SortiPack® Cucumber

The cucumber sorting and packing process is labor-intensive which brings many challenges: labor costs and scarcity, worker management and virus risk.

SortiPack® decreases labor and can handle many types of customer packages simultaneously, so cucumber growers can focus on their produce.

SortiPack® Cucumber scans, grades and sorts every individual cucumber using Computer Vision and AI. Robots gently pick the cucumbers and place them into the customer packaging in the desired stacking pattern.

SortiPack® simultaneously packs multiple packages for different customers and selects cucumbers by weight or size. Completed customer packages are transported automatically to the palletizing area. A part of the cucumbers can also be redirected to manual packing stations for special packaging needs.

SortiPack® gathers data from all individual cucumbers for the best sorting and packing solution. Moving forward, data like size, volume, weight, origin and packing location can be used to optimize the supply chain; downstream for optimizing the yield and harvesting process, and upstream for track and traceability functionalities.

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“With SortiPack, we need less people and have more flexibility. Our process runs much more smoothly now.”

Kees Vahl, Gebroeders Vahl B.V., Cucumber grower

Advantages of SortiPack® Beef Tomato

SortiPack® Beef Tomato uses vision, AI and robots to transport tomatoes directly from harvest crates into customer crates or boxes. It can sort by weight, size and color and fill customer crates and boxes in an optimized way, staying consistent all day, every day.

Less labor - Saves dependency on and costs of labor.

Decreased giveaway - AI-powered packing algorithm creates optimal packing combinations with minimal weight giveaway.

Less damage - Less post-harvest damage and longer shelf life due to gentle handling and picking directly from harvest crate.

Uniform result - Sorting is done by computer removing human interpretation or errors.

Track & tracing - Reliable data essential for food safety and retailer security.

24/7 production - The system can operate 24/7 making it more flexible to deal with peaks and seasonal trends. Limitations on work hours are no longer a factor.

“We’re very happy with SortiPack, it helps us save a lot of labor. We now have SortiPacks running at 3 different locations”

Bart van den Bosch from A & G van den Bosch, Beef Tomato grower, explains how SortiPack® helps their company.

Save on labor - reduce giveaway - no damage - track & trace

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