• DocumentCode
    1361766
  • Title

    Online fruit weighing using a 500 MHz waveguide cavity

  • Author

    de Waal, Alta ; Mercer, S. ; Downing, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    2/18/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    212
  • Lastpage
    213
  • Abstract
    A system for measuring the weight of apples and oranges moving along a conveyor belt is described. The system relies on the effect of the moisture in the fruit on the resonant frequency and the Q-factor of a resonant waveguide cavity
  • Keywords
    microwave measurement; weighing; Q-factor; apples; conveyor belt; online fruit weighing; oranges; resonant frequency; waveguide cavity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    5611
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1361766