Apples are sorted accurately and carefully by means of GeoSort. Special devices, such as a transfer unit with «hands» and the Greefa flap ensure gentle treatment of the fruit. The system is composed of modules so that we can optimally fulfil any sorting requirement.

  

GeoSort also functions perfectly in pre-sorting lines. The patented underwater V-belts ensure optimum distribution, even at maximum speed. The fruit is directly discharged in the water at a maximum speed of 6 pieces per second per lane.

During dry sorting, the speed is 7 pieces of fruit per second per lane. The system is available with 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 lanes.

 

The MSE Combicup system has specially shaped cups in which many diverging apple varieties keep lying properly during their transport along the system. The MSE type is a tried and tested system of which more than 1,000 have been sold worldwide. The maximum speed is 5 apples per second per lane. The system is available with 2, 4, 6, 8 or a maximum of 10 lanes.

 

External quality
If your sorting unit is equipped with the intelligent Quality Sorter (iQS), apples can be sorted by external characteristics. The iQS system includes cameras to take up to 70 pictures of every apple during its passage along the singulator. This allows for detection of deviations of as little as one square millimetre.

 

The intelligent Flavour Analyser (iFA) allows for assessment of the internal quality of an apple. This module analyses aspects such as the brix value and even internal quality characteristics such as internal brownness or core rot. iFA uses a light source to make a spectrum analysis which gives an assessment of the entire piece of fruit instead of just a small part of it.

 

The intelligent Firmness Detector (iFD) allows for detection of the firmness of the fruit. You can give an accurate forecast and guarantee with respect to the storage life and ideal consumption time of the apple. The firmness sensor of the iFD module takes up to 20 measurements around the fruit during sorting. The firmness is determined on the basis of these measurements.