Washing Mechanism Selector

Air bubble, vortex and brush washers are not interchangeable. Each one delivers energy to the product surface differently, and that single difference decides which crops it suits. Answer four questions and see which mechanism your product argues for — and what choosing it costs you elsewhere.

1. How does your product respond to mechanical contact?

2. What arrives on the product from the field?

3. Do stones, sand or grit come in with the crop?

4. Will the same line ever handle leafy vegetable batches?

Answer all four questions first.

Mechanism your answers argue for

Air bubble
Vortex
Brush roller

What this choice costs you

How the three mechanisms differ
MechanismHow it worksSuitsBruising risk
Air bubbleBlowers inject air through a perforated manifold below the water line; the rising bubble column agitates product held in suspensionDelicate and irregular crops, and lines that also run leafy batchesLow
VortexPumped water enters tangentially and creates a rotating flow; heavier soil, sand and sediment drop out at the baseMixed loads, and any line with a grit problemMedium
Brush rollerCounter-rotating brush rollers scrub the surface while high-pressure nozzles rinse released soil awayFirm crops with baked-on field soilHigher

Tell us your crops and your soil load, and an application engineer will confirm the mechanism against your own product before anything is frozen.

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Scores are a weighting of the four answers against the published mechanism matrix, not a laboratory measurement. Tuber crops and true roots behave differently under the brush, so confirm your own varieties with an engineer before the specification is frozen.