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Vfhere is the Excessive Amount of Brvd.sing Occurring? 



Dropping of boxed apples on the floor, pallets or when loading or unloading 

 the truck. 



Fast or rough dumping of apples onto receiving belt of the grader. 



In the apple brusher - cleaner brushes and buffer clothes may be covered vd,th 

 wax which accvunulates dirt that bruises the apples. 



Running a brusher too fast and with too few apples. 



Fruit rolling dovm an incline and striking a sharp unpadded corner of the 



grader. 



During a change in elevation such as when the apples roll from the sorter 

 onto the sizing chain of a chain sizing unit, 



Yifhen the apples are spun into a rotary bin by the rubber-tube ejector unit 

 of the revolving wheel grader. 



Filling bins too full. 



Palling apples down in a bin, 



\'ifhen the fruit is transferred to a unit moving at a much different rate of speed. 



Belt burn when too many fruits are on a moving belt. 



Too many fruits being forced through the grader at one time. 



Packing personnel dropping apples into the packages, 



Lidding overfilled boxes. 



Stacking boxes that are too full. 



Rough jouncing to settle apples in a bag. 



Cartons are good but they should not be thrown. 



— W. J. Lord 



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