期刊
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
卷 121, 期 -, 页码 282-289出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2016.01.004
关键词
Fruit quality; Mechanical harvesting; Cushion material; Catching surface
资金
- Washington State University Agricultural Research Center federal formula funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institutes for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) [WNP0745, WNP0728]
- USDA Special Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program [WPN03320]
Fruit bruise damage induced by mechanical impact is the most critical obstacle for the application of mechanical harvesting on fresh-market sweet cherries. One of main sources of fruit bruise is the mechanical impact by fruit catching surfaces occurring in fruit collection during mechanical harvesting. The goal of this research was to investigate the effect of cushion material, fruit drop height, and tilt angle of catching surface on fruit bruise damage. Three catching surfaces with five tilt angles from 0 to 60 were used to catch fruits freely dropped from heights of 0.3-2.1 m. The impact force and deformation of cushion materials was measured by a force sensing unit and a high speed camera, respectively. Results showed that maximum impact force increased linearly with drop height and was reduced by cushion materials with sufficient thickness. The fruit damage percentages of cushion material 1 and 2 were 25.0-89.0% and 72.0-100.0% less than that of non-cushion material at drop height of 0.3-2.1 m at 0 tilt angle, respectively. Results also shown catching surfaces with tilt angle reduced bruise damage substantially. Damage percentage of catching surfaces at 60 tilt angle was around 75.0% less than that at 0 non-cushion and cushion material when fruit were dropped from 1.5 m. The results show that catching surfaces with cushion materials at a tilt angle of 60 might be a promise for mechanical harvesting of fruits with low fruit bruise damage. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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