Gentle suction mixed with the dependable pull of gravity. That’s the basic principle behind a new way of harvesting apples. In what some would call a transformative system, it was designed to ensure fruit quality, harvest efficiency, better worker conditions, and even food safety. Besides apples, it can also be used to harvest other fruit such as citrus and peaches. We’re talking about the Bandit Cyclone, a vacuum-based harvesting system. While …
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Harvesting apples in the garden is a canonical event of late summer and early fall. But even it can be simple. Vacuum technology has become an example.