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Development of defective fish egg sorting machine with colour sensor for trout facilities
Author(s) -
Yavuzer Emre
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/are.13831
Subject(s) - trout , sorting , reuse , biology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , process (computing) , production (economics) , automotive engineering , computer science , ecology , engineering , programming language , operating system , macroeconomics , economics
The most important problem at the top of the list faced by trout producers is broken eggs. In this study, a further improved machine that is capable of distinguishing defective eggs from good ones with colour sensors is developed. The most important parts for the machine's operation are the colour sensor, a vertically rotating CD‐like disk, a water spray valve, and a motor‐pump to reuse the used water in the system. The process of separating robust and defective eggs from their own chambers uses a simple motor‐driven spraying valve that produces a water gun level pressure. The water that these valves require is circulating within the system. Since the device uses a simple motor‐pump and the PLC connected to the sensors draws low electrical currents, the energy consumption is also very low. The improved device has been tested in a trout production facility with a production capacity of 499 tons/year and has been observed to be successfully distinguishing the eggs.