Fruit and vegetable processing systems becoming more advanced
The company designs and manufactures modular sorting systems which use state-of-the-art technology. These turnkey solutions are developed and designed for a variety of industries and are made to order according to each client's specific needs. These solutions can be used in a range of sectors of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry.
Pineapples
More people are eating pineapples. In the United States, for example, the consumption of this fruit has risen from just over 1.45 kg per person in 2006 to more than 3 kg per person in 2015. This upward trend has farmers looking for new ways to harvest this prickly fruit. Due to their unique shape, growers spend a lot of time sorting and packaging pineapples. Eshet Eilon's system consists of specialised custom-made cups. The system uses an advanced optical system to sort pineapples by size, colour, and the shape of the crown.
Sweet potatoes
Another fresh product that is becoming increasingly popular is the sweet potato. The import of sweet potato almost tripled in just four years in Europe. It went from 81,000 tonnes in 2012 to 229,000 tonnes in 2016. Eshet Eilon has developed a system with specialised equipment that can handle this product. The system contains special cup-graders, equipped with Eshet Optica Vision system for sizing. It also includes a grading system by size and weight and a washing system that includes hot water disinfection. It also has a hot dryer and systems for quality sorting and packing.
Sorting machine market will grow by 44%
A new study by Technavio predicts that the sorting machine market will grow from $1.24 billion in 2016 to $1.78 billion in 2021. This means a growth of 44%. Technavio is a leading market research company based in London, the UK. They expect the Food Sorting sector to maintain its dominant position as well as increase their share to 82% of the market.
Technavio’s analysts highlight three market drivers that are contributing to the growth of the global sorting equipment market. These are growing concerns about food quality, more awareness of the benefits of automation, and more stringent regulatory standards.
Systems to match clients needs
Eshet Optica is one of the systems that Eshet Eilon has developed. It combines advanced optical sensors and cameras that sort the food by shape, colour, texture, and visual defects. The system separates out fruit with various defects. These include irregular colour and shape, fruits with a rougher surface as well as those with visual defects based on their size, colour, quantity, and shape.
This company also brings the latest technology to the post-harvest industry. This includes grading, weighing, washing, and packing all kinds of fresh produce. Their systems can be used for fruits as small as lychees or as big as watermelons. All at the touch of a button. The high-speed system grades products by size, weight, colour, and visual defects. It can be customised to your specifications and language.
Technology used for astrophysics
Eshet Eilon works closely with top scientists at the Volcani Institute and the Institute of Agricultural Engineering of Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture.
The company, together with the Volcani Institute have launched a Near-InfraRed (NIR) system for sorting fruits according to their internal qualities. This system uses unique wavelengths to penetrate further into an object, and obtain a reading of its chemical properties. This method can be used to study the atmospheres of stars in astrophysics. Or to determine the quality of fruit. NIR can be used in many applications, and its popularity is growing by the day. This kind of technology is well-suited to agricultural purposes. It can determine the quality of a fruit or a vegetable with high accuracy. NIR meet many of the requirements in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. These include the need for accuracy, reliability, speed, non-destruction and cost-effectiveness.
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