Broch
Planters and lines for garlic, potatoes and onions
Garlic and potatoes, from field to packing
Planters and lines for garlic, potatoes and onions
Broch from near Madrid (Arganda del Rey) is a world leader in garlic growing mechanisation: PLMA planters (mechanical, metering disc with 14 spoon grippers selected for clove size) and PLNA (pneumatic, precise singulation, also onion and bulblets), harvesting machines and post-harvest lines (grading, peeling, packaging). The company also produces potato planters and diggers, as well as mechanical seed drills. According to the manufacturer’s catalogue, the brand is present on five continents.
Pneumatic PLNA planters (garlic, onions, minitubers)
Efficiency of the LPL garlic peeler (dry)
The company's roots: foundry in Madrid
What stands behind Broch machines
Garlic cultivation specialist
Broch builds a complete garlic mechanisation range from one manufacturer: clove preparation (LIDE splitter), planting (PLMA, PLNA), harvesting (ARAT, ARCO) and post-harvest lines. According to the manufacturer's catalogue, the brand is present on five continents.
Two planting systems
PLMA meters cloves mechanically, using a disc with 14 spoon grippers matched to clove size. PLNA combines pneumatic singulation with mechanical distribution: precision at speed, and it works not only on garlic but also on onions, spring onions and potato minitubers.
Harvesting built around the technology
ARAT lifts garlic with its tops and ties it into bundles for curing; ARCO cuts off the tops with a toothed disc knife and drops the bulbs into a sack, allowing harvest with a small crew. The choice depends on the storage technology.
Post-harvest and hygiene
The Silver programme is a modular storage and packing line (cleaning, mechanical and weighing-based grading, packing). The LPL peeler removes garlic skins dry, using compressed air, and is made of stainless steel and materials approved for food contact.
- 01A complete garlic mechanisation range from one manufacturer: clove preparation, planting, harvesting and post-harvest lines (grading, peeling, packing)
- 02Precision planting: PLMA, a metering disc with 14 spoon grippers matched to clove size; PLNA, pneumatic singulation at working speed
- 03The pneumatic PLNA plants not only garlic but also onions, spring onions and potato minitubers (the widest range of planting patterns)
- 04Post-harvest lines: grading, peeling and packing garlic
- 05C-series potato planters (C-1 to C-4), row spacing 70–100 cm
Arganda del Rey (Madrid), Spain
The company’s roots go back to 1954 and the Fundiciones Broch foundry. The Broch brand has operated since 1989, and the company has been developing agricultural machinery since the 1990s. Its headquarters are in Arganda del Rey, near Madrid. Broch has specialised in the full mechanisation of garlic cultivation — from clove preparation (LIDE splitters) and planting (mechanical PLMA and pneumatic PLNA), through harvesting (ARAT and ARCO harvesters), to post-harvest lines (cleaning, calibration, peeling, packing). The range is complemented by potato planters and diggers as well as mechanical seed drills. In Poland, distribution is handled by RUTHENIA ALBA.
Broch models and solutions
LIDE
Garlic clove splitter and grader: the first step to even planting
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WarzywaPLMA-6
Mechanical garlic planter — PLMA series (2–6 rows)
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Pneumatic bulb planter — garlic, onion, spring onion, potato microtubers (3–8 rows)
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WarzywaARAT
Garlic combine-binder, lifts with tops, binds into bundles (1–3 rows)
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WarzywaARCO
Garlic combine with top removal – chute into collection sack (1–4 rows)
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Automatic garlic peeler — dry peeling with compressed air
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WarzywaC-4
4-row potato planter — C series, row spacing 70–100 cm
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Potato diggers — 2-row, hydraulic drive (series A)
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Post-harvest line for garlic, onion and potato — reception → cleaning → calibration → packing
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Broch — maszyny w obiektywie
Context and next steps
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The most common questions we hear from farms before purchase.
We have collected the questions we most often hear from farms before purchase — and the answers from our engineers. Every answer is based on verified knowledge of the machine.
- manufacturer's materials
- dokumentacji technicznej
- questions asked by farms
Answers based on the experience of thousands of farms in Europe.
In garlic cultivation mechanisation. Broch builds a complete range from clove preparation (LIDE splitter), through planting (mechanical PLMA, pneumatic PLNA) and harvesting (ARAT and ARCO harvesters), to post-harvest lines (cleaning, grading, peeling, packing). The range is complemented by potato machines and mechanical seed drills.
Yes. The pneumatic PLNA planter is suited not only to garlic but also to onions, spring onions and potato minitubers. The mechanical PLMA is dedicated to garlic.
Broch (J.J.Broch, S.L.) produces in Arganda del Rey, near Madrid, in Spain; the company's roots go back to a foundry from 1954. In Poland, distribution is handled by RUTHENIA ALBA.
ARAT binds garlic into bundles with the tops retained (for traditional curing), while ARCO cuts off the tops and drops only the bulbs into a sack, for harvesting with a small crew when the tops are not needed.
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