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Machinery, Facilities and Installations for Food Industry

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2023) | Viewed by 4300

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ioan Ţenu

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Department of Pedotechnics, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences from Iasi, 700490 Iasi, Romania
Interests: machinery and equipment for food industry; agricultural machinery; tribology with applications in machines and installations for agriculture and food
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Prof. Dr. Rosca Radu

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Department of Pedotechnics, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, 700490 Iasi, Romania
Interests: refrigerating installations; internal combustion engines; agricultural equipment; tire–soil interaction models; alternative fuels
Dr. Petru-Marian Carlescu

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Department, Food Technologies, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, 700490 Iasi, Romania
Interests: machinery and equipment for food industry; processes and unit operations for the food industry; computer-aided design; industrial process modelling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The development of technological processes and technologies for the food industry, as an imperative requirement for the diversification and the improvement of the quality of products necessary for the nutrition of human beings, requires continuous research for the development, improvement and optimization of the construction and operation of the specific machineries and installations. The related research should take into account all the necessary steps for the development of the theoretical foundations regarding the mathematical modeling and automatization of the working processes on which the design and fabrication of equipment, machinery and installations for food industry are based.

At the same time, in order to increase the efficiency of the production and diversification of the food products, researchers should aim to consider unprecedented areas of study for the development, diversification and automatization of technological lines, which should address the requirements regarding the environment and food safety, as well as the ones regarding the decrease in energy consumption.

Considering all the aspects mentioned above and being aware of the research themes specific to the equipment and machinery for food industry, we invite researchers, academic staff and engineers with significant scientific results in the advancement of this field to submit their work for publication in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Ioan Ţenu
Prof. Dr. Rosca Radu
Dr. Petru-Marian Carlescu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • machinery and installations
  • technological lines
  • food products
  • mechanization
  • automation
  • robots
  • modelling
  • food safety
  • consumption reduction
  • maintenance
  • reliability

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Development of an Optical System with an Orientation Module to Detect Surface Damage to Potato Tubers
by Alexey Dorokhov, Alexander Aksenov, Alexey Sibirev, Dmitry Hort, Maxim Mosyakov, Nikolay Sazonov and Maria Godyaeva
Agriculture 2023, 13(6), 1188; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061188 - 2 Jun 2023
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This method is a variant of non-destructive multiparametric surface analysis and includes the implementation of hyperspectral and RGB image processing approaches from different angles. This work is based on a fundamental hyperspectral survey system for obtaining data on scanned biological objects in many [...] Read more.
This method is a variant of non-destructive multiparametric surface analysis and includes the implementation of hyperspectral and RGB image processing approaches from different angles. This work is based on a fundamental hyperspectral survey system for obtaining data on scanned biological objects in many spectral ranges and with several possible variants of assembling a system with different types of surface illumination with point light and diffuse illumination. The implementation of the technology through the use of a diffused light source provides the diffuse illumination of a biological object with pronounced symptoms of rarefaction on the surface of a biological object—in this case, potato tubers, due to the presence of signs of disease on the potato peel, as well as their deformation. Using broadband lamps, a short-pass filter is located between the source and the object (λ ≤ 400 nm, λ may vary depending on the excitation length), and a long-pass filter (λ ≥ 400 nm) between the root or onion and the chamber. The use of a vision system with a created database containing models of real defects in potato tubers showed a high sorting efficiency, providing an accuracy of sorting by size of 95.4%, and an accuracy by the presence of defects of 93.1%. Full article
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Method Research and Structural Design of Segmented Shrimp Clamping
by Shi Xiong, Qiaojun Luo, Junlue Li, Yunyun Feng, Ling Gan, Shenghe Bai and Xianfa Fang
Agriculture 2022, 12(12), 2118; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122118 - 9 Dec 2022
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Clamping is the key factor that restricts the full-process mechanization of directional shrimp peeling. To solve the problem of difficult clamping caused by the uncertainty of shrimp position after orientation, a segmented shrimp clamping method was proposed by analyzing the relationship between shrimp [...] Read more.
Clamping is the key factor that restricts the full-process mechanization of directional shrimp peeling. To solve the problem of difficult clamping caused by the uncertainty of shrimp position after orientation, a segmented shrimp clamping method was proposed by analyzing the relationship between shrimp conveying and clamping conditions. The contact force relationship on the shrimp meat was deduced based on mechanical analysis of the clamping process, and it was concluded that the number of segmented clamping units should be increased during the clamping process to reduce the pressure of the clamping units on the shrimp meat. A segmented shrimp clamping mechanism was designed for adaptive shrimp clamping, conveying and discharging. The profile curve model of the clamping surface was built by analyzing the shrimp section profile characteristics. According to ADAMS kinematics simulation analysis, no shrimp fell off or was damaged during the clamping process, which verified the design rationality of the segmented shrimp clamping mechanism. According to the single-factor test on a newly built shrimp clamping test bench, the optimal rotation speed range of the segmented clamping mechanism was found to be 10–20 r/min, the clamping success rate was over 92%, and the shrimp integrity rate was no less than 99%. The comparison test and performance test results showed that the segmented clamping mechanism had stronger adaptability and better clamping effect under the condition of variable interval feeding. Therefore, the segmented clamping mechanism is capable of practical application and can create stable clamping conditions for shrimp peeling. Full article
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