AUTOMATION
TLT Automation’s tilting bed system
Tack: ‘Ultimately
the robot will pay for itself,
especially in high-wage
regions such as Europe, North America and Australia’
This system was explained in detail in the previ- ous edition of MB. This is also a system where the beds are moved to an room opposite after 13 days. This farm, constructed by TLT Automation, can be admired in Neumunster in Flanders, Belgium. There are advanced plans to expand Stefaan Lapierre’s farm, and several projects are also in the pipeline for brothers Jan-Baptist and Jan-Emiel Tack. The brothers have built a farm according to their own vision, which is quite different from the farms we are used to. For example, the growing rooms feature single- column shelving, which seems to be making a comeback. The floor in the growing rooms is
higher than in the harvesting rooms to ensure better air distribution. A standard filling machine that makes a separation in the middle fills the two, adjacent beds of 75 cm wide. The aim is to create standard air distribution in the growing rooms, where the mushrooms are cultivated in the usual way. The automatic watering system in the growing rooms sprays from the side. After 13-14 days, the nets with the mushrooms are pulled to the rooms on the other side by a simple frame, installed in the corridor between the rooms. This space has been kept limited as it is only used for that purpose, and the frame is also a very simple installation. The beds are positio- ned directly opposite each other, so the nets don’t need to be pulled at an angle. The pinning rooms are filled on one side, then transferred to the rooms on the other side. In the harvesting
TLT tilting shelves with conveyor belt for mushrooms.
Pickers can easily work with both hands on tilting shelves.
The TLT Automation philosophy: simplify the process of harvesting with both hands, then transport the mushrooms from the room.
38 MUSHROOM BUSINESS
The TLT sorting robot can distinguish 11 different grades with the help of images taken from four sides.
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