Tanimura & Antle'O PlantTape automated transplanting system ua loaʻa i ka lua makahiki Science & Technology Circle of Excellence Award, Produce Marketing Association (PMA) i hoʻolaha i Mei 3. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka makana ma ka PMA's Tech Knowledge symposium, i mālama ʻia ma Mei 2-3 ma Monterey, Calif. , USA.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka Luna Hoʻokele o PlantTape no ka Automation and Innovation, ʻo Jeff Antle, i ka makana e ka Luna Nui ʻepekema a me ʻenehana ʻo PMA ʻo Bob Whitaker, Ph.D., a me Andy Kennedy, ka luna PMA Science & Technology Committee a me ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo FoodLogiQ.
"E nānā ka mea lanakila o kēia makahiki i kēlā me kēia pahu no ka mea a kēia papahana makana e ʻimi nei e ʻike a paʻa i ka ʻoihana i mea hoʻohālike," wahi a Kennedy. “Hoʻohana ʻo PlantTape i ka ʻenehana no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōmaikaʻi ākea, mai ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka noi hana a hiki i ka emi ʻana o ka wāwae kaiapuni o ka mahiʻai. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o kā mākou 'hana akamai, ʻaʻole paʻakikī' mantra.
“Hoʻohanohano wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makana ʻepekema & ʻenehana Circle of Excellence Award i kēia makahiki ma ka inoa o PlantTape. E like me ka hōʻoia ʻana o kēia makana, hoʻoikaika ʻo PlantTape e lawe i nā hoʻonā automated i kahi ʻoihana me ka ulu nui o ka pono no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka pono, a me ka emi ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai e like me ka hana, "wahi a Antle.
Hoʻohana ka ʻōnaehana PlantTape i ka ʻenehana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka lūlū ʻana, ka ulu ʻana, ka mālama hānai a me ke kanu ʻana i nā mahina ʻai. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā ʻano kuʻuna, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo PlantTape i ka maikaʻi o ka huaʻai, hoʻomau a me ka hana holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai e hāʻawi pū ana i nā mea kanu i ʻoi aku ka loli logistical.
No ka laʻana, pono ka poʻe hoʻololi maʻamau i 25-30 poʻe, a kanu i kahi mahina ʻai ma kahi o ka hapalua mile i kēlā me kēia hola. Pono ka ʻōnaehana PlantTape i ʻekolu mau limahana e kanu i kahi māla, a hiki ke piʻi i ka wikiwiki a hiki i ʻehiku MPH. Hiki ke kanu ʻia nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka ulu ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea kanu i ka maʻalahi o kā lākou hoʻoholo ʻana. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻo PlantTape i ka liʻiliʻi o ka peat ma mua o nā plug transplanting maʻamau, biodegradable kona mau mea a pau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai i nā mea kanu ke kanu ʻia ma ke kula.
Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka ʻōnaehana PlantTape ma ke kālepa no ke kanu ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole, me ka lau lau, ka puaʻa, ka seleri, nā aniani, nā tōmato a me ke kāpeti. Ke hoʻāʻo ʻia nei nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo PlantTape mai 20 mau koho ʻia e kahi papa o nā luna kānāwai i hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Brennan i mea lanakila ma mua. ʻO ka hope e hoʻokumu piha ʻia ka papa i nā mea lanakila mua.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo PMA i ka Science & Technology Circle of Excellence Award ma 2017. Hoʻomaopopo ka makana i nā poʻe a i ʻole nā hui e hoʻoponopono nei i nā pilikia ʻoihana ma o ka noi ʻana i nā holomua i ka ʻepekema a/a i ʻole ʻenehana e hana i nā huahana maikaʻi aʻe, nā kaʻina hana a i ʻole ka waiwai o ka mea kūʻai aku - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana a alakaʻi paha. i ka hiki ke hana akamai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā makana maikaʻi ʻelima i hāʻawi ʻia e PMA e ʻike i kēlā poʻe a me nā hui e holomua nei i ka ʻoihana ma o ke alakaʻi, kālepa a me ka hana hou.
"Ke pāʻani nei ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i kā mākou ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia hana, hana akamai a hana i nā manawa ʻoihana hou," wahi a Dr. nā mea hou i kēia wahi, manaʻolana mākou e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻoihana e hahai i kā lākou alakaʻi - ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ka makana 'Circle of Excellence'.
Kiʻi ma luna: ʻO ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Automation a me ka Innovation ʻo PlantTape, ʻo Jeff Antle, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka makana e ka Luna Nui ʻEpekema & ʻenehana ʻo PMA ʻo Bob Whitaker, Ph.D., a me Andy Kennedy, ka luna PMA Science & Technology Committee a me ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo FoodLogiQ.