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SEED SEPARATOR [2 records]

Record 1 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sorters and Separators (Agr. Mach.)
DEF

A machine to remove impurities from grain or other seeds and to sort the sample into two or more fractions.

OBS

Seed cleaners range from very simple riddling or winnowing machines to complex dressers which treat the grain in many ways. A simple separator employing an oscillating sieve only. A separator with one or more sieves and fans using a substantially horizontal air stream across falling grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trieuses (Matériel agricole)
DEF

Appareil à gros débit assurant le nettoyage des grains et l'élimination des impuretés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clasificadoras (Maquinaria agrícola)
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Record 2 1997-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The removal of impurities longer and shorter than wheat is next performed on indented surface machines such as disk separators or cylinders to complete the separation of oats, barley and small seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Les trieurs, par leurs surfaces alvéolées appropriées, permettent l'élimination successive des graines rondes et des graines longues étrangères [...]

CONT

Bien que leur principe soit le même, il existe, en gros, deux types de trieurs : les trieurs cylindriques et les trieurs à disques (carters).

Spanish

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