Dry bin filling for delicate fruit
Achieve gentle, high-throughput filling of delicate fruits with minimized manual intervention, ensuring optimal product quality and consistency in your packing operations.
Fills Bins with Bulk Delicate Produce
The Rotofiller dry bin filler from TOMRA Food revolutionizes the handling of delicate produce with its comprehensive, high-capacity system. Designed to operate seamlessly in fruit processing facilities, agricultural cooperatives, and produce packing houses, this equipment reduces product damage during packing. It features a wide 670mm infeed belt, optimized for gentle handling, and operates with variable speed drives, making it possible to fill 4 to 15 bins per hour with minimal impact.
Applications include the efficient packing of Class 1 apples, Bartlett pears, and Roma tomatoes, as well as larger produce like pomegranates and grapefruit. The Rotofiller’s automation ensures a “Set and Forget” operation, eliminating the need for manual intervention. Its compatible bin sizes and integrated pooling conveyor make it easy to incorporate into existing production lines, requiring minimal space due to its compact footprint.
Offered with various configurations to accommodate both small and large produce, the Rotofiller is a solution tailored to the needs of high-throughput facilities. TOMRA supports the integration with comprehensive service offerings globally, ensuring that your equipment remains reliable and productive.
Benefits
- Minimizes product damage with gentle handling, preserving quality in delicate produce.
- Increases operational efficiency with high throughput, filling up to 15 bins per hour.
- Reduces labor costs through self-contained, "Set and Forget" automation.
- Integrates easily into existing production lines with flexible bin compatibility and compact design.
- Facilitates handling of various produce sizes with configurable options for different head sizes.
- Applications
- Grains,Dried fruit,Potatoes,Protein,Nuts,Vegetables,Seeds,Fruit
- End products
- Roma tomatoes,Sultana raisins,Granny smith apples,Pomegranate arils,Red bell peppers,Navel oranges,Red delicious apples,Class 1 apples,Sunflower seeds,Bartlett pears
- Steps before
- Sorting,Quality inspection,Conveying
- Steps after
- Packing,Storage,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- delicate fruit,Class 1 apples,pears,pomegranates,grapefruit
- Output ingredients
- gently filled bins of delicate fruit
- 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.
- Filling capacity
- 4 to 15 bins per hour
- Product diameter
- Up to 125mm (standard and soft heads),up to 170mm (large head)
- Infeed belt width
- 670mm
- Automation type
- Fully automatic / Automatic swing-over dual / Simple single bin filler
- Working mechanism
- Infeed belt with variable speed-drive
- Integrated steps
- No manual intervention,"Set and Forget" operation
- Automation level
- Fully automatic / automatic swing-over dual bin filler
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous inline
- Changeover time
- Minimized due to "Set and Forget" operation
- Cleaning method
- Mechanical design optimized for maintenance
- Gentle handling
- Designed for delicate fruit
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Infeed belt width
- 670 mm
- Bin size compatibility
- Most industry bin sizes
- Bin filling options
- Fully automatic,automatic swing-over dual bin,simple single bin
- Head size
- Standard,soft (up to 125mm),and large (up to 170mm)
- Product handling methods
- Gentle,variable speed-drive option
- Discharge method
- Pooling conveyor
- Operation type
- Set and Forget
- Infeed belt width
- 670mm
- Variable speed drive option
- Yes
- Bin filler types
- Fully automatic,automatic swing-over dual,simple single
- Head types
- Standard and soft heads for up to 125mm,large head for up to 170mm
- Integrated pooling conveyor
- Standard
- Compact footprint
- Yes