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Optical Cherry Sorter Aids California Growers

Optical Cherry Sorter Aids California Growers

Jun 12, 2013

New optical cherry sorters are helping growers in California cut costs, increase speed and improve efficiency. Fresh Fruit Portal explains that these new machines have been operating at O-G Packing by visually spotting “soft” cherries and removing them as they come through the line. Each cherry will be photographed 30 times for imperfections. This machinery should prove especially useful in times when human labor is in short supply. To read more, click HERE. 

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