Facility
used for applying chemical test substances to plants
for research purposes. Test series are performed
in a realistic way in keeping with actual forms
of agriculture. These tests can be carried out with
any number of dilution series.
Procedure:
Plant
conveyance:
- operator positions seedlings placed on grid
pallets on the
conveying
belt
Introduction
of testing substance:
-
three possibilities to add the parent solution:
either
by a direct picking up from a third-party
machine,
by
manual decanting into a beaker or by manual
positioning
of
an encoded flask
Test
series:
-
the mixing process of the substance is being
calculated
by
a ruling database
Specifications:
Plant
conveyance:
- long, accumulating conveyor belt in a wash-down
design
Transportation
of substance:
-
accumulating transportation system for beakers
containing
the
substance with beaker carriers equipped with
RFID
-
utilisation of three different types of beakers
Beaker
dispenser:
-
feeding of empty beakers into conveyed beaker
carriers
for
bottled parent solutions or dilution series
Introduction
of substance in flasks:
-
bar-code recognition of individual substances
-
opening of stoppers
-
dosing of primary diluting agent
-
ultrasonic mixing station
-
decanting of solution into beakers
Diluting
station:
-
making of dilution series based on the parent
solution
Reversal
station:
-
reversal of complete dilution series
Applying
cabin:
-
cabin offering different kinds of applications
-
enclosure equipped with several nozzles
-
positioning of spray nozzles controlled by
recipe
-
spray fog monitoring
-
integrated cleaning system controlled by recipe
-
handling of plant grids controlled by recipe
-
built-in ventilating system
-
visual application control
Disposal:
-
disposal of beakers and residual substance
Various:
-
integrated waste water collecting system
-
pure water distribution system
-
solvent diffusion system
-
connexion of the installation to a plant drying
system
