A Pressure Measuring Sphere for monitoring handling of fruit and vegetables

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-88

  Herold, B ^a   Truppel, I ^a   Siering, G ^a   Geyer, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial fruit; Fruit handling; Pressure measuring sphere; Vegetable handling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FRUITS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROCOMPUTERS; PRESSURE; SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL FRUIT; FLUID PRESSURE SENSING UNIT; FRUIT HANDLING; PRESSURE MEASURING SPHERE; VEGETABLE HANDLING;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0030146021     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1699(96)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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