Comparison of electronic fruits for impact Detection on a laboratory scale

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 7140-7155

  Praeger, Ulrike ^a   Surdilovic, Jelena ^a   Truppel, Ingo ^a   Herold, Bernd ^a   Geyer, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drop simulator; Electronic fruit; Impact acceleration; Impact force; Mechanical load; Potato; Processing line simulator

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC COMPLIANCE; IMPACT FORCE; MECHANICAL IMPACTS; MECHANICAL LOADS; POTATO; PROCESSING LINES; SENSITIVE MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DROPS; FRUITS; SIMULATORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84878854175     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130607140     Document Type: Article

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