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trailer world Issue Two 2013

28      Issue Two 2013 Porträt “We mainly use the various BPW overrun hitches and braked axles for our grape transporters.” Furthermore, Zickler im- ports transport trailers and 3-way tippers from Italy - in Böchingen these are then also equipped with overrun hitches and braked axles by BPW. In the grape transporter type TE with excentric screw pump, the so-called feed screw and the pump and its rotor are ide- ally adjusted to each other. For customers such as Pau, this guarantees particularly gentle handling of the harvested material. The grape transporter is characterised by special equipment, easy handling and high operating safety. Gentle feeding of the grapes, due to op- timal adjustment of the individual compo- nents, is of fundamental importance for the quality of the wine later”, says winegrower Pfirrmann. “This high standard of quality is absolutely guaranteed by the Zickler grape transporter, through the use of high quality materials and components. The high quali- ty and stability of the BPW axle and draw- bar installation are also part of this.” Protection against viruses and bacteria The harvested grapes are very deli- cate in terms of oxidation and bacterial contamination. Therefore, they should be transported for further processing in the vineyard as gently and as quickly as possible. Greatest care must also be tak- en when unloading the grapes from the Zickler grape transporter. “When using the direct screw dis- charge of the grape transporter type TM, the grapes ’simply‘ drop out of the grape transporter at the end of the feed screw”, Axel Dämmer, Project Manager at the Zickler A-M-Produkt GmbH explains. “For the wine grower, this means that the further processing of the grapes must ei- ther take place below the unloading area, or that the grapes must be transported upwards with a further machine, such as a conveyor belt, to fill, for example, the press”. With grape transporters of the type TE, such as those used at Pau, the wine grower can connect a pressure hose and in this way transport the grapes di- rectly and over large distances or height differences for further processing (press, destemmer, tank, etc.). “During gentle transport, one of the aims is to keep the mechanical stress on the grapes as low as possible”, says Dämmer. “For this, the speed of the screw plays a ma- jor role”. This can be influenced by the vint-

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