Blueberry pre-grading system
Optimize your blueberry sorting by automating the removal of clusters and unwanted berries, enhancing throughput, and streamlining your processing line for maximum efficiency.
Separates Clusters and Unripe Berries Efficiently
The TOMRA Neon from TOMRA Food is an intelligent pre-grading machine designed to enhance the efficiency of blueberry sorting operations. It effectively separates clusters and removes over 90% of green and red berries, optimizing the grading process for fresh market blueberries. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, the machine distinguishes between clusters and individual berries, ensuring precise separation. With a throughput capacity of up to 500 berries per second, it maintains high output while removing up to 40% of unwanted fruit. Its compact design allows seamless integration into existing processing lines. The user interface is intuitive, and an internal chute manages debris efficiently, simplifying cleaning and maintenance. Ideal for food and agriculture industries, it supports continuous, high-speed operations and offers reliable performance tailored to blueberry processors’ needs.
Benefits
- Enhances sorting efficiency by removing over 95% of blueberry clusters, minimizing manual intervention.
- Optimizes production line capacity with high-speed processing of up to 500 berries per second.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing lines, maintaining continuous operation with minimal disruption.
- Reduces waste and improves product quality by accurately removing unripe berries.
- Intuitive interface and efficient debris management streamline maintenance, lowering operation costs.
- Applications
- Blueberries,Berries,Fresh market fruit,Machine-harvested fruit,Fruit
- End products
- Fresh fruit salads,Assorted fresh berry packs,Blueberry snack packs,Fresh market blueberry clamshells,Blueberry food service packages,Fresh blueberries,Packaged fresh blueberries
- Steps before
- Machine harvesting,Sorting,Cleaning
- Steps after
- Optical grading,Packing,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- machine-harvested fresh blueberries,clusters of blueberries,green berries,red berries
- Output ingredients
- sorted blueberries,over 95% of clusters removed,over 90% of green and red berries removed
- Market info
- TOMRA is known for its expertise in sensor-based solutions for resource productivity, particularly in recycling, food sorting, and mining industries, offering advanced technology to improve resource recovery and efficiency, enhancing sustainability and operational performance.
- Cluster Removal Rate
- Over 95%
- Red and Green Berry Removal Rate
- Over 90%
- Throughput
- Up to 500 berries per second
- Output Maintenance
- Up to 280 berries/sec with up to 40% fruit removal
- Automation
- Uses artificial intelligence
- Automation level
- High (AI-driven)
- Throughput
- Up to 500 berries per second
- Output capacity after removal
- 280 berries/sec
- Fruit removal efficiency
- Up to 40%
- Cluster removal efficiency
- Over 95%
- Color sorting efficiency
- Over 90% for red and green berries
- Integration compatibility
- Compact,easy to fit existing lines
- Sorting process
- Inline processing
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Compact footprint
- Durable and compact design
- Discharge method
- Internal fall-through chute
- Control panel type
- Intuitive user interface
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- Existing processing lines