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09/24/2023
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Sorma Group at Fruit Attraction 2023
Sorma group presents a state-of-the-art stone fruit processing plant
Cesena, 25 Settembre 2023 - It is now only a few days to Fruit Attraction, one of the most eagerly awaited international events in the fruit and vegetable sector, to be held at the Madrid showgrounds from 3 to 5 October. Sorma Group will be exhibiting again this year (Stand 3D22 – Hall 3) in order to meet established and potential customers from the trade to provide insights into its many innovations for the post-harvesting processing and packaging of fruit and vegetables. The projects presented include the most highly automated and largest (in terms of daily output) line ever installed for stone fruit.
The stone fruit processing line
“Thanks to a catalogue of more than 160 models of machine and 50 of packaging, Sorma is the only player in the sector able to design an entire processing line from A to Z,” states Mario Mercadini, the company’s Marketing Manager. “This is exemplified by the new stone fruit plant designed, installed and commissioned for a big Spanish customer. This summer fruit processing line is the largest in the world in terms of daily production capacity and it embodies all the performance and leading-edge technology of Sorma machines.”
The plant covers all processing phases: from the point where the fruit enters the plant via continuous-cycle bin/box tippers to the washing/treatment phase, and onward to optical grading by col-our, shape and internal and external quality, packaging in punnets or in boxes with pockets, and the labelling, palletisation and strapping of the packs, with complete product traceability.
The most outstanding amongst the Sorma technologies installed, which make it globally unique in terms of production capacity, flexibility and level of automation, include:
• The optical sorter machine with HyperVision, installed on all 21 grading lines. With an operating system using 9 cameras per line and the InstanDefectAI proprietary artificial vi-sion software package, based entirely on Artificial Intelligence, HyperVision is able to grade fruits’ external and internal quality with a product grading accuracy unprecedented in the sector, an essential technology fundamental for the efficiency of all the rest of the plant.
• The innovative trolley fruit conveyor system installed in the sorter machine, which enables processing of all the various types of fruit (generally specific models are used for each variety).
The plant is able to process nectarines, peaches, apricots, plums, Paraguayo flat peaches, apples and Rocha pears (with a dedicated infeed line with submergers and relative water channels for the most gentle handling).
“This project,” states Daniele Severi, Director of the Technology Division at Sorma Ibérica, “far surpasses anything previously designed and installed for processing summer fruit, in terms of both production capacity, which may be as high as 1 million kilos of fruit processed in a single daily shift, and the level of automation applied, which has enabled a 15-20% reduction in staff numbers in daily processing, with a direct incidence of labour costs on ROI (Return On Investment). The plant is designed to meet the general need within the fruit and vegetable sector for a flexible, functional response to modern distribution’s varying demands.”
The appointment is on stand 3D22, hall 3.
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