Sorma Group exhibits at Interpoma 2022

Cesena, 25 October 2022 –It is just a few weeks to Interpoma, the only vertical exhibition specifically dedicated to the apple trade, to be held in Bologna from 17 to 19 November. This is a major event for Sorma Group, which will be presenting all its main innovations for the industry. The company’s stand (Stand C18/58, Hall CD) will display, assembled and operating, the Cardboard tray filling and closing lineand the updated version of the AporoPick & Place machine, the first model of which actually received its European preview at the previous edition of Interpoma in 2018.For Sorma, participation at the Bolzano show is the opportunity for in-person meetings, after a break of no less than 4 years, with the apple sector trade, and for updating visitors on all the innovations its Research & Development division has evolved in the meantime, with a specific focus on apples, a particularly delicate product. “The apple trade,” comments Mario Mercadini, Marketing Manager of Sorma Group, “is one of the leading examples of the application of automation in after-harvest fruit grading and packaging processes. Sorma’s integrated offer of machinery for every phase of the process, together with its packaging solutions, is designed to provide a highly innovative, complete response to operators’ demands, with the more and more essential attention to efficiency, sustain-ability and processing delicacy.”TheCardboard tray filling and closing line comprises a model DB-F115 automatic tray denester, an Easypack model EP-F115 filler, and a model FBC-F115 tray closing and labelling machine. The filling machine is supplied by a diverging belt system and is able to handle trays of 4, 6 and 8 fruit of all types, not just apples. The closing and labelling machine is particularly flexibleas it can switch tray sizes very rapidly thanks to software which memorises the settings for each one. “Today, this line leads the field in productivity,” states Frédéric  Arena,  sales  manager  of  Sormaf France. “Thanks to its semi-automatic mechanisation, it is able to process up to 60 packs a minute, at higher speed than other machines on the market, which normally require manual input from the operator. Another plus factor is its user-friendliness, which means the operator does not require specific  technical  training;  this  also  avoids  production  downtimes,  optimising  output  and  energy consumption.”At Interpoma, Sorma Group also presents the updated version of Aporo, the revolutionary packing machine  based  on  research  conducted  in  New  Zealand,  for  which  the  Group  is  European  licence holder. Using a robotic arm, the machine places 8 applesin the pockets simultaneously, and with the aid of cameras it arranges them all with the stalk facing in the same direction and with the best (most brightly coloured) side in view. Aporo can handle up to 120 fruit per minuteand its operation can be monitored from remote. The new version retains all thebenefits of the original model dating from 2018, combined with a more compact structure, which saves space, and the ability to pack with the pockets already placed inthe boxif necessary. Sorma makes apple processing more and more efficient and automated. To view the two machines in operation, visit us at Interpoma from 17 to 19 November, stand C18/58 in Hall CD.