Saffron spice production is a long process requiring a huge effort in terms of labour and costs. Here, a new mechanised method to orient the flowers to allow a successive separation of stigmas from saffron flowers is described. In addition, a proposed model has been validated by experimental tests, which defined the terminal velocity of the saffron flowers having given masses and geometries.

Mechanized trim of saffron flowers to prepare the stigma separation

Bertetto, Andrea Manuello;Ricciu, Roberto
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Abstract

Saffron spice production is a long process requiring a huge effort in terms of labour and costs. Here, a new mechanised method to orient the flowers to allow a successive separation of stigmas from saffron flowers is described. In addition, a proposed model has been validated by experimental tests, which defined the terminal velocity of the saffron flowers having given masses and geometries.
2017
Agricultural mechanisation; Air trimmer; Saffron spice; Control and Systems Engineering; Computational Mechanics
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