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Frequently Asked Questions
General
About iQS: Intelligent Quality Sorter
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Can I combine the iQS sorting system with other sorting options?
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How is it possible that I get more capacity with the iQS system?
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Why is it so important to have the measurement and transport (labeller) section seperate, with iQS?
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Why is it so important to have both a colour and black/white camera in this system?
About iFA: Intelligent Flavor Analyser
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Why is it so important with this kind of technology that transmission of the light is used?
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My product sometimes suffers under internal brownness or core rot. Can the iFA 'see' this?
About iFD: Intelligent Firmness Detector
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I want to test samples my fruit on ripeness before harvesting. Does Greefa have a solution for this?
Answers
General
1. What are my sorting options with Greefa?
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Colour, size, curvature, length, weight, relative weight
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external quality (iQS)
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internal quality (iFA)
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firmness (iFD)
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a combination of the above is possible, depending on your produce.
2. What if I want to adjust my sorting options in the future?
That is absolutely not a problem. Your sorting needs might change, new insights may come in technologies. Greefa has anticipated to this. Modules can be added, units updated.
3. How much experience does Greefa have?
Greefa has experience with sorting equipment since 1952, worldwide. So you can be sure of great expertise.
4. How do Greefa South Africa and Greefa relate?
Greefa South Africa is the agent of Greefa Netherlands.
5. Why is Greefa South Africa founded?
Greefa South Africa is especially founded (May 2007) to serve the South African market best. Therefore, the whole Greefa South Africa team is situated in South Africa, spread throughout Gauteng, Western and Eastern Cape.
6. What is so unique about Greefa?
Greefa is experienced, innovative and reliabel. This counts for both equipment and support.
It is no wonder that Greefa has established a reputation of: durable, user and fruit-friendly, high tech grading installation in more than 40 countries! Up
About iQS
1. What can the iQS system do, exactly?
It can automatically sort your product in 5 different quality classes. The iQS system gives you great control of the settings within these classes.
2. What are the advantages for my company?
Automatically sorting in different quality classes, with great consistency within, it enables you to get better prices for your (best) quality classes! Furthermore the capacity of your machine is bigger and you save labor costs!
3. Can I combine the iQS sorting system with other sorting options?
Certainly. Since Greefa works with ' modules' you can choose as little of as many sorting options you want. You can use these modules simultanously or independant from each other.
4. What is so unique about the Greefa iQS technology?
The experience Greefa has with iQS on lots of different kinds of fruit and veg, worldwide, is unique. Greefa's machines are most suitable for the system because of a two chain system. Two types of camera's are used, they are placed in a certain angle 'seeing' the whole area of the fruit/veg. And because of the in-house development of software, support is continuous.
5. How much experience does Greefa have with the iQS system?
Since 1996. Greefa was the first in the world to introduce this kind of system.
6. How is it possible that I get more capacity with the iQS system?
Because you don't need line deviders to tell the machine witch class is on what lane. The iQS system determines it own classes. Also, when the quality of your fruit drops you don't have to slow down the line anymore. (Without the line has to be slowed down, so that the sorters can sort out the bad fruits).
7. Why is it so important to have the measurement and transport (labeller) section seperate, with iQS?
Otherwise the labels can be detected as if they are defects. Also, the labels may influence the size measurement of your fruit. These problems are intercepted with this set up.
8. Why is it so important to have both a colour and black/white camera in this system?
Because they detect different types of defects. So the combination of these camera's give the best results in detecting defects in appearances and sorting accordingly.
9. For what produce is iQS suitable?
iQs is suitable (and already successfully applied to): Apples, pears, citrus fruit, stone fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, mangoes, avocado's.
10. Is the iQS system placable on every machine?
Only on the Greefa graders. Of them, the iQS is placable on the MSE-CXL, SmartSort and GeoSort. Up
About iFA
1. What can the iFA system do, exactly?
It can assess if your product is 'tasty' or not, by measuring the brix (sugar)value, acidity content. It also enables you to eliminate 'bad fruits by detecting characteristics like internal brownness, internal breakdown and core rot.
2. Why is it so important with this kind of technology that transmission of the light is used?
Because this method enables to 'assess' the entire piece of your fruit. While with reflection, for example, you would only assess a small part of the fruit.
3. What are the advantages of iFA for my company?
It enables you to give your customers a guaranteed brix value and/or acidity content of your product. Furthermore it prevents rejections from your markets (by detecting your 'bad' fruits).
4. But isn't the light harmful for my fruit?
No, your product is 100% safe for consumption, and there are absolutely no harmful side effects.
5. My product sometimes suffers under internal brownness or core rot. Can the iFA 'see' this?
Certainly! Enabling you to eliminate these 'bad' fruits, and still able to deliver a quality product.
6. I want to test samples of my fruit on internal quality before harvesting. Does Greefa have a solution for this?
Certainly. Greefa has a desk top model available of iFA, for this purpose. Up
About iFD
1. What can the iFD system do, exactly?
It enables you to detect the stage of ripeness your fruit is in.
2. What are the advantages for my company?
Through the iFD you can give the customer an accurate forecast and guarantee with respect to the storage life and ideal consumption time of your product.
3. For which products is iFD suitable?
It has been successfully applied on apples, avocados, mangoes, peaches and kiwis.
4. How fruit friendly is the system?
The system is very fruit friendly.
5. I want to test samples my fruit on ripeness before harvesting. Does Greefa have a solution for this?
Certainly, for this purpose Greefa has a iFD 'desk top model' available. Up
