摘要 |
Apparatus for optically analysing rotationally symmetrical products, particularly fruit, for automatic sorting is disclosed. A conveying line 1, 2 transports the products past P different stations 8- 11 that optically analyse the external surface of the products. The stations are spaced apart along the conveyor and each station has at least one imaging device 12-19 oriented towards the products. The products are made to rotate as they are conveyed along the line past the stations in such a way that different faces of the product are seen by successive imaging devices. Each imaging device is arranged above the conveying line and offset laterally. Stations with multiple imaging devices have them arranged in two lateral series.
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