Soft fruit sorter for packing lines
Enhance your production line’s efficiency by accurately sorting and removing unwanted soft fruit, ensuring only top-quality produce reaches your customers while reducing waste and optimizing throughput.
Sorts and Measures Soft Fruits Accurately
The Soft Sorter, presented by TOMRA, specializes in accurately sorting and measuring soft fruits using its innovative Dura Touch technology. This machine stands out with its ability to detect and reject over 80% of unwanted soft fruit efficiently, maintaining high throughput of up to 2,300 kg per hour. It finds applications in a wide range of industries, including food and agriculture, producing end-products like mixed berry salad packs and dried blueberry snacks.
Designed for continuous, high-speed operations, the Soft Sorter integrates seamlessly into processing and packaging departments. Its gentle handling ensures that delicate produce remains undamaged, while robustness accommodates heavy throughput. The machine’s automation features include an intuitive touchscreen for adjusting softness levels, and it is compatible with the FreshTracker management system for real-time packing information, ensuring traceability and operational optimization.
Constructed for durability and hygiene, all moving components, including sensors, are washdown safe for easy maintenance. TOMRA’s global service network provides comprehensive support, ensuring the Soft Sorter remains an integral part of your quality assurance process.
Benefits
- Increases yield quality by rejecting over 80% of visually undetectable soft fruits.
- Minimizes product damage with gentle handling, maintaining high-quality standards.
- Enhances production efficiency by sorting up to 2,300 kg per hour.
- Streamlines adjustments with an easy-to-use touchscreen for customizable softness levels.
- Simplifies cleaning and maintenance with washdown-safe components, reducing downtime.
- Applications
- Seeds and grains,Protein,Potatoes,Soft fruit,Vegetables,Nuts and dried fruit,Fruit
- End products
- Dried blueberry snacks,Fresh sliced deli meats,Canned mixed vegetables,Quinoa grain packs,Mixed berry salad packs,Soft dried apricots,Dehydrated potato flakes
- Steps before
- Harvesting,Pre-sorting,Washing,Initial inspection
- Steps after
- Packing,Labeling,Quality control,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- soft fruit,apples,avocados,berries,blackberries,blueberries,cherries,citrus fruit,cranberries,kiwifruit,mangoes,olives,pineapples,raspberries,redberries,stonefruit,strawberries,tomatoes
- Output ingredients
- high-quality sorted fruit,fruit with extended shelf life
- 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.
- Capacity
- 2,300 kg/h (5,000 lb/h)
- Accuracy
- Rejects more than 80% of visibly undetectable soft fruit
- Automation
- Touchscreen with sliding scale for softness levels
- Cleaning Method
- Washdown safe components
- Technology Type
- Dura Touch technology
- Sorting Speed
- Fast
- Real-time Data Access
- Compatibility with FreshTracker management system
- Working Mechanism
- Dura Touch technology
- Sorting Capability
- Up to 2,300 kg (5,000 lb) per hour
- Operation Mode
- Inline Continuous
- Traceability Integration
- FreshTracker management system
- Automation Level
- Touchscreen control
- Cleaning Method
- Washdown safe components
- Adjustable Setting
- Softness levels on a sliding scale
- Energy Efficiency
- Optimizes line operation
- Cleanability
- Washdown safe for fast cleaning
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Feed/Discharge method
- Smooth feed,gentle discharge
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen
- Discharge method
- Conveyor belt
- Sensor type
- Dura Touch technology
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- FreshTracker management system
- Adjustable settings
- Softness level via touchscreen