Tea-Cleaning Machine
Tea-Cleaning Machine
a stationary machine that is used to remove foreign matter from harvested tea leaves.
The ChP-300 tea-cleaning machine is used on tea plantations in the USSR. In the machine, tea leaves from a hopper are fed by a loading conveyor to a cleaning conveyor. Foreign matter is then removed by an airflow produced by a fan and is dumped into a waste bin. The remaining mass is conveyed to mesh drums and, after sifting, is packaged. Unsifted tea leaves are conveyed from the drums to another waste bin.
The ChP-300 tea-cleaning machine is driven by a 1.5-kilowatt electric motor and a 1.7-kilowatt electric motor. It has an output of 0.3 ton/hr and is operated by one worker.