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Among the constraints on the rate of introduction of automation, there is a widely acknowledged lack of suitable in-line sensors. The problem was highlighted in the report of the UK Food and Drink Federation (Wren, 1985). The 1986–91 corporate plan of the UK Agriculture and Food Research Council (AFRC, 1986) identified the further development of sensors as a priority, making specific mention of the use of electro-optics and machine vision to achieve greater economy and efficiency in process operations.
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McFarlane, I. (1995). In-line sensors. In: Automatic Control of Food Manufacturing Processes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2187-7_2
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