At location G. of Beekenkamp Plants in ’s - Gravenzande , young works ( fruiting vegetables ) are grown under glass on 10 hectare . We spoke to Erno Starre , adjunct society manager , there about labor movement . For lesson , how many people are needed to transplant 12,000 plants per hr ? Erno : " In the peak period , we necessitate 8 to 12 people for transplants , each of whom can handle about 1,000 plants on middling . You also have an hustler and a equipment driver on the line , which brings the sum on officious days to 14 citizenry , " explain Erno , assistant ship’s company managing director at the G. van Beekenkamp Plants site in ’s - Gravenzande .
But things can be done more efficiently : with Flier Systems ' raw transplanter , which can process 12,000 plants per hour , Erno only needs three people around the line . However , a different type of people . Erno : " Because the machine has become a fleck more complex , we work with two operators and a stop hustler . "
Planting in stone fleece stop
trade union movement savingsErno : " When search for a good machine for transplanting , using the existing gemstone woollen line , we put our desires and idea to several company , after which we finally came to an agreement with Flier . " The intention of any mechanization is to make a quality change , improve the process and thin out / improve confinement . With the arrival of the transplanter ( which processes tomato , pepper , aubergine , and courgette plants ) , they now no longer transplant by handwriting on the stone wool cable . As a result , Erno is looking less for temporary workers who can process a lot of plant quickly and more for operators . As most companies have , recruiting stave is difficult , so finding those operators is n’t well-fixed either .
ledger entry side trays
Cameras assess plantAfter putting their head word together with Flier a few time , it was then decided to combine a number of exist techniques . " Plants are sown and grafted into a rockwool plug at our billet . These are off from the tray and placed in a cup on a conveyor knock . Then they pass an Aris tv camera system . That arrangement assesses the plants through a top and side camera . So we have the options to tax the plants on top - sphere , side - area and acme . you could decide whether the plant must meet all the requirements or 1 or 2 of these options . If the industrial plant meet the requirements , then it may be transplanted . "
Route and standPlants that do not slip by as survival of the fittest 1 go on a turnout but are not destroyed . They are put back in a tray . Erno : " We can still use these later on if too few plants have occur out of the first pick . That does n’t hap very often in drill , by the way . The plants that get through the first selection are put on the right track and transplanted into the rockwool blocks by the machine . "
" We can also apply this computer software to reverse all plants at a certain angle . By indicating which leaf to attend at , the loving cup , after appraisal , move around the plant into the right position so that they are transplanted at the same angle . This , in spell , has a keen advantage when it come to sticking . "
Output side
HygieneAt Beekenkamp , the hygienics protocol ( GSPP ) is of import , and this has also been invested in . Thus , the new transplanter also had to include several choice to assure hygienics . The cups are disinfect by UV lighter every round . For disinfecting the grippers , you’re able to set up the interval at which they should be dipped into a container of germicide .
combine live systemsThe software with cameras is not the only arrangement that had to be mix . Erno : " We had a stone fleece line of products from Visser , and a political machine from Flier come on top of it . We then shortened Visser ’s crinkle and put Flier ’s in between . It was significant to put a new piece in between because we take to make a straight positioning to put the plugs by properly . Flier ’s novel piece suspend a level of rockwool block into 1 straight words of 12 blocks that runs under the transplanter , so you always have full-strength locating . "
" Transplanting runs well because of that straight placement , " Erno says . " Besides unbent transplant , by changing the gripper set , we can also transplant the plugs half - tilted . Something that is desirable for Madagascar pepper plants , for exercise . "
Combining unlike organisation in this way always take some doing , but at Beekenkamp Plants , they are happy with how affair are going so far . " Once it was up and run , Flier also did everything possible to make further improvement . We work well together . "
For more information : Flier SystemsZuideinde 49 , 2991 LJBarendrecht , the NetherlandsTel . : +31 180 61 50 55[email protected]www.fliersystems.com
Beekenkamp PlantsKorte Kruisweg 141 , 2676 BSMaasdijk , the NetherlandsMob.:+31 ( 0)6 83 96 59 79[email protected]www.beekenkamp.nl
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