Equipment, plants and machines for Apples processing, sorting, grading and packing

UNITEC designs and manufactures complete systems and lines that allow processing apples with the highest gentleness and efficiency. The development of new systems which are ultra-gentle in their handling of apples has allowed the company to create high-capacity systems for the various different apple varieties, safeguarding the intrinsic characteristics of the apples and solving the problem of their delicate nature. Near-perfect optical vision technology for size detection makes possible to present the market a packed product that meets the requirements of even the most demanding markets. Unitec is able to offer innovative technologies in every phase of the manufacturing apples' process from dumping to sorting, quality selection, packing and traceability. Sorting solutionsUNICAL_700©, the electronic sorter specially designed for apples, characterized by its ultra gentle feeding and unloading systems that allow to guarantee the fruit integrity during the inlet and outlet from the sorter. This is due to the special technologies soft diverging and devices such as bedding belts, SOFT_ROLLER© and SUPERSOFT_EXIT©, the ultra-gentle system that guarantees zero damages to apples during the unloading from sorter. UNICAL_700© can be equipped with external (APPLE_VISION©) and internal quality technology (QS_ON LINE©). Quality selectionUnitec innovative systems guarantee accurate and highly reliable selection of apples’ external and internal quality, providing an excellent response to the demands of sector operators thanks to their flexibility, versatility and automation. Unitec technologies can be adjusted according to the requirements of different apple varieties or target markets and they ensure the total integrity of the fruit both externally and internally. The APPLE_VISION© is the non-destructive online detection technology of the external quality of these fruits. This system offers an excellent response to the demands of sector operators thanks to its superb flexibility, versatility and high level of automation. Unitec technologies are adaptable to suit the requirements of different apple varieties and target markets. Unitec processing safeguards the integrity of the fruit with regard to both the external skin and the pulp. Analysis of many different parameters, such as sugar content, pulp firmness, acidity, vitrescence, etc., enables accurate selection of the internal quality in apples (QS_ON LINE©). More information