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Automated Sorting Of Oriented Tobacco Leaves, Larry G. Wells, M. J. Bader
Automated Sorting Of Oriented Tobacco Leaves, Larry G. Wells, M. J. Bader
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications
A mechanism has been developed which removes cured burley tobacco leaves from plants so that midribs are oriented parallel. A photosensor was utilized to count leaves as they were removed and a microprocessor determined the number of leaves allocated to each of three grades. Experiments indicated that 84% of leaves removed could be correctly sorted with a 2.4% material loss at an effective rate of approximately 2.4 times that of conventional methods.