Fotozellenausleser

English translation: photocell sensor

07:36 Dec 4, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
German term or phrase: Fotozellenausleser
Bei einzelnen Chargen, deren Verunreinigungen sich farblich stark vom Saatgut unterscheiden, ersetzt ein Fotozellenausleser die sonst sehr zeitintensive händische Reinigung.

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martina1974
Austria
Local time: 09:28
English translation:photocell sensor
Explanation:
A photocell sensor gets triggered and then can release detergent or activate some other form of cleaning, instead of someone having to inspect the situation and then decide whether or not to clean and to manually clean it.

Also called photodetector or photosensor.
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 10:28
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photocell sensor


Explanation:
A photocell sensor gets triggered and then can release detergent or activate some other form of cleaning, instead of someone having to inspect the situation and then decide whether or not to clean and to manually clean it.

Also called photodetector or photosensor.


    https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/photocell.html
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 10:28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Matthews: I agree with your translation, but not the explanation. In this case the photosensor is used to sort out impurities among the seeds on the basis of colour. This replaces time-consuming sorting or "cleaning" by hand.
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agree  Steffen Walter: With Gordon. This process step involves separating seeds with impurities from those without using a photosensor ("colour sorting"). See, for instance, this related patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5779058A/en
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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Z-Translations Translator
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