The development of a mushroom harvesting machine to increase yield and production while reducing waste and labour shortage risk

开发蘑菇收获机以提高产量和产量，同时减少浪费和劳动力短缺风险

• 批准号: 133611
• 金额: $ 8.92万
• 依托单位: MUSHROOM MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=133611
• 关键词: development; mushroom; harvesting; machine; increase

"Currently, fresh mushrooms are intensively farmed and picked, trimmed and packed manually. Manual trimming introduces variability to the base of the stalk which costs farmers up to 10% wastage through unnecessary loss in weight and profit. Accurate mushroom weighing in real time i.e. as cut and packed, means punnet weights can be more accurately assessed and profits lost through over-weight tolerances can be reduced by up to 10%. Workers suffer through manual picking as the risk of cutting their hands and contaminating the punnets is high. This, along with unsociable working hours of around 7am-9pm, causes farmers to face shortages of labour.The Gamechanger mushroom cutting machine will provide accurate trimming of mushroom stalks that will improve the yield, and subsequently profit, for the farmers. Improved working conditions will be provided for workers through better hours and de-risking their roles.The ability to increase the speed of the machine and the validity of introducing a vacuum mechanism for the individual weight and packing of the mushrooms will be investigated through this project."

“目前，新鲜蘑菇是集中养殖和采摘，修剪和手工包装。人工修剪会导致秸秆基部的变化，这会使农民因不必要的重量和利润损失而损失高达10%的浪费。在真实的时间（即切割和包装时）进行准确的蘑菇称重，意味着可以更准确地评估整篮重量，并且可以将因超重公差而造成的利润损失减少多达10%。工人们忍受着手工采摘的痛苦，因为割破手和污染小篮的风险很高。沿着而来的是上午7点至晚上9点之间的不和谐工作时间，导致农民面临劳动力短缺。Gamechanger蘑菇切割机将提供准确的蘑菇茎修剪，这将提高产量，从而为农民带来利润。通过更好的工作时间和降低工作风险，将为工人提供更好的工作条件。通过该项目，将研究提高机器速度的能力以及引入真空机制对蘑菇的单个重量和包装的有效性。"