Title of article
Performance of papaya sizing machine
Author/Authors
Teoh, C. C. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Headquarters - Mechanization and Automation Research Centre, Malaysia , Badaruzzaman, M. N. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Headquarters - Mechanization and Automation Research Centre, Malaysia , Zamharir, A. Muhammad Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Headquarters - Mechanization and Automation Research Centre, Malaysia , Rohazrin, A. R. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Headquarters - Mechanization and Automation Research Centre, Malaysia
From page
281
To page
287
Abstract
Manual determination of weight and size of papaya is a difficult and labour intensive element of the commercial fresh fruit market. To overcome this problem, a prototype machine was developed for determination of weight and size of papaya. Load cell made of four strain gauges in a Wheatstone bridge configuration was used to determine fruit weight and size. The evaluation results showed that the prototype machine was capable of weighing and sorting the fruits into different sizes (i.e. large, medium and small) with average accuracies of 94.7% and 86.6% respectively
Keywords
papaya , size , grading , mechanical system
Journal title
Journal of Tropical Agriculture and Food Science
Journal title
Journal of Tropical Agriculture and Food Science
Record number
2576988
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