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Receiving, washing and sorting

Remove field contamination and rejected material, then deliver sound fruit at a rate the recovery section can accept.

Product or service input

Incoming whole crops, water and the receiving schedule.

Inspected, washed material; a separate reject and wash-water route.

How much soil and damaged fruit arrive during the harvest peak, and how much contact can the crop tolerate?

Firm whole crops carrying soil or surface debris.

Output Washed crop and separately drained wash water and solids.

Fruit or vegetables requiring water-based washing with limited abrasive contact.

Output Washed material with removed floating and settled contamination.

Washable produce delivered to the immersion section.

Output Cleaned produce lifted to an agreed downstream height.

Whole produce requiring visible surface inspection and manual rejection.

Output Selected fruit and a physically separate reject stream.

Whole crops with a defined shape, firmness and size distribution.

Output Separated size fractions delivered to individual outlets.

Washed produce carrying surface water before inspection or further preparation.

Output Conveyed produce with reduced external water carryover.