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The process

From substrate to shelf, in one automated loop

10 automated steps in 4 phases. When the last step is done, the trolleys return and the cycle starts again.

  • Prepare 1-4
  • Grow 5-7
  • Harvest 8-9
  • Reset 10
  1. Illustration of an industrial substrate mixer

    Step 1 · Prepare

    Substrate mix

    Substrate mixing process enabled by purpose-built unique equipment.

  2. ABB industrial robot

    Step 2 · Prepare

    Filling

    ABB robot #1 fills the patented trays with substrate.

  3. ABB industrial robot

    Step 3 · Prepare

    Sealing

    ABB robot #1 transports tray into purpose-built unique sealing equipment to enable pasteurisation process and protect substrate from contamination. Then it places the sealed trays on trolleys

  4. Illustration of an industrial pasteurisation chamber with trays of substrate inside

    Step 4 · Prepare

    Oven Pasteurisation

    The substrate is pasteurised at high temperature in a MufuTech patented process, which removes competing organisms before the spawn is added.

  5. ABB industrial robot

    Step 5 · Grow

    Inoculation

    Spawn is injected into the substrate by ABB robot #2 in a clean room.

  6. Illustration of a climate-controlled incubation room with trays of colonised substrate

    Step 6 · Grow

    Incubation Room

    Trolleys with trays rest in a climate-controlled room while the mycelium colonises the substrate for several weeks.

  7. Illustration of fruiting mushrooms

    Step 7 · Grow

    Fruiting Chamber

    In a climate-controlled chamber the mushrooms form and grow from the colonised substrate.

  8. Illustration of a robot arm harvesting mature oyster mushrooms

    Step 8 · Harvest

    Harvest

    ABB robot #1 harvests the mature mushrooms.

  9. Distribution

    Step 9 · Harvest

    Packing

    Harvested mushrooms are packed and prepared for distribution to market. Cold storage room is used to store mushroom before distribution.

    To market
  10. Illustration of a cultivation tray being washed under a spray bar

    Step 10 · Reset

    Cleaning

    Trays are cleaned and sent back to the start of the loop. Used substrate becomes bioenergy.

Software

MufuTech control software

Every farm runs on our control software, and every farm gets better over time.

  • Monitoring
  • Growing recipes
  • Remote support
  • Continuous process updates

Visit our demonstration farm

See the process in person at our large scale demonstration farm in Skellefteå.

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