UNITEC Technologies for quality sorting to select high quality cherries

For over 90 years now, UNITEC - an international group specializing in the design and manufacture of technologies for processing, sorting, quality selection and packing of over 35 different types of fresh fruit and vegetables - has improved the quality of fruit and vegetable processing in over 50 countries in the world, supplying technology and services based on innovation and with the highest standards of reliability and profitability for all its clients coming from the benefits obtained from investments in Unitec technologies. The market of cherries is one of the sectors where Unitec technologies gave high results in terms of efficiency and reliability of quality and processing sorting as a whole, achieving year after year tangible evolutions in all the processing steps of this special, delicate fruit, from dumping to final packing. Unitec technologies for cherry processing (especially those for quality sorting) nowadays achieve an accurate and delicate sorting of size, color, external and internal defects and Brix degree in order to eliminate soft/overripe fruits which are not suitable anymore to be exported. In particular, Cherry Vision 2 patented system to sort internal and external qualityof cherries, entirely developed by Unitec, resulted the more performing technology on the market, guaranteeing the elimination of almost 100% of defects at very high efficiency levels. These results were obtained thanks to continuous technologies improvement, coming from the ongoing dialogue between Unitec and the market, aiming at developing projects replying to concrete needs. Unitec every day job is to help its clients to improve processing and packing for fruit and vegetables. Unitec has a 360° overview of technologies; it can supply hardware & software, design, mechanical manufacturing to production of automation components; the target is always to reply with concrete improvement results. Unitec technologies for cherry processing reach very high efficiency and productivity levels - on the production side - and guarantee a consistent quality of fruit & vegetable over time - on the offer side. That's how client's trust is obtained in the long run, therefore increasing consumption. What is more, sorting process standardization made it possible for fruit & vegetable processing plants to plan export strategies, with full guarantee on the quality of products when they reach international markets after some days of travel. Many cherry producers in the world (Stemilt or Washington Fruit in the US, Alara in Turkey, Garcés or Unifrutti in Chile, just to name a few) chose Unitec technologies for their processing operations: they got impressive results in terms of profitability and sorting quality. For this reason, they are satisfied with their choice and this drives Unitec towards a continuous innovation, a feature that differentiates this company born in Italy and grown in the world. UNITEC participates with this report in the article "Mantener la calidad de las cerezas", to maintain the quality of cherries, by Jesús Alonso and Óscar G. Bodelón, available at the Biblioteca de Horticultura and by clicking HERE. Key wordsPoscosecha    postcosecha    postharvest    na-oes    ?? ??? ??????    ??        post-récolte    ???? ?? ?????????        na-oogst    post-raccolta    Obróbka po    pós-colheita    ??????????????    hasat sonras?        Ernte    ??????????????    ???? ???????????    postcollita    poskliz?ové    ??    ?? ?        nakon branja    pozberové        obdelovanje zemlje po    post-colleita    ????? ?????    pascapanen    Éilíonn postharvest    ????    p?c ra?as    derliaus apdirbimas po    lepas tuai    ?? ?? ??????    post-recoltare    ?????? ?????    ?????????????????    ???????????    ???????????????    sau thu ho?ch    ???????????????    zangemva kwenkathi yokuvuna        Cereza        cherry cherries    kers    ?????    ??    ?erizo    cerise    ??????    ????    kers    ciliegia    wi?nia    cereja    ?????    kiraz    ????    Kirsche    ??????