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Sensor-based Automated Continuous Grader for Spherical Fruits

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Title Sensor-based Automated Continuous Grader for Spherical Fruits
 
Creator Selvan, Shilpa S
Edukondalu, L
Kumar, A Ashok
Madhava, M
 
Subject Digital weight indicator
Load cell
Microcontroller
Servo motors
Weight grader
 
Description 244-253
Weight grading is capable of more scrupulous separation than dimensional grading and reduces labor cost, damage, time,
and power demand and also improves grading efficiency and accuracy. Hence a low-cost sensor-based grader for spherical
fruits was developed and evaluated. The developed grader comprises of fruit feeding tray, fruit controlling shaft with gate
arrangement, Electronic Control Unit (ECU), mainframe, belt conveyor, power transmission system, and collection baskets.
The ECU consists of a load cell to sense the weight of the fruit, an amplifier to amplify the sensor data, a microcontroller to
process the sensor signal and activate the corresponding motor and servo motors to push the fruit towards the basket by
activating lever mounted on it. The machine is capable of weighing and grading the fruits into four different grades (grade I:
>150 g, grade II: 130–150 g, grade III: 110–130 g and grade IV:
 
Date 2022-03-08T06:44:31Z
2022-03-08T06:44:31Z
2022-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59314
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JSIR Vol.81(03) [March 2022]