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Tasmania’s reputation for high-quality fresh produce is truly well deserved. There’s pride in the fruit that’s produced and great care is taken to ensure that fruit is delivered to consumers at a level that defines the region as one of the world’s greatest. When Spreyton Fresh and GP Graders first established their relationship, nearly 10…

Around 15 years ago, sales of mechanical graders for cherries came to a grinding hold. Practically overnight, sales went from countless builds to less than a few in a year. It was the introduction of electronic vision grading systems that marked the monumental shift and it has forever changed the way cherries are packed, priced…

It’s been just over 2 years since AirJet Vision™ was brought to market with an overwhelmingly positive response from early adopters. An entirely new, proprietary optical sizing, colour and defect detection system developed entirely in-house by a team of talented software and electrical engineers who have poured literally hundreds of thousands of hours into creating…

If there’s one thing the global pandemic of 2020 has taught us, it’s that the future of business relies on automation and smarter operations. The days of simply employing more and more labour to tend to the workload will be an undoing, not only because of the rising cost, but due to the availability of…

Calidad en berries means Quality in Berries, and that’s a statement that can be stood by. Alfaberries, from Chillán, continue to exceed expectations with their blueberry packing facility. There is an absolute buzz around just how successfully they’re processing literally tonnes and tonnes of blueberries. Here’s some of the feedback we’ve recently received from their…

Main Range Orchard, like most of the cherry farms in the Young & Orange areas have had a bumper year with excellent yields, no frost and minimal damage from pests. The only major setbacks were the late rain and hail that damaged a substantial amount of crops. Still, it hasn’t stopped Tim & Neil Wells…

For years, the GP501 Weight Grader has been reliably sorting a variety of stone fruits for growers and packers across Australia and the world. It’s a workhorse of a machine, with many having been in packing sheds for decades. When we were approached to adapt our vision technology to stone fruits, we welcomed the challenge….

The first MultiView™ Camera system results are in! And they are excellent. Our friends at Gunkell Orchards kindly allowed us to do some real-world testing for the end-on cameras designed to capture the difficult surfaces of cherries. For cherries, we’ve utilised an extra 6 cameras, mounted on angle at the front and rear of the…