Plant for treating horticultural products
AssigneeUnitec S.P.A.
InventorLuca Benedetti
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Abstract
A plant for the treatment of horticultural products, the plant including at least one line for the handling and treatment of horticultural products, provided at least with a system for the discrete conveyance of the horticultural products; a detection station, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit; a distribution station, which is configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two separate collection stations, on the basis of commands sent by the electronic element as a function of the information acquired at least by the detection station, The line has at least one expulsion apparatus, which is arranged along the portion upstream of the detection station.
Claims10
A plant for the treatment of horticultural products, comprising at least one line for handling and treatment of horticultural products, provided at least with:
- a conveyance system configured to convey the horticultural products, which operates along at least one portion of said line and comprises a plurality of accommodation units which are configured to move in a cyclic manner along said portion, said plurality of accommodation units being configured for conveyance in respective predefined positions of corresponding products at said plurality of accommodation units,
- a detection station, which is arranged along said portion and is configured to acquire information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit in said respective predefined positions and to transmit said information to an electronic control, and
- a distribution station, which is arranged downstream of said detection station and is configured for selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two separate collection stations, on a basis of commands sent by said electronic control and management element as a function of the information acquired at least by said detection station,
- wherein said line comprises at least one expulsion apparatus, which is arranged along said portion upstream of said detection station and is configured to apply, at least at respective predefined instants, a pushing action of only products disposed in an area that are different from said predefined positions toward said area that is different from said predefined positions and is normally free from products, at least at said instants, and which is adapted to apply a forced unloading from said units of any products that might be present in said area that is different from said predefined positions while products correctly positioned in said respective predefined positions are not affected by said expulsion apparatus and continue to be conveyed undisturbed.
A plant for the treatment of horticultural products, comprising at least one line for handling and treatment of horticultural products, provided at least with:
- a system for discrete conveyance of the horticultural products, which operates along at least one portion of said line and comprises a plurality of discrete accommodation units which are configured to move in a cyclic manner along said portion, said plurality of discrete accommodation units being configured for conveyance in respective predefined positions of corresponding products at said plurality of discrete accommodation units,
- a detection station, which is arranged along said portion and is configured to acquire information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit in said respective predefined positions and to transmit said information to an electronic control and management element, and
- a distribution station, which is arranged downstream of said detection station and is configured for selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two separate collection stations, on a basis of commands sent by said electronic control and management element as a function of the information acquired at least by said detection station,
- wherein said line comprises at least one expulsion apparatus, which is arranged along said portion upstream of said detection station and is configured to apply, at least at respective predefined instants, a pushing action of only products disposed in an area that are different from said predefined positions toward said area that is different from said predefined positions and is normally free from products, at least at said instants, and which is adapted to apply a forced unloading from said units of any products that might be present in said area that is different from said predefined positions while products correctly positioned in said respective predefined positions are not affected by said expulsion apparatus and continue to be conveyed undisturbed, and
- wherein said line comprises at least one presence sensor, which is arranged upstream of said at least one expulsion apparatus and is configured to detect presence of products in said area toward which said pushing action of said at least one expulsion apparatus is directed, said sensor being associated with an actuation device configured to actuate said apparatus, for selective activation of the pushing action as a function of the actual presence of products in said area.
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