COMBINED PLANT FOR WASHING AND GRINDING ROOT CROPS Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A23N12/02 A01F29/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of processing agricultural products; it can be used for washing and grinding of root crops. The combined plant for washing and grinding of root crops contains a hollow case with a loading funnel, a feeding auger installed in the cavity of the case. On the front part of the helicoid of the auger, staggered knives are installed, a replaceable grinding organ made in the form of a knife and mounted on a shaft shank mounted coaxially inside the feeding auger kinematically connected to it by means of a two-stage cylindrical gearbox, an unloading window overlapped by a deck made in the form of a replaceable separating plate. The plant includes a washing zone, in which rotary nozzles are located diametrically on the horizontal axis of symmetry of the case at an angle α to the vertical axis of symmetry of the case. Slots are made in the lower part of the case of the washing zone. The plant is mounted on a frame consisting of four supports, between which a pallet is fixed, the bottom of which is made with slopes to a drain pipe. The plant includes a closed-cycle water purification system.

EFFECT: invention will reduce labor intensity, increase productivity and ensure savings in water consumption when preparing feed from root crops.

1 cl, 3 dwg