Resumo:
The sugarcane is one of the most important crops for Brazilian commercial terms. Nowadays the sugarcane agro-industry processes around 300 million tons of sugarcane a year, produced in approximately 5,4 million hectares. Although the mechanized harvested area is less than 25%, it tends to increase in nest years, especially due to governmental laws. The adoption of the mechanized harvesting system causes among others the raise of strange matter and loss of raw material in the field.