A real-time measurement system for mechanical parameters of rock slag during excavation includes a rock slag conveyor belt configured to convey rock slag; cleaning device, located on both sides of the rock slag conveyor belt, configured to clean the rock slag; an image acquisition device, located behind the cleaning device and on both sides and above the rock slag conveyor belt, configured to collect images of rock slag; an on-site loading device, for conducting on-site mechanical loading procedure on the rock slag to obtain on-site mechanical parameters. The on-site loading device includes a loading bottom plate, a push plate and a pressure head. The loading bottom plate is provided with a loading area. The push plate is located on the loading bottom plate and pushed by a pushing mechanism to push the rock slag.

A sensor head assembly for a measurement system for powderised agent includes: an elongate body having a proximal end configured to receive a fibre optic cable, and a distal end; a sensing chamber provided within the elongate body, a first window provided at a proximal side of the sensing chamber and a second window provided at a distal end of the sensing chamber; and a concave mirror mounted within the elongate body at a distal side of the second window, wherein the concave mirror is mounted such that its position within the elongate body is adjustable.

Measurements of pea tenderness comparable to those provided by mechanical tenderometers are provided through analysis of an infrared spectrum of shelled peas. These measurements may be output directly or used to control real time harvesting of peas to prevent mixing of peas with different tenderness values.

A method and a system for determining an indicator of processing quality of an agricultural harvested material using a mobile device is disclosed. A computing unit analyzes image data of a prepared sample of harvested material containing grain components and non-grain components in an analytical routine to determine the indicator of the processing quality of the agricultural harvested material. Further, the computing unit uses a trained machine learning model in the analytical routine to perform at least one step of determining the indicator of the processing quality of the agricultural harvested material and that the computing unit adjusts at least one machine parameter of the forage harvester based on the indicator of processing quality.

A sensing system and method is provided for crop material in a harvester. The sensing system includes a conveyor auger device oriented in a substantially vertical direction and having an entrance aperture, an exit aperture located upwardly above a radially oriented sensing aperture disposed therebetween. The conveyor auger device includes a conveyor auger having a flight for moving crop material upwardly, wherein the flight has a reduced radial extension adjacent the sensing aperture. A sensor disposed at or adjacent the sensing aperture senses the essentially continuously upwardly moving crop material for determining a property thereof.

An optical sorter includes a light source configured to irradiate a sorting target in transit on a conveyance route with light, an optical sensor configured to detect light emitted from the light source and associated with the sorting target, a determination portion configured to determine whether the sorting target is a foreign object and/or a defective product based on a signal acquired by the optical sensor with respect to the light associated with the sorting target, and at least one intermediate member disposed at a position located between the light source and the conveyance route in a direction in which the sorting target is irradiated with the light from the light source and located in such a manner that the intermediate member does not affect the detection of the light associated with the sorting target. The at least one intermediate member includes a reflection region on which the light emitted from the light source is reflected. The optical sensor is further configured to detect the light emitted from the light source and reflected on the reflection region.

A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.

The present invention generally relates to improved methods for the manufacture of inhalation powders. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for in-line monitoring of powder blending by Raman spectroscopy.

The present disclosure concerns a device for identifying a chemical composition of particulate matter comprised in an aerosol. The device comprises an impactor arranged to divert a received aerosol stream to a sensing stream having an increased particulate matter concentration. The device further comprises an optical flow cell arranged to guide a received sensing stream along an elongate hollow wave guide defining a gas flow path and an optical path following at least in part a common trajectory so as to allow light travelling along said common trajectory to interact with the particulate matter comprised in the sensing stream. A chemical composition of the particulate matter comprised in an aerosol may be determined from a particle specific absorption peak. A particle concentration may be determined from a peak intensity.

An identification apparatus includes a plurality of irradiation units disposed at different positions in a conveyance width direction to irradiate a specimen with a converging ray in different irradiation conditions, the specimen being conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction by a conveyance unit, a plurality of light-capturing units configured to capture scattered light from the specimen, each of the plurality of light-capturing units corresponding to a different one of the plurality of irradiation units, an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying a property of the specimen, based on the light captured by the light-capturing units; and a placement unit configured to place the specimen on a position corresponding to any one of the plurality of irradiation units in accordance with a characteristic value of the specimen at an upstream side of the plurality of irradiation units in the conveyance direction.