Apparatus for treating horticultural products, such as blueberries and the like
AssigneeUnitec S.P.A.
InventorLuca BENEDETTI
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AssigneeUnitec S.P.A.
InventorLuca BENEDETTI
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An apparatus for treating horticultural products, such as blueberries and the like, includes in series at least one station for loading the horticultural products, at least one preliminary checking station, at least one alignment station for their subsequent advancement aligned on at least one row, at least one viewing station for acquiring information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product, such as the color, size, shape, sugar content, defectiveness, and the like, at least one distribution station for sorting the products into uniform subgroups as a function of the information acquired by the viewing station, and at least one recirculation apparatus for returning, at least to the viewing station, any horticultural products that have not been sorted by the distribution station.
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An apparatus for treating horticultural products, the apparatus comprising in series at least one station for loading the horticultural products, at least one preliminary checking station, at least one alignment station for their subsequent advancement aligned on at least one row, at least one viewing station for acquiring information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product, at least one distribution station for sorting the products into uniform subgroups, as a function of the information acquired by said viewing station, and at least one recirculation apparatus for returning, at least to said viewing station, any horticultural products that have not been sorted by said at least one distribution station, further comprising at least one sensor for detecting any presence of horticultural products, which is arranged downstream of said at least one distribution station along a transit line of said products, which leads to said at least one recirculation apparatus, said at least one detection sensor being associated with at least one electronic control and management unit provided with at least one module for counting the number of detected horticultural products.
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