Sour cherry sorting and grading system
Optimize fruit processing with precision sorting technology that ensures the highest quality maraschino cherries and other sour cherry products, reducing waste and enhancing output efficiency with innovative optical selection systems.

Sorts and Grades Cherries for Quality Assurance
The cutting-edge Optical Sorting Machine from Unitec integrates seamlessly into your fruit processing line, offering unparalleled precision in sorting and grading sour and maraschino cherries. Equipped with innovative electronic-optical vision technology, it automatically identifies and separates cherries by quality, ensuring only premium fruit progresses to the next processing stage. This machine is constructed entirely from stainless steel, ensuring corrosion resistance and easy washability, ideal for maintaining hygiene standards. With a high throughput capacity, it supports continuous operation, reducing downtime and maximizing productivity. Designed for easy integration, it is suitable for food processors and agricultural businesses aiming to improve product consistency. The system’s efficiency is enhanced with features such as low energy consumption and reduced maintenance requirements, contributing to lower operational costs.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by accurately sorting cherries based on optical vision technology.
- Lowers maintenance costs with fully washable stainless steel construction.
- Maximizes operational efficiency with continuous processing capabilities.
- Reduces production waste by precisely eliminating defective cherries and contaminants.
- Decreases energy consumption due to optimized system integration.
- Applications
- Fruits,Vegetables,Sour cherries,Maraschino cherries
- End products
- Cherry pie filling,Frozen sour cherries,Dried cherries,Tart cherry preserves,Candied cherries,Cherry jam,Cherry juice,Cherry compote,Cherry concentrate
- Steps before
- Harvesting,Washing,De-stemming,Sorting
- Steps after
- Quality Check,Packaging,Cold Storage,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- sour cherries,maraschino cherries
- Output ingredients
- quality selected cherries,processed cherries,pitted cherries,maraschino cherries free of waste
- Market info
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Washability
- 100% washable with a pressure washer
- Optical Selection System
- Innovative electronic-optical vision technology
- Automation
- Automatic quality selection
- Cleaning Method
- Low maintenance costs
- Working mechanism
- Optical selection system
- Integrated steps
- Automatic quality selection
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- 100% washable with a pressure washer
- Automation level
- High (pilot-controlled)
- Material construction
- Stainless steel
- Innovation,Technology
- UNI FLY electronic-optical vision technology
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless Steel
- Fruit type
- Maraschino cherries
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Washability
- 100% washable with pressure washer
- Footprint
- Compact
- Control System
- Optical selection system
- Material Construction
- Stainless Steel
- Cleaning Options
- 100% Washable with Pressure Washer