Title :
Online fruit weighing using a 500 MHz waveguide cavity
Author :
de Waal, Alta ; Mercer, S. ; Downing, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch
fDate :
2/18/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A system for measuring the weight of apples and oranges moving along a conveyor belt is described. The system relies on the effect of the moisture in the fruit on the resonant frequency and the Q-factor of a resonant waveguide cavity
Keywords :
microwave measurement; weighing; Q-factor; apples; conveyor belt; online fruit weighing; oranges; resonant frequency; waveguide cavity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
