Mechanical harvesting of pistachio nuts

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1131-1135

  Polat, Refik ^a   Gezer, Ibrahim ^b   Guner, Metin ^c   Dursun, Ergin ^c   Erdogan, Dogan ^c   Bilim, Hasan C ^d  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Pistachio Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Detachment force; Limb shaker; Mechanical harvest; Pistachio nut

Indexed keywords

CRANKSHAFTS; HARVESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

DETACHMENT FORCE; LIMB SHAKERS; MECHANICAL HARVESTING; PISTACHIO NUTS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

FOOD; FREQUENCIES; HARVESTING; TRACTORS;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 33750960277     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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