Tine Separator

Cut rice is fed up the feeder house then through the spike-tooth cylinder (A) and spike-tooth concave (B).

An overshot 8 wing beater (C) moves the crop material into two tine separators (D) that spin in opposite directions, dividing and spinning the crop material rearward. Tines mounted on the double separators, engage and combs the crop material.

Fixed directional vanes, mounted on the inside of the housing of the tine separators, helps spiral move the material several times past the separator grates. The combing action of the spinning tines, along with centrifugal force, provides maximum separation of the heavy grain from the mat of straw.

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All along the way free grain falls onto the grain conveyor located under the tine separator grates. By the time the crop material reaches the rear of the separating grates, it is free of all trapped grain. The grain conveyor carries the grain to the QUADRA-FLO ™ cleaning system for final cleaning.

The CTS Combine lets the cylinder and concave do approximately 75% of the threshing. The tine separator does the remaining 25% of the threshing.

QUADRA-FLO is a trademark of Deere & Company.

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