🌾 Custom Equipment for Separating Mixed Crops at Harvest
Intercropping is gaining popularity for its soil health benefits, increased yields, and improved biodiversity. But harvesting two crops together creates a new challenge: how do you efficiently and gently separate them after harvest?
Bench Industries provides customized cleaning equipment specifically designed to handle this complexity.
The Challenge of Cleaning Intercropped Commodities
When two crops are harvested together — such as Chicpeas and flax or peas and canola  — the result is a blend of different sizes, densities, and weights. Without the right equipment, this mixture can lead to:
Inneficent Separation
Excess dockage
Damaged seed
Lost value
Our Customized Cleaning Solution
We adapt our 72″ and 108″ Air Screen Machines to handle intercropped harvests by adding a custom discharge conveyor beneath the machine. This upgrade allows for two product streams, separated by air flow and screen sizing.
The bottom-mounted conveyor makes it possible to direct your smaller commodity out the opposite side of the machine — preventing it from mixing with scalpings or air liftings. This setup provides a cleaner final product and reduces loss during post-harvest handling.
🔧 Custom Options Include:
Bottom-mounted conveyor for clean split discharge
Electrical – Forward/ Reverse and speed control to easily adjust conveyor
Adjustable screens for different crop sizes
Fine-tuned air settings to separate by density and weight
📸 Visual Examples
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Essentially, we remove the bottom siftings pan and install a conveyor in its place, allowing you to discharge the sifted commodity more effectively. This setup enables a more balanced 50/50 product split, which wouldn’t be possible with a standard bottom tray — as it would become overloaded when handling a near-equal mix of two commodities.
Compatible Machines
These systems are most often built around:
💬 Ready to Clean Smarter?
Whether you’re intercropping now or preparing for next season, we can help you build the right system.
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