CASE STUDY: PORTUGUESE POTATO TRADER IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY WITH TOMRA SORTER

Juni jana, Oliveira Pinho & Filhos, familia biashara dedicated to the trade of bagged potatoes and onions (located in the municipality of Mira, Portugal), purchased a Sentinel II optical food sorter from TOMRA. The machine is equipped with the latest pulsed LED technology for sorting food at a higher speed than earlier models.

The new Sentinel II installed in the Portuguese factory is used for sorting potatoes, which are provided in bulk by farmers from different countries. After the washing and drying process, potatoes pass the inspection zone before they are packaged for sale. Alejandro Palacios Valencia, sales director Spain and Portugal for TOMRA Sorting Food, explains: “The ejectors work with high precision and allow the high-speed ejection of foreign material and bad potatoes.”

Kabla ya kuunganisha Sentinel II katika safu yao ya uzalishaji, Oliveira Pinho & Filhos walifanya mchakato huu wa kuchagua kwa mikono. Walitumia watu wanne kwa hili, ambayo mwishowe ilimaanisha kujitolea wakati na rasilimali zaidi kwa mchakato usiofaa wa upangaji. Sasa mfanyakazi mmoja anashughulika na mashine wakati wafanyikazi wengine watatu wamepewa kazi nyingine ambapo walihitajika zaidi.

Alejandro Palacios Valencia anasema: “Mashine ya kuchagua hupanga viazi kulingana na rangi, kukataa viazi vya kijani kibichi, au zile zilizo na madoa au kuoza. Pia hugundua vifaa vya kigeni kama vile vijiti na mawe na kuiondoa kwenye bidhaa ya mwisho inayotolewa na Oliveira, ambayo inaboresha ubora tena. "

Kuwasili kwa mashine kwenye kiwanda pia kunasababisha mgawanyiko bora wa kazi na uzalishaji ulioongezeka. "Kiasi cha viazi ambacho tuna uwezo wa kuchambua kimeongeza shukrani kwa Sentinel II. Sasa tunaweza kukagua tani 15 / saa ya viazi ndogo na tani 20 / saa ya viazi vya ukubwa wa kati, ”anasema meneja wa Oliveira Pinho & Filhos.

Sentinel II ni mchawi anayevutia pia kwa sababu ni rahisi kufanya kazi. Oliveira Pinho & Filhos wanathamini muundo wake rahisi, thabiti na gharama ndogo za matengenezo.