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Handling of Food Leaves for Successful Optical Inspection (AFM 167) - FT0585
Description
To assess the possibility of developing a technique to separate food leaves, eg, spinach, salad leaves, from bulk with minimal damage and present them as a closely ordered mono layer to an optical inspection system.
Project Documents
• General : Challenge of spinach leaf separation   (85k)
Time-Scale and Cost
From: 2001

To: 2002

Cost: £50,000
Contractor / Funded Organisations
University - Greenwich, Sortex Ltd, Unilever Research
Keywords
Automation              
Food and Drink              
Food Hygiene              
Food manufacturing industry              
Process Technology              
Salads              
Vegetables              
Fields of Study
Resource Efficient and Resilient Food Chain
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