Elisam Grading Machine and Ellips Grading Technology

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Meet every demand

Excellent product handling

Maximum reliability

Maximize harvest value with Elisam

A trusted partner to leading growers, farms and packers

15

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years of delivering high-quality grading and packing machines

230

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Elisam grading machines operating globally

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types of fruits and vegetables covered

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countries where Elisam operates globally

Discover how Elisam grades your produce

Make every piece of fruit and vegetable count, season after season.

After a season of hard work, you want to get the most value out of your harvest. Elisam GranTorino achieves this for you as the fastest, most reliable and accurate grading machine around. Get maximum throughput, consistent quality and total peace of mind you’re making every piece of produce count.

Fast, accurate grading 

Keep up with all your customer demands.

Speed is everything at harvest time, but you need confidence it never comes at the cost of accuracy. With Elisam GranTorino, you get the best of all worlds with maximum throughout, consistent quality and accurate defect detection all-in-one. Now you can meet all your specific customer demands with ease, whilst always staying at peak productivity.

Robust and reliable

A machine you can rely on

You need a machine that keeps running smoothly, year after year. Elisam GranTorino is the most robust and reliable machine on the market giving your team maximum uptime, and the fastest grading. As it’s so durable, it makes a great long-term investment as maintenance costs are reduced and it just keeps on performing.

Consistent quality at high speed 

Guaranteed consistency, no manual checking

The quality of a harvest varies every season, as do the defects present – but Elisam GranTorino handles them all with ease. Grade every single piece of produce for near-perfect size, color separation, and world-leading internal and external quality grading. Not only does this ensure you get the most from every batch – it eliminates manual quality control.

“Thanks to our optical sorting machine, not a single potato with an internal defect leaves our premises.”

Reinhard Krebbers | Wilhelm Weyers | Germany

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“After 5 years of tremendous studies, we chose Ellips based on their unique internal and external quality technology.”

Joe Schwilke | Starr Ranch Growers | USA

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"The True-AI technology is truly ground-breaking.  From day one, the improvements like productivity and quality consistency were immediate and visually apparent."

Ray Keller | Apple King | USA

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"The optical grader delivers higher throughput while ensuring consistent quality. It removes defects, guaranteeing excellent grading results, and its adds flexibility to meet changing packaging needs."

Renee Pye | Zerella Fresh | Australia

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“With this advanced technology in place, we can effectively meet the demands of retailers, handle larger volumes, and eliminate concerns about labor availability.”

Volker Peters | Groka | Germany

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"The efficiencies has gone through the roof incorporating this new technology. And we're also able to ensure a quality product to our consumers. Its truly the next level of grading."

Troy Bland | Bland Farms | USA

“The grading is so much better and we can finetune it, such that a potato that we might have thrown out last year, we have use for it this year. Just more efficient.”

Dave Hughes | Hughes Farms | USA

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“The upgrade to True-AI has been a huge step forward. With True-AI, we have been able to greatly reduce post-control”

Benny Murre | TOP the onion group | Netherlands

"The new packing line has successfully met production, efficiency, and quality targets. The system's internal defect detection and operational efficiency are considered top-notch and even exceed industry standards"

Cameron Skeen | Baker & Murakami | USA

Happy customers? We prefer to call them happy partnerships

More capability. More flexibility.

Perfect high-speed handling

Fruit and vegetables come in all shapes and sizes, so grading them all perfectly is a challenge – but the Elisam GranTorino was designed to do just that. Even running at full speed and high capacity, it achieves a full-surface 360° inspection for each individual item. This means you deliver consistent quality and ensure everything is correctly graded with minimal waste.

Save now and in the future

Choosing the GranTorino really adds up to a great long-term investment. You’ll save a huge amount of money with less downtime, less maintenance needed, less food and energy waste and of course, less labor costs. Plus, you’ll make more money with higher throughput and get the highest possible prices thanks to accurate grading.  

Easy to clean

To maximize performance, it’s important to keep your Elisam GranTorino grading machine clean. GranTorino makes this really easy with stainless steel waterproof materials and an automatic, high-pressure cleaning system. This unique system washes the belts, the rollers and other essential parts at the touch of a button. Easy to use – easy to clean. Just as it should be.

You harvest. We’ll maintain.

Ellisam machines are the most robust and reliable grading machines in the world. This keeps maintenance costs down and smooth-running up. But even the most durable machines in the world need maintenance from time to time. Our specialist engineers will check everything is ready pre-season and are always close by during the season.
  • Perfect high-speed handling

    Fruit and vegetables come in all shapes and sizes, so grading them all perfectly is a challenge – but the Elisam GranTorino was designed to do just that. Even running at full speed and high capacity, it achieves a full-surface 360° inspection for each individual item. This means you deliver consistent quality and ensure everything is correctly graded with minimal waste.

  • Save now and in the future

    Choosing the GranTorino really adds up to a great long-term investment. You’ll save a huge amount of money with less downtime, less maintenance needed, less food and energy waste and of course, less labor costs. Plus, you’ll make more money with higher throughput and get the highest possible prices thanks to accurate grading.  

  • Easy to clean

    To maximize performance, it’s important to keep your Elisam GranTorino grading machine clean. GranTorino makes this really easy with stainless steel waterproof materials and an automatic, high-pressure cleaning system. This unique system washes the belts, the rollers and other essential parts at the touch of a button. Easy to use – easy to clean. Just as it should be.

  • You harvest. We’ll maintain.

    Ellisam machines are the most robust and reliable grading machines in the world. This keeps maintenance costs down and smooth-running up. But even the most durable machines in the world need maintenance from time to time. Our specialist engineers will check everything is ready pre-season and are always close by during the season.

It’s all fully integrated so your entire packhouse works as one

Working directly with hundreds of packhouses around the globe, we’ve fully integrated our machines into each individual facility. Together with our partners, we’ll do the same for you ensuring your entire packhouse is optimized and seamlessly connected across multi-head weighers, bin tippers, washing and waxing machines, drying tunnels, palletizers, packing tables and automated packaging.

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Packing machine

As we offer a complete solution, our service doesn’t stop once the products are ready for transport, we can also offer customized packaging solutions. Our technology is designed to reduce packing and labor costs, whilst making your packhouse more efficient. As it’s an automated system, it will distribute the products into boxes, bags, bins, totes or tanks, eliminating the need for human labor.

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Customized to your situation

Our advanced optical grading can be installed in packhouses of every size and shape, seamlessly integrating into your facility. Every solution is carefully designed and customised to meet your requirements with efficiency and accuracy.

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A seamless, support experience for years to come.

When you start a partnership, you will always get the best service, where and when you want it. A trusted partnership of teamwork and know-how. Talented professionals you can rely on 24-7 to deliver the advice and service you need to keep your business moving. Now and in the future.

Easily add lanes and modules

Many growers and packers evolve their operation step-by-step. Sometimes starting with 2-4 lanes and external grading, then moving onto internal grading and adding more lanes later on. GranTorino’s flexibility lets you grow your own way.

Specialist training

Your team needs to be able to make the most of their cutting-edge machine and software as quickly as possible. We’re dedicated to training and sharing our expertise to give your team the knowledge they need for maximum productivity.

On time installations

We have always met a live date and stayed within budget on any of our project installations. It is a track record and commitment that we guarantee.

Expert maintenance

Our service team will make sure you’re all set for the harvest. They’ll check everything is up and running pre-season and will be on-hand during the season. Plus, the machine is analyzed post-season for data ready for next year.

Top service & support

Your support experts will quickly feel like one of the team, helping you with things like optimizing throughput, defect detection accuracy – plus assisting with any mechanical, electrical or software help you need.

Tutorials

How do you get the most out of your grading technology? Watch tutorial videos through the client portal.