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Pellenc LEAF REMOVER:
AS GOOD AS BY HAND!

The machine with... inventive hands!
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As part of its strategy to mechanize wine-growing activities, Pellenc has designed a leaf remover based on a new invention. This vine-friendly leaf remover improves quality and meets the need of grape growers. Read on to find out about its novel design and main features.

  • The flexible drum changes its shape as it rolls over the foliage. It follows the profile of the vine, and more importantly that of the grape clusters.
  • The drum speed is automatically synchronized in real time to the forward speed of the tractor.
  • Deep penetration for work in the foliage.
  • Entire leaf cut off with its salk.
  • The leaf remover can adapt to all types of trained vines : from narrow-planted vines with thin foliage to wide-planted vines with thick foliage.
Before use of the PELLENC leaf remover (click to zoom)       After use of the PELLENC leaf remover (click to zoom)
  • Better harm-free treatment for your harvest!
  • Work speed is about 4.5km/h - 2.5mph.
  • The removing force is progressive, from gentle to powerful.

Three models of the Pellenc leaf remover are available :

  • model with coupling 3-point mounting on a standard tractor.
  • model for straddle tractors.
  • model that can be coupled on the front arm of the Pellenc multifunction equipment.

Why opt for the Pellenc leaf remover?

As a rule, small fragments of the sucked-in leaves are scattered throughout the vegetation and act as carriers of fungus strains. Cut leaves also tend to sick the vines, causing injuries and diseases...

Pellenc's rotating drum leaf remover cuts off the leaves at the stalk in a mannet comparable to manual stripping.

Generally, since the pulling force on the leaves is low, they are not stripped away around the grape clusters. Only a single layer of leaves is removed, which considerably reduces the effectiveness of mechanical leaf-removing...

But thanks to the excellent pulling action provided by its rotating drum and feed system, the Pellenc tool strips off the leaves around the grape clusters without injuring the harvested grapes.

Current machines are not suitable for leaf-removing on growing vines. They are usually employed on carefully trained vines, and therefore can only be used by this type of grower.

The Pellenc rotating-drum leaf remover provides adaptative and highly efficient leaf-removing for all types of vineyards, and specifically for growing vines.


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