TTA ISO MaxSorter Grader

High speed seedling grading machine.

The MaxSorter is a fully automated solution that transplants and sorts young plants into a maximum of four grades.

Within the MaxSorter the donor trays with plant material are manually placed on the in feed conveyor where trays can be buffered. The chain belt automatically positions the donor trays at the pick up position.

When the donor tray is planted, the pick and place unit moves to the first row and picks up plugs from the donor tray with automatically disinfected plant grippers. At the same time, a pusher pin system comes up from underneath and pushes up the plants, especially made for plant material with under or overdeveloped roots. 

The disinfection system consists of two water basins, one equipped with a heating element and the other without, which cools the plant grippers. Clients can adjust the temperature to the desired level for plant disinfection.

The pick and place unit moves to the selection position. At this position, the imaging system evaluates each individual plant in the plant gripper by using camera units. The plants are then sorted into two, three or four grades. The rejected plants or plugs will be collected.

The machine results can be recorded in a log file and are readily available for integration, facilitating data mining into a software system.

Specifications:

Operators
1

Capacity per hour
6000 to 12 000 plugs