Tsarin injin da ake ciyar da bel mai suna PlantTape yayi alƙawarin rage farashin aiki da kuma adana lokaci yayin dashen filin.
Ma'aunin masana'antu shine masu dasawa irin na carousel ko rotary. Amma yawancin masu noman kayan lambu da yawa kuma sun saba da waɗanda ba motoci ba, injinan injinan jeri ɗaya da tsarin tukwane na takarda ke ciyar da su, inda ake shuka dashewa a cikin kwantenan takarda ɗaya waɗanda ke hutawa a cikin babban tire na filastik. Haɗe da madaidaicin takarda, kwantenan ɗayan takarda suna barewa ɗaya bayan ɗaya don dashen injina a jere ɗaya.
Injin PlantTape yana ƙara wa wannan ra'ayi na'ura mai ƙarfi wanda zai iya ɗaukar layuka kusan takwas na shuka a lokaci ɗaya. Za a iya shirya tire da yawa don kowane jere, haka nan - madauri na PlantTape daga filaye daban-daban ana haɗa su tare da shirye-shiryen bidiyo masu ɓarna. Na'urar tana da nau'ikan nau'ikan injina daban don kowane jere, kuma kowane ƙirar yana rataye kusa da ƙasa da tsire-tsire cikin sauri.
"Abin da muke kira tsarin shine irin zuciya" na injin, in ji Shugaban PlantTape Brian Antle. "Yana kwaikwayi bindiga mai amfani da bel."
Na'urar tana iya ɗaukar tire 60 a lokaci ɗaya, kuma kowane tire yana ɗaukar tsire-tsire 810. Tazarar layuka kuma ana iya daidaitawa, kuma jimillar faɗin dashen injin na iya bambanta daga inci 60 zuwa 84.
A cikin wannan salon, ma'aikatan jirgin mutum uku - direban tarakta da ma'aikatan injin guda biyu - na iya dasa kadada 1.5 zuwa 2 a cikin sa'a guda, in ji Antle. Don daidaita wannan taki ta amfani da hanyoyin zamani, mai shuka zai buƙaci masu shuka gargajiya guda biyu masu kusan mutane 30, in ji shi.
Na'urar PlantTape tana haɗawa da tarakta a cikin tsarin maki uku kuma ana yin ta ta hanyar injin injin tarakta. Antle ya ce injin din yana aiki da kyau tare da tarakta mai suna John Deere 6150, kuma ana iya amfani da shi wajen shuka amfanin gona iri-iri.
"Idan dai iri zai iya shiga cikin tef ɗin, za ku iya girma dam kusa da wani abu," in ji shi. "Mun yi wasu tumatir, taba, kankana, gwoza sugar, albasa, leek, barkonon kararrawa - mun yi wani abu da kowa ya taba tunani akai," in ji shi.
Ya kara da cewa, ko da yake, yawancin sha'awar yanzu da alama suna fitowa ne daga masu noman kayan lambu na yamma.
An fara haɓaka fasahar ne a Spain a farkon shekarun 2000, in ji Antle. Tanimura & Antle ne suka saye shi a cikin 2014 don ci gaba a Amurka.
Scott Rossi, wanda shine darektan gidan gona na cikin gida a Tanimura & Antle, yana aiki da injinan shekaru hudu. Ya ce masu noman da ke amfani da sauya sheka daga shuka iri zuwa dashewa a karon farko dole ne su daidaita tsarin feshi da ruwa da takin zamani da na gado – sannan su sa ido sosai da dashen da zarar sun shiga.
"Dole ne ku kasance masu hankali," in ji shi. "Dole ne ku kasance a shirye ku canza."
Ƙungiyar tana kula da wuri a Spain, kuma a wannan shekara, ƙungiyar ta fara tallace-tallace na kasuwanci a Arewacin Amirka. Hakanan ana amfani da shi akan tsarin gwaji a Ostiraliya yayin 2018.
"Yanzu muna sayar da injuna da shuke-shuke a ko'ina cikin Arewacin Amirka," in ji shi. “Akwai 25 da ake ginawa a yanzu kuma an yi magana da su duka. Yanzu dai batun gina su cikin gaggawa don biyan bukata.”
Antle ya ce akwai kusan lokacin gini na mako shida. Ana kera na'urorin a Spain, kuma gabaɗayan injin, gami da chassis, an haɗa su a Oregon.
Farashin injin ɗin daga $100,000 zuwa $200,000 ya danganta da adadin na'urorin da ke cikin injin - adadin layuka da mai shuka ke son shuka. Injin yana aiki kusan dala 165,000, in ji shi.
Wani tsadar kuma shine dashen da kansu. Na'urar shuka tana shuka iri da vermiculite cikin kowane aljihu na madaidaicin tef, sannan dole ne su yi tsiro da tsiro, yawanci a cikin wurin gandun daji.
"A halin yanzu, muna sayar da dashen ne kawai saboda mu kadai ne da layin shuka," in ji shi. Antle ya ce ana sayar da injinan layin shuka; duk da haka, ya ƙi yin magana game da farashin waɗannan injinan.
Ya ce ya zuwa yanzu, martanin masu noman ya yi karfi.
"Ina tsammanin mutane suna kallon wannan a matsayin gaba," in ji shi. Tsarin tukunyar takarda kamar PlantTape yana sauƙaƙa dasa shuki iri-iri iri-iri. "Hannun kayan lambu, ba za ku iya girma daga dasawa da kyau ba saboda ba za ku iya samun tsarin tushen da ya dace ba."
PlantTape kuma yana da kyau ga masu noma saboda rage dogaro ga aiki, in ji Antle.
"Ba na tsammanin wani yana riƙe da numfashi don ganin yanayin aiki ya inganta."
- Stephen Kloosterman, Mataimakin Edita
Sama: Ana dasa dasawa ta atomatik a cikin layuka da yawa ta tsarin PlantTape. Hotuna: Brian Antle