Innovative & advanced automation root crop sortation system to remove foreign objects, damaged and diseased crop, thus improving selected crop quality, maximising revenue, minimising waste, reducing technology cost & replacing ‘hard to find’ labour

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• 批准号: 10074342
• 金额: $ 40.75万
• 依托单位: TONG ENGINEERING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074342
• 关键词: Innovative; advanced; automation; root; crop

Tong Engineering Ltd is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high quality vegetable grading and handling equipment. We have over 90 years of experience in manufacturing advanced and intelligent handling systems for efficient grading, washing, polishing and processing of a wide variety of crop.There is growing 'desire' in the market place for crop quality assurance systems both from growers and processors, but for growers in particular, currently available system costs are prohibitive.We aim to create a versatile, low cost quality assurance system that utilises the latest Artificial Intelligence software and conveyor handling technology. We aim to combine this with new designs of mechanical sorting hardware to create a reliable, low cost sorting system. We also want the system to be quickly and easily re-deployed for vegetables such as potatoes, onions, carrots, parsnips, swede and beetroot.The system will be used to segregate foreign objects and vegetables with defects away from 'good' crop. These systems can be deployed at the farmer's store or in the processor's 'goods in yard' or in the processing factory to assess crop quality.We aim to lower the capital cost of such systems and improve their versatility so they can be re-deployed on other root crops quickly and easily.

通工程有限公司是世界领先的高品质蔬菜分级和处理设备的制造商之一。我们在制造先进的智能处理系统方面拥有超过90年的经验，用于各种作物的高效分级，清洗，抛光和加工。市场上种植者和加工商对作物质量保证系统的需求越来越大，但特别是对于种植者来说，目前可用的系统成本过高。我们的目标是创造一个多功能，低成本的质量保证系统，利用最新的人工智能软件和输送机处理技术。我们的目标是将联合收割机与机械分拣硬件的新设计相结合，以创建可靠、低成本的分拣系统。我们还希望该系统能快速方便地重新部署，用于土豆、洋葱、胡萝卜、防风草、瑞典菜和甜菜根等蔬菜。该系统将用于将异物和有缺陷的蔬菜与“好”作物隔离开来。这些系统可以部署在农民的商店或加工商的“院子里的货物”或加工厂，以评估作物质量。我们的目标是降低此类系统的资本成本，提高其多功能性，以便它们可以快速轻松地重新部署在其他块根作物上。