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Supplement Sor ng, grading, packing machines and equipment for Fresh Fruit
Sorting, grading, packing machines and
equipment for Fresh Fruit
Aer the harvest, fruits and vegetables of all physical characteristics like weight, size, colour, Machines for sorting, washing and packaging are
types have to be sorted, packaged and shape, speci c gravity, and freedom from an import part of their 700 machines counting
transported: apples, avocados, cherries, citrus, diseases depending upon agro climatic stock. Besides washing, grading and packaging
kiwifruit, onions, pears, peppers, potatoes, salad, conditions. e known methods of grading of machines they also have machines in stock for
strawberries, stone fruit, tomatoes, etc. e list is fruits and vegetables are manual grading, size seeding, transplanting and harvesting various
almost unlimited. A wide range of technologies grading. type of vegetables, fruit and ornamental owers
and plants.
have been developed or re ned over the years for Various companies offer unique solutions to the
sorting according to colour, density, diameter, fruit sorting industry. Here is what some
shape and weight. industry players have to say about their product
machines with a capacity of 500 kg / hour till 7500
offering:
kg / hour. So these machines can be interesting for
Supermarkets and consumers are placing ever-
higher demands on fruit and vegetables. ey
want a higher level of consistent quality and are
small and larger fruit and vegetable farmers.
Contributors
1.
becoming more and more unwilling to accept
blemishes.
e company has a wide range of sorting
Duijndam Machines- used apple &
fruit sorting machines
Duijndam Machines is specialized in supplying
e purchase team at Duijndam Machines
searches for the best used agricultural and
horticultural machines in Western Europe on a
Grading of fruits and vegetables aer harvesting various used machines for fruit and vegetables daily base.
is an essential step in post-harvest management. growers. Machines are only bought aer they have been
thoroughly assessed and tested. e machines are
Grading of fruits and vegetables on the basis of
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