Evaluation of a Citrus Mobile Platform Using a Wireless Impact Recording Device

Manual citrus harvesting is an expensive operation that represents between 25-40% of the total production costs. A mobile platform prototype to assist in the harvesting of citrus fruits designed by the IVIA (Spain) has been tested in order to reduce fruit damages. The mobile platform is fitted with...

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Autores principales: González, Gyomar, Chueca, Patricia, Ortiz, Coral
Otros Autores: Groot Koerkamp, Peter
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7569
https://edepot.wur.nl/471679#page=1003
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description Manual citrus harvesting is an expensive operation that represents between 25-40% of the total production costs. A mobile platform prototype to assist in the harvesting of citrus fruits designed by the IVIA (Spain) has been tested in order to reduce fruit damages. The mobile platform is fitted with conveyor systems. The multilevel platform can accommodate 4 to 8 workers who pick the fruit and place it on a conveyor belt. The picked fruit is transported to a central conveyor belt on which the fruit is transported to the in-line sorting system that classifies the fruit in two categories using a computer vision system and directs the fruit to one of the two different binfillers. During this process the fruits are subjected to mechanical stress causing physical injuries, including skin punctures, pulp and cell rupture. An impact recording device was used to evaluate damage produced to citrus fruits. The critical points at which damage occurs were determined, and the damage levels assessed. The highest damage level was produced from the bin-fillers to the bins. Seven different shocking absorbing materials were tested in order to reduce fruit damage. Five of the seven tested materials were capable to reduce the recorded impact.
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spelling ReDivia75692025-04-25T14:52:17Z Evaluation of a Citrus Mobile Platform Using a Wireless Impact Recording Device González, Gyomar Chueca, Patricia Ortiz, Coral Groot Koerkamp, Peter Fruit damage Absorbing materials N01 Agricultural engineering N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment F01 Crop husbandry J10 Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products Mechanical harvesting Instrumented spheres Manual citrus harvesting is an expensive operation that represents between 25-40% of the total production costs. A mobile platform prototype to assist in the harvesting of citrus fruits designed by the IVIA (Spain) has been tested in order to reduce fruit damages. The mobile platform is fitted with conveyor systems. The multilevel platform can accommodate 4 to 8 workers who pick the fruit and place it on a conveyor belt. The picked fruit is transported to a central conveyor belt on which the fruit is transported to the in-line sorting system that classifies the fruit in two categories using a computer vision system and directs the fruit to one of the two different binfillers. During this process the fruits are subjected to mechanical stress causing physical injuries, including skin punctures, pulp and cell rupture. An impact recording device was used to evaluate damage produced to citrus fruits. The critical points at which damage occurs were determined, and the damage levels assessed. The highest damage level was produced from the bin-fillers to the bins. Seven different shocking absorbing materials were tested in order to reduce fruit damage. Five of the seven tested materials were capable to reduce the recorded impact. 2021-08-25T15:46:54Z 2021-08-25T15:46:54Z 2018 conferenceObject González, G., Chueca, P. & Ortiz, C. (2018). Evaluation of a Citrus Mobile PlatformUusing a Wireless Impact Recording Device. Proceedings of the European Conference on Agricultural Engineering (AgEng2018), 1003-1009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7569 10.18174/471679 https://edepot.wur.nl/471679#page=1003 en 2018-07 European Conference on Agricultural Engineering (AgEng2018) Wageningen, the Netherlands This work has been carried out within the project "Application of new technologies for a comprehensive strategy of mechanized citrus harvesting (CITRUSREC)" funded by the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA) and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain (projects RTA2014-00025- C05-01 and RTA2014-00025-C05-02) and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Wageningen University & Research electronico
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Evaluation of a Citrus Mobile Platform Using a Wireless Impact Recording Device
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