Linear installation for leaflessness of vegetable-type plants such as lettuce with elimination of the stem / stem of said plants.

摘要

linear installation leafless type plants vegetables such as lettuce with elimination of the stalk / stem of said vegetables, said installation (1), an alignment module (2) to align and move the plants to defoliate (PL) in a first direction feed (SA1); a second endless conveyor belt (3) with receiving cups (30) to deposit and placement of the plant to defoliate (PL) with the bottom of the stalk / stem (T) generally upward, moving the receiving cups in a second direction feed (SA2) which continues from the first sense of advance; a first machine vision cabin (4) with means (40) for acquiring images of the respective plant to defoliate deposited on a respective receiving cup; data processing means (5) which it uses images acquired by image acquisition means (40) defoliating plants; at least one robot (6) adapted to capture a respective plant defoliating (PL) from a respective receiving cup (30) and adapted to transfer the captured to a cutting position (POC) plant; at least one cutting device (7) for cutting a lower portion of a respective plant defoliating captured; a third endless conveyor belt (8) for depositing and moving the plant to defoliate and cut inferiorly (PLCI) in a third direction of feed (SA3) parallel to the second advancement direction (SA2); a second cabin artificial vision (9) comprising second means for imaging (90), to be used by the processing means (5) for calculating a respective diameter (DTC) of the stalk / stem (T) of each plant defoliate and inferiorly cut deposited on said third conveyor (8); at least one die module (10) for cutting the stalk / stem (T) of each respective plant to defoliate and cut deposited on the third endless belt conveyor (8); an extraction system (11) connected to the die (10) to evacuate a respective stalk / stem (T) cut; and a fourth conveyor (12) to output the cut sheet extending below and conveyor along the second (3) and third (8) tapes for collecting cut / detached plant leaves to defoliate / plants to defoliate already cut.