary spare parts.

Another advantage of domestic agricultural machinery is its price. The price of domestic potato harvesting harvester is at least 50% lower than foreign analogs. Of course, this difference is not only due to customs duties, but also because all domestic manufacturers have their own foundry production, where up to 80% of all parts for potato harvesting machinery are manufactured.

A similar situation exists with potato sorting machinery. Domestic potato sorting has a smaller set of functions compared to Western analogs, but costs much less. Foreign potato sorting machines are equipped with special sensors that analyze everything entering their field of vision like an airport X-ray scanner. For such sensors, special software is written, which also affects the cost of the equipment.

Domestic equipment lacks all these innovations, but performs its main task perfectly — sorting potatoes by tuber size and cleaning vegetables from impurities and dirt. In this regard, the potato sorting unit KSP-15B can separate stones from vegetables if the crop is harvested from stony soils. Precisely for this operation, foreign machinery includes infrared sensors, while our manufacturers do without them.