SANTA PAULA, CA – Limoneira Company has contracted Compac Sorting Equipment to manufacture its new pack line solution.
“After more than a year of research and visiting citrus and stone fruit houses in California, Argentina and Mexico, Compac's sorting solutions stood out as the best choice for Limoneira,” said Stewart Lockwood, Director of Packing, Lemon Operations at Limoneira.
According to a press release, Limoneira’s pack line will require cutting-edge engineering of multiple sorting systems to meet the stringent quality selection standards of fruit for both export and domestic markets.
“They offer the ideal combination of cutting-edge technology, superb manufacturing quality, excellent service and technical support and non-stop research and development. We carefully studied, tested and compared the optical graders and sorters of six different vendors and I truly believe that Compac's blemish-detection technology is at least a generation ahead of everyone else,” Lockwood added.
Compac’s line features advanced InVision software, which has set the benchmark for vision technology, according to a press release.
“InVision is built on a philosophy which balances ease of use with power and flexibility. It is this philosophy that has allowed our equipment to outperform all other solutions on the market,” says Ken Moynihan, Vision Systems Program Manager for Compac.
To achieve a high standard and efficiency, InVision uses digital cameras to scan produce. The cameras take up to 30 images of every piece that passes along the line, and InVision then builds a complete 3D model, which assigns it to the correct packing destination.
This new pack line and its advanced technology should make the process faster and gentler for Limoneira’s produce.
