Presentation of today - Introduction ISO Group - The ISO Cutting - - PDF document

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Presentation of today

• Introduction ISO Group
• The ISO Cutting Planter 2500

This machine has the ability to automate the process of sticking cuttings

• How to introduce robotics in your greenhouse
• peration

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Introduction ISO Group Automation in Horticulture

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Introduction ISO Group

• Founded in 2002
• Machine factory with our own development

department

• Development of high-grade automated

machines for the protected horticulture industry for short repeating activities

• Operating worldwide
• 500+ machines operational all over the world
• 30 employees including service department
• Located in Gameren,

The Netherlands

What we do?

• ISO Group is an innovative supplier of automation solutions

in the greenhouse industry

• For growers, propagators and the seed industry
• We innovate and think together with our customers about

automation solutions in the protected horticulture

• Automation in planting, grafting, cutting, sampling, grading

and transplanting

• ISO Group adds industrial knowledge into the horticultural

industry

• ISO Group invests in new developments with own R&D and

close contact with innovative software suppliers

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The machines of ISO Group The machines of ISO Group

For vegetables (seedling companies and breeders)

ISO Grafting machines ISO PlantSampler ISO Grading machines

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The machines of ISO Group

For cut flowers (young plant growers and cut flower growers) ISO Robot Plug Planting machine

ISO Cutting Planter 4000

RoBoPlant

The machines of ISO Group

For potted plants (growers of young (pot)plants and annuals) ISO Cutting and Planting 1800

ISO Cutting and TransPlanting machine

ISO Vision Planter

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The ISO Cutting Planter 2500

Automates the proces of sticking cuttings

The ISO Cutting Planter 2500

Automates the proces of sticking cuttings

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• Benefits of automatic planting -
• Saving on labour costs
• Constant high quality planting
• Potential pay back time of 3 – 5 years

(depends on type of cutting and annual amount)

• Constant performance (higher efficiency)
• High reliability (no human errors)
• Easy to add multiple machines for higher capacity
• Flexible planning due to modular setup planting line

How to introduce robotics in your greenhouse

• peration?

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How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully

• Other commitment / expectation of staff and operators
• Not just hands but think along with the process
• Not only think in tasks but in the process
• Not only knowledge of plants or technology, but look for the combination
• Robots can do more and more, but need to be used correctly
• Thinking on forehand about how automation can be used in the most efficient

way in your nursery Are other adjustments in the greenhouse operation needed? And think why that should be done?

• The use of data becomes more important
• What does the operator actually do (to measure = to know)

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How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully

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How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully

• Other commitment / expectation of staff and operators
• Not just hands but think along with the process
• Not only in tasks but in the process
• Not only knowledge of plants or technology, but look for the combination
• Robots can do more and more, but have to be used correctly
• Change of thinking about how automation can be used in the most efficient way
• Deployment of deep learning and AI makes a robot smarter
• The use of data becomes more important
• What does the operator actually do (to measure = to know)
• Connect the robot to a software package
• Information
• Planning
• Automatic label printing or linking other tasks to the use of the robot

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How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully

Printing labels

Printing labels after sticking_new.mp4

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How to introduce robotics into your greenhouse successfully

Combining sticking and transplanting machine

The ISO Cutting and TransPlanter machine (Introduced at IPM Essen 2018)

Recap

• The use of robots and automation in the horticultural industry will increase
• Challenges are in:
• Software
• Handling of the plant
• Vision technology
• ISO Group is looking more and moren into the

possibilities of AI and 3D technology

• The increase of automation will mean there will be more asked from future

growers and operators on the area of computer knowledge, data and problem recognition (both in the field of software and mechanical engineering)

• Knowledge of the plant and the growing proces of the plant will always be

needed to operate machines in the greenhouse industry

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Contact information: Raymond van den Berg International Sales Manager +31 (0)6 10 99 06 47 r.vandenberg@iso-group.nl

Thank you for your attention

www.iso-group.nl Middelkampseweg 9 5311 PC Gameren The Netherlands