Impact Parameters Related to Post Harvest Bruising of Apples

Brusewitz, G. H.; Bartsch, James A.

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“…Fruit sensitivity is related to its physical properties and environmental conditions that determine the physical properties changing susceptibility (Menessatti and Paglia, 2001;Bielza et al, 2003). Many studies have been undertaken to evaluate the effect of the physical properties of fruit on susceptibility to bruising [potatoes (Peterson and Hall, 1975;Bajema et al, 1998), apples and pears (García et al, 1995), peaches (Brusewitz and Bartsch, 1989) and tomatoes (Allende et al, 2004)]. …”

Section: Product Manipulation and Physical Properties Of Horticulturamentioning

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Review. Technologies for robot grippers in pick and place operations for fresh fruits and vegetables

Blanes

Mellado

Ortíz

et al. 1970

Span. j. agric. res.

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Robotics has been introduced in industry to replace humans in arduous and repetitive tasks, to reduce labour costs and to ensure consistent quality control of the process. Nowadays robots are cheaper, can work in hostile and dirty environments and they are able to manipulate products at high speed. High speed and reliability and low robot gripper costs are necessary for a profitable pick and place (P&P) process. However, current grippers are not able to handle these products properly because they have uneven shapes, are flexible and irregular, have different textures and are very sensitive to being damaged. This review brings together the requirements and phases used in the process of manipulation, summarises and analyses of the existing, potential and emerging techniques and their possibilities for the manipulation of fresh horticultural products from a detailed study of their characteristics. It considers the difficulties and the lack of engineers to conceive of and implement solutions. Contact grippers with underactuated mechanism and suction cups could be a promising approach for the manipulation of fresh fruit and vegetables. Ongoing study is still necessary on the characteristics and handling requirements of fresh fruit and vegetables in order to design grippers which are suitable for correct manipulation, at high speed, in profitable P&P processes for industrial applications.Additional key words: food manipulation; horticulture grasp; postharvest science and technology; robotic product handling. ResumenRevisión. Tecnologías en garras robotizadas para operaciones de coger y dejar productos hortofrutícolas frescos La robótica ha sido introducida en la industria para reemplazar a los humanos en tareas arduas y repetitivas, reducir mano de obra y para asegurar una calidad constante de los procesos. Actualmente los robos son más baratos, capaces de manipular productos a alta velocidad y de trabajar en ambientes hostiles. Por tanto, los robots pueden trabajar en operaciones de "coger y dejar" (pick & place, P&P) con frutas y hortalizas frescas. Para un proceso rentable de P&P, son necesarias una alta velocidad y fiabilidad, así como un bajo coste de los sistemas de agarre. Este artículo de revisión recopila las necesidades y fases empleadas en el proceso de manipulación, reuniendo y analizando las técnicas existentes, potenciales y emergentes y sus posibilidades de aplicación para la manipulación de productos hortofrutícolas frescos a partir del estudio detallado de sus características. Considera las dificultades y la falta de ingenieros para concebir e implementar soluciones. Los autores proponen las alternativas más prometedoras para acometer este difícil problema y consideran la necesidad de seguir estudiando las características de frutas y vegetales frescos y las necesidades de manipulación. Las garras de contacto con mecanismos infra-actuados y ventosas o agarrar el producto sin contacto pueden ser las alternativas más prometedoras para manipular frutas y vegetales frescos. Es necesario continuar e...

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Review. Technologies for robot grippers in pick and place operations for fresh fruits and vegetables

Blanes

Mellado

Ortíz

et al. 1970

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Unlike processed food products, fruits continue respiring and are physiologically active during storage and distribution. They are susceptible to various biochemical processes, which may result in the decrease of firmness, change of pigment contents, and loss of water, vitamins, and sugar contents (Brusewitz and Bartsch, 1989;Garcia et al, 1995). Also, contamination by microorganisms can spoil fruit before they reach the consumers.…”

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Effects of Packaging Materials Processed with Oak Charcoal on the Quality of Oriental Pears during Storage and Distribution

Jung¹,

Kim²,

Auras³

2010

Journal of Biosystems Engineering

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The packaging of fruits is very important because appropriate packaging can optimize the maintenance of freshness of fruits during their distribution in low or normal temperatures until the products reach consumers. The focus of this study was on the use of functional packaging materials for the post-harvest maintenance of the freshness of fruits. Oak charcoal has excellent far infrared emission and ethylene absorption qualities, and we developed a charcoal-processing packaging linerboard to evaluate the possibility for the use of charcoal as a functional packaging material for pears. Oriental pears of the Niitaka cultivar used in this study account for about 70% of pears harvested every year, and are a very popular domestic fruit in Korea. Pears packaged in packaging materials processed with charcoal were of significantly higher quality (p<0.05) than those packaged with conventional packaging materials, suggesting that charcoal-processed packaging materials can be used as functional packaging material for extending the storability and distribution time of fruits. Charcoal-coated linerboard was shown to be the most appropriate packaging material based on its compression strength, ethylene absorption performance, and the firmness and minimal weight loss of pears.

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“…1 One of the major losses of fruits after harvest is bruise damage caused by compression, impact, and vibration during transportation and handling. 2 Bruising results in rejection of the fruits at the destined markets. Studies on various factors affecting bruising of fruits have been previously reported on apples, [3][4][5] peaches 6 and strawberries.…”

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Comparison of reusable and single‐use plastic and paper shipping containers for distribution of fresh pineapples

2007

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This paper presents the effects of different packaging systems and fruit orientation on bruising and pre-cooling time of pineapples during distribution. The package types studied were reusable plastic containers, single-use paper corrugated containers and plastic foam containers (FCs). Simulated vibration tests were performed to evaluate the shipping containers on their protective performances. After the vibration tests, pineapples were evaluated for bruise damage and decay during storage for 5 days. Pineapple fleshes were also evaluated for bruise volume and changes in colour, firmness, total soluble solids content (TSS) and titratable acidity (TA) after storage of 5 days. Bruise damage was more intense as the storage time increased. Package types had significant effects (p ≤ 0.05) on bruise damage of pineapples. The corrugated containers showed the best protective performance for pineapples, while the FCs showed the worst. The corrugated containers with paperboard partitions showed the lowest damage levels as compared to other package types studied. Foam-net cushion reduced bruise damage of pineapples. L values and firmness of pineapple flesh were highly associated with degree of bruising. The results suggested that slight bruising on the skin may signify severe bruising on the flesh and bruising accelerated decay in pineapples. Orientation did not show a significant effect (p ≤ 0.05) on bruising. The highest pre-cooling rates were observed in the reusable plastic containers, while the slowest rates were observed in the single-use paper containers. The results indicated that careful handling in the proper packaging with optimum cushion can minimize bruise damage and decay of pineapples after shipments.

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Impact Parameters Related to Post Harvest Bruising of Apples

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Review. Technologies for robot grippers in pick and place operations for fresh fruits and vegetables

Review. Technologies for robot grippers in pick and place operations for fresh fruits and vegetables

Effects of Packaging Materials Processed with Oak Charcoal on the Quality of Oriental Pears during Storage and Distribution

Comparison of reusable and single‐use plastic and paper shipping containers for distribution of fresh pineapples

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