Research on development of color sorter using TRIZ

Abstract

Color Sorter has been widely used in crops further processing industries. And it has a broad market in China. Improving product quality or developing new products is very important for enterprises to keep technical advantages in market competitions. Technology evolution theory can forecast the future technology in products. It can guide a designer along the right direction of developing a new product. The solutions from contradictions solving give starting points to solve a problem. According to these solutions, the designer can detail the design using professional knowledge. This paper is organized as follows. Firstly, it proposes to integrate technology evolution and the design of Color Sorter and forecast the future technologies of the Color Sorter parts, such as the optical signal-collecting system and grooves. Secondly, using the contradiction and inventive principle, this paper proposes several solutions for improving the adjust method of background board. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.