Mango fruit harvester
1999
Valdez, J.A.
A mango fruit harvester was developed to minimize damage and ease mango harvesting operation. The harvester consists of a 6-m pole that could be adjusted depending on the height of the fruit to be harvested. The upper pole is 12 mm in diameter and 3 m in length while the lower pole is 19 mm in diameter and 3 m in length. The upper pole is fitted inside the lower pole and can be adjusted to desired length. A harvester ring, a basket, and a stripper are attached at the end portion of the upper pole. Field test revealed that a person using the designed harvester could gather 480 to 540 fruits/hour. Existing harvesters have a capacity of 380 to 400 fruits/hour. The designed harvester has a greater capacity because harvesting was continuously done without bringing down the pole basket. The harvester gave about 95 undamaged per 100 fruits harvested while existing harvester gave 84 undamaged per 100 fruits harvested. The harvester was designed only for 6-meter tall tree especially grafted mangoes, though it can be used for other kinds of fruit-bearing trees. It can be applied in the mango-producing provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Pangasinan [Philippines]
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