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FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection

Although current US Department of Agriculture (USDA) voluntary regulations require humans to grade samples of eggs, the increased volume of egg processing and packaging plants is making inspection increasingly more expensive. In performing these tasks, human graders may also incorrectly grade eggs with micro-cracks that may later expand and enlarge.

To overcome these problems, Kurt Lawrence and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service(ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (Athens, GA, USA; www.ars.usda.gov) have developed a machine-vision based system that automates egg grading (see figure). “If a human grader spots a potential crack,” says Lawrence, “the egg is then squeezed or pressed along the crack to see if the crack opens or the shell moves.”