Cea harvester for greenhouse-grown leafy greens
Optimize your greenhouse or vertical farm’s harvesting process with a machine designed for precise cutting and gentle handling of leafy greens, ensuring consistent quality and reduced labor costs.
Harvests and Processes Greenhouse Leafy Greens
The CEA Harvester CH from Sormac is designed for precise and efficient harvesting of leafy greens grown in greenhouse environments. Utilizing a conveyor-fed gutter alignment system and dual adjustable circular knives, it excels in cutting leaves with minimal human intervention. Its innovative integration of air-blown leaf elevation ensures clean cuts without damage, making it ideal for applications involving hydroponic lettuce, butterhead, and romaine varieties, as well as basil, spinach, and mixed salad greens. The harvester supports continuous, high-speed operations, enhancing throughput in pre-processing and processing lines.
With automation at its core, the CEA Harvester seamlessly integrates into existing production lines, compatible with transport conveyors and air-drying tunnels for complete post-harvest processing. Safety is prioritized through maintenance-friendly door designs equipped with sensors, while customization options include recipe conveyors for tailored processing. Engineered for reliability, this machine supports commercial greenhouse operators and hydroponic farms aiming to optimize output in food and horticulture sectors.
Benefits
- Boosts productivity with seamless integration into high-speed, continuous operations.
- Minimizes labor costs by automating the harvesting and alignment processes.
- Enhances product quality through gentle leaf handling, reducing damage and waste.
- Simplifies maintenance with sensor-equipped access doors for safe, quick cleaning.
- Increases flexibility with configuration options to accommodate various leafy green profiles.
- Applications
- Hydroponic lettuce,Greenhouse-grown produce,Vertical farming crops,Leafy greens
- End products
- Spinach,Arugula,Mixed salad greens,Basil,Butterhead lettuce,Romaine lettuce,Kale
- Steps before
- Cultivation,Conveying
- Steps after
- Further processing,Packing,Air drying
- Input ingredients
- leafy greens,greenhouse-grown products,gutters,floater-grown produce
- Output ingredients
- harvested leaves,processed leafy greens,collected greens
- Market info
- Sormac is known for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality vegetable processing equipment, particularly peeling, washing, and slicing machines, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and customer-focused solutions in the food processing industry.
- Capacity
- Depends on throughput speed
- Automation
- Automated process
- Height Adjustment
- Circular knives height adjustable
- Product Handling
- Gentle,without human interference
- Cutting Mechanism
- Two circular knives
- Airflow Support
- Fan-blown air for leaf alignment
- Cleaning Access
- Doors with safety sensors
- Working mechanism
- Conveyor and circular knives
- Integrated steps
- Cutting and collection
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Automated
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Product handling
- Gentle,no human interference
- Leaf alignment
- Air blower assistance
- Height adjustability
- Circular knives
- Cleanability
- Equipped with safety sensors for maintenance
- Leafy Green Compatibility
- Yes
- Height adjustability
- Yes
- Conveyor system
- Yes
- Discharge method
- Collection conveyor
- Height Adjustment
- Knives height adjustable
- Material Handling
- Gentle product handling
- Automation Level
- Automated process
- Safety Features
- Doors with safety sensors