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Mechanical properties of wood carton used for long distance transport of tomatoes
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)
Tomatoes are produced and consumed year round. Wood carton is the dominant mode of packaging for produce coming to APMC Market, Ahmedabad from out-of-state. It has been known for long however that wood carton suffers from ...
Field trial of Vastrapur cartons
(2009-12-12)
We present in this paper the results of road transport trial of newly developed tomato packaging named Vastrapur Carton. Farm fresh tomatoes were taken from Khanderaopura village to Rajkot a distance of 250 km. Two trials ...
Temperature distribution in a Tomato carton
(2009-12-12)
In this write-up, we present an analysis of temperature distribution in tomato carton using finite difference approximation. When freshly harvested tomatoes are placed in a rectangular heap, in a surrounding of 35 degree ...
Comparison of Vastrapur cartons with conventional wood carton based on laboratory tests
(2009-12-12)
Three different CFB cartons were designed. Prototypes were tested for compression, vibration and drop. The results are presented and discussed.