Potato grading and sorting technology that will optimize your packhouse performance
Make every potato count and leave nothing to waste. This year, five Potato companies started grading with our system. Follow their stories here.
Why choose TrueSort™ for potato grading?
TrueSort™ software is fast and accurate and enables you to sort potatoes at high speed. While yielding high productivity and accuracy, it will allow you to open new markets and get premium prices for your product. Our technology is designed to reduce packing costs and making your packhouse more efficient. Choose Ellips, and we will revolutionize your business.
Flexible Solutions
Our vision system is designed to operate on virtually any manufacturer’s sorting equipment. This enables you to select the appropriate grading machine or to retrofit your existing sizer.
- Perfect colour & size accuracy
- Accurate defect detection
- Labour cost reduction
- Significant capacity improvement
- Increased process efficiency
Potato grading technology
External quality
Our HD cameras enable better visual identification of the potatoes shape and context. TrueSort™ accurately finds the potatoes’ characteristics and successfully detects the most prevalent external defects such as common scab, black scurf, silver scurf, wire worm, misshapen/doubles and mechanical damage and punctures. Once the defects are identified, our TrueSort™ software sorts the potatoes into various classes based upon defect severity, count or area.
Colour separation
Our colour module can determine – based on live feedback from the cameras – the colour of the potato in order to grade the product. Ultrafine colour separations are obtained through our TrueSort™ intuitive software that enables operators to quickly create or modify colour profiles for red, white, yellow or sweet potatoes.
Size separation
To measure the entire surface, the potato is rotated under the camera and 40 images are taken of each product. This permits you to calculate the diameter, length and surface area. Defects in shape or position of 2 products in 1 cup or roller can also be detected. Square Measure is a specific potato sizing criteria which is implemented in our Ellips TrueSort™ software.
Weight
The weight of every single potato is measured on a cup system or roller system with built-in weighing system. Accurate weighing (+/- 0,5 gram) is possible, even at high speed (up to 15 cups/second). The system automatically takes into account factors such as temperature differences and dust accumulation throughout the day. Weight is calculated from camera pictures of each potato by an adjustable specific weight parameter. The dashboard that is build-in our TrueSort™ software monitors the average product weight and capacity per hour.
Are you ready for next level grading?
Would you like to know more about our grading solutions for potatoes or would you like to book a demonstration? Please fill in the contact form and one of our experts will reach out to you.