Nursery plants planting machine CuttingEdge Multicolor

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Overview
The CuttingEdge Multicolor is an automated sticking and planting machine for placing rooted and unrooted cuttings into plug trays. It is a triple-cutting planter with a capacity of 6,000–7,000 cuttings per hour.

Operation
Plug trays are loaded onto the in-feed chain conveyor either manually or automatically. The chain conveyor positions trays precisely for processing. Cuttings reach the pick-up conveyor where separation can be manual or automatic using VisionAir, which combines advanced vision inspection with precision air jets to singulate cuttings. The TTA-ISO CuttingVision camera system inspects each cutting and only qualified cuttings are planted by the robotic arm. Rejected or duplicated cuttings are returned to the operator position via a return system.

VisionHub by TTA-ISO
VisionHub collects teach-in and annotation data for cutting setups and shares this dataset across CuttingEdge users. The shared dataset helps accelerate setup and increase robustness of sticking configurations.

• More robust sticking setups through collective data.
• Reduced setup time by using available cutting configurations from VisionHub.

Integration and product notes
The CuttingEdge Multicolor integrates with VisionAir for automatic singulation and with CuttingVision for cutting quality assessment. Product documentation and a specification sheet are available for download from the product downloads section.

Technical specifications

• Product type: Automated sticking/planting machine (triple cutting planter)
• Suitable for: Rooted and unrooted cuttings
• Capacity: 6,000–7,000 cuttings per hour
• In-feed: Chain conveyor for plug trays (manual or automatic loading)
• Pick-up: Manual pick-up conveyor or VisionAir automatic separation (vision + air jets)
• Vision: TTA-ISO CuttingVision camera system for cutting assessment
• Handling: Robotic arm for planting qualified cuttings
• Rejected handling: Return system for rejected or duplicated cuttings
• Software/data: VisionHub for collection and sharing of teach-in and annotation data
• Interfaces: Integrates CuttingVision, VisionAir and robotic planting module