Abstract: The invention concerns a device for drying vegetable and lettuce leaves comprising a first transport belt that is permeable for air with a belt drive, an air circulation system with a dry air nozzle for blowing air through the first transport belt and a hood for sucking the air from the first transport belt, in the air circulation system a ventilator, a cooler and a heater, and a control system for setting the speed of the first transport belt and the speed, temperature and/or humidity of the circulating air. In accordance with the invention, the dry air nozzle is located under the major length of the first transport belt and the hood is located opposite the dry air nozzle above the first transport belt.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a feeding device for throwing long and possibly irregular shaped agricultural products such as carrots in moving adjacent slots wherein the feeding device comprises a rotating ring that can transport the products in a circular aligned path at the ring speed. In accordance with the invention the feeding device comprises a first set of feeder belts that can grip the product from the rotating ring while moving the product at a first speed and a second set of feeder belts can grip the product from between the first set of feeder belts and throw the product at a second speed in a slot, wherein the first speed is higher than the ring speed and the second speed is higher than the first speed.

Abstract: A leafed vegetable dryer includes an entrance for products, an exit for the products and one or more transporters for transporting the products between the entrance and the exit. The transporters have the form of a centrifuge. A transport driver is utilized to drive the transporters and a centrifuge driver is utilized to drive the centrifuge.