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Published on 3 August 2020 · 3 min read
New Holland launches a new destemmer screen for its grape harvesters
InfoWeb Marketplace · Editorial teamPublished on 3 August 2020 · 3 min read
Winegrowers in different wine-growing regions around the world face different climates, landscapes, micro-organisms, yields and grape varieties, and they must adapt their cultivation and harvesting practices to local conditions across different geographies. New Holland is launching a new blue destemmer screen to extend its existing range and provide every winegrower worldwide with a suitable solution, in all the conditions encountered. The on-board destemmer has been part of the DNA of New Holland Braud grape harvesters since their launch in 2002. Available on all models, this system removes stems and petioles and keeps only the berries in the hoppers. It considerably improves harvest quality. The new blue screen can easily be fitted to the entire fleet of destemmers on Braud grape harvesters.
?When sorting grapes, a grape harvester must adapt the destemmer screen mesh sizes to achieve the best sorting capacity, removing all unwanted debris to keep only the best grapes. By broadening the range of screens, we are effectively giving our customers additional options on their destemmers to target sorting and achieve excellence with their grapes to make the best wines,? explains Philippe Boisseau, Marketing Specialist for grape and olive harvesters at New Holland Agriculture Global.
Presented at the SITEVI show in 2019, this new blue destemmer screen has smaller holes to improve the harvest quality of small berries, such as those encountered when harvesting Merlot or Cabernet. This blue screen sorts small debris better and delivers optimized harvest quality, particularly for red grapes.
This new destemmer provides good machine throughput thanks to the permeability of the screen. The design of the blue screen, with a greater number of smaller holes, removes more debris while maintaining high capacity in medium yields.
With this latest innovation, New Holland extends its current range of destemmers for Braud grape harvesters, which now includes:
- The original pink screen with 24 x 24 mm holes. It is the most versatile screen and can work in any condition. It was the first destemmer screen launched in 2002.
- The white screen with 29 x 25 mm holes. It is ideal for high yields or large berries. This screen offers high capacity and avoids fruit losses in these specific conditions. It was launched in 2018. Since 2020, the white screen is now available for any destemmer width. It thus increases throughput for narrow destemmers.
- The blue screen with 20 x 20 mm holes. It is ideal for small berries with low or medium yields.
Finally, New Holland Braud has designed a dedicated tool to switch from one screen to another in less than 10 minutes for greater productivity.
Etav Chollet is a family business based in Saint Denis de Pile, France, specializing in contract vineyard work, carrying out a wide variety of tasks, including harvesting. The company, run by brothers Pierre and Guillaume Chollet, is a loyal, long-standing New Holland customer, as their father bought his first Braud grape harvester, a SB36, 30 years ago. Today, they operate a fleet of three Braud grape harvesters - a 9070M destemmer, a 9070M Opti-Grape and a 7030M Opti-Grape - which are used for harvesting and versatile applications, including spraying. The Chollet brothers tested the new blue screen during the 2019 harvest season. They were looking for a solution to meet the demand of their customers, who wanted better harvest quality, ensuring that every piece of stem was removed. The experience was extremely positive: ?Harvest quality with the blue screen improved considerably, with 2 to 3 times less debris,? explains Pierre Chollet. ?We are satisfied with the results we have achieved - so much so that we will equip all three of our grape harvesters with the blue screen for the 2020 harvest season,? concluded his brother Guillaume.
?When sorting grapes, a grape harvester must adapt the destemmer screen mesh sizes to achieve the best sorting capacity, removing all unwanted debris to keep only the best grapes. By broadening the range of screens, we are effectively giving our customers additional options on their destemmers to target sorting and achieve excellence with their grapes to make the best wines,? explains Philippe Boisseau, Marketing Specialist for grape and olive harvesters at New Holland Agriculture Global.
The blue destemmer screen becomes the reference for harvesting small berries
Presented at the SITEVI show in 2019, this new blue destemmer screen has smaller holes to improve the harvest quality of small berries, such as those encountered when harvesting Merlot or Cabernet. This blue screen sorts small debris better and delivers optimized harvest quality, particularly for red grapes.
This new destemmer provides good machine throughput thanks to the permeability of the screen. The design of the blue screen, with a greater number of smaller holes, removes more debris while maintaining high capacity in medium yields.
A range of destemmer screens for every condition
With this latest innovation, New Holland extends its current range of destemmers for Braud grape harvesters, which now includes:
- The original pink screen with 24 x 24 mm holes. It is the most versatile screen and can work in any condition. It was the first destemmer screen launched in 2002.
- The white screen with 29 x 25 mm holes. It is ideal for high yields or large berries. This screen offers high capacity and avoids fruit losses in these specific conditions. It was launched in 2018. Since 2020, the white screen is now available for any destemmer width. It thus increases throughput for narrow destemmers.
- The blue screen with 20 x 20 mm holes. It is ideal for small berries with low or medium yields.
Finally, New Holland Braud has designed a dedicated tool to switch from one screen to another in less than 10 minutes for greater productivity.
The new blue destemmer screen proves itself in the vineyard
Etav Chollet is a family business based in Saint Denis de Pile, France, specializing in contract vineyard work, carrying out a wide variety of tasks, including harvesting. The company, run by brothers Pierre and Guillaume Chollet, is a loyal, long-standing New Holland customer, as their father bought his first Braud grape harvester, a SB36, 30 years ago. Today, they operate a fleet of three Braud grape harvesters - a 9070M destemmer, a 9070M Opti-Grape and a 7030M Opti-Grape - which are used for harvesting and versatile applications, including spraying. The Chollet brothers tested the new blue screen during the 2019 harvest season. They were looking for a solution to meet the demand of their customers, who wanted better harvest quality, ensuring that every piece of stem was removed. The experience was extremely positive: ?Harvest quality with the blue screen improved considerably, with 2 to 3 times less debris,? explains Pierre Chollet. ?We are satisfied with the results we have achieved - so much so that we will equip all three of our grape harvesters with the blue screen for the 2020 harvest season,? concluded his brother Guillaume.
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