Tob. Sci., 1978, 22-04, p. 12-15, ISSN. 0082-4523
Receiving sheets of untied tobacco at auction warehouses with use of a powered belt conveyor
Agricultural Research Service, USDA, USA; Department of Ecological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA; Division of Markets, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
A powered belt conveyor receiving system was designed and developed for moving sheets of untied tobacco from the farm truck across the scale to the forklift. An 8-man crew can operate the system and floor tobacco at a rate of 176 sheets per hour at a...