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Also for berries, waves of berries are visually identified and blasts the "bad ones" out of the stream. Very impressive (and fast) to watch.
by jonnycowboy 10y ago
Also for berries, waves of berries are visually identified and blasts the "bad ones" out of the stream. Very impressive (and fast) to watch.
- wickawic 10y agoI can't find the video, but apparently at some canneries there used to be a person who would very rapidly hit the tops of cans with a metal rod and listen to the noise that it made. "Bad" cans sounded different and would be removed from the line. After years of practice these workers were inhumanly fast at the job.
- igravious 10y agoAnd dead inside.
- rtkwe 10y agoIt's used for a lot of food products like chips too.
- wlesieutre 10y agoNot berries, but here's the same sort of machine: https://youtu.be/7nTtjVFuY6M?t=47 https://youtu.be/7nTtjVFuY6M?t=47 Some false positives, but it's incredible how fast those can run.
- Animats 10y agoIf you haven't seen a high speed visual sorter, it's impressive.[1] It's economically feasible, and routine, to inspect each individual berry with cameras, lasers, and computers. Size, shape, and color are all checked. Some plants even look at every grain of rice. The items are sorted with air jets. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwMDMruYyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwMDMruYyk