Root
crop separator, in particular a fine haulm
elevator, for separating a
crop flow into haulm and
root crops, comprising a first
conveyor belt (12), in particular designed as a
sieve belt, which is mounted on a
machine frame (3) of the root
crop separator and which forms a first conveying section (16) between a first deflection unit (18) and a second deflection unit (20), wherein in operation in the first conveying section (16) the crop
lying on the first
conveyor belt (12) is conveyed towards a second
conveyor belt (14) of the root crop separator, which is in particular pivotably mounted on the
machine frame (3), wherein the second conveyor belt (14), in particular a
hedgehog belt, forms an inclined second conveying section (26) between an upper and a lower deflection unit (28, 30),wherein in operation a part of the harvested crop, in particular in the form of haulm, is conveyed against gravity from the circulating second conveyor belt (14) up the second conveyor section (26), and another part of the harvested crop, in particular in the form of
root crops, moves downwards against the movement of the second conveyor belt due to gravity, characterized in that at least one of the two conveyor belts (12, 14) is assigned at least one adjusting device (40) by means of which at least one guide unit (34) of this conveyor belt (12, 14) is adjustable, in particular relative to the
machine frame (3), such that by actuating the adjusting device (40) the orientation of two subsections of the conveyor section (16, 26) towards each other and in particular the orientation of the subsection (44, 42) closer to the other conveyor belt (12, 14) changes.