Grading Machine
Uniform pieces freeze uniformly. The grading machine sorts produce and seafood by size before freezing and packing, so a batch behaves as one product in the freezer — and leaves the plant packed to grade.
- Position in line
- Between washing and freezing
- Function
- Size grading
- Result
- Uniform freezing, pack to grade
- Operation
- Continuous
How it is built
Freezing starts with sorting
Mixed sizes in one freezing run means small pieces over-freeze while large ones lag. Grading first means the freezer's time and temperature can be set for one size — and be right.
Grade is a selling point
Export and retail buyers buy graded product. Sorting on the line means packing to grade is part of production, not a second handling.
Placed where it works
The grader sits between washing and blanching or freezing, sized to the flow of the machines around it.
Specifications
| Position in line | After washing, before blanching and freezing |
|---|---|
| Function | Size sorting of produce and seafood |
| Best for | Fruit, vegetable and seafood lines feeding IQF freezing and graded packing |
Sizes and duties beyond the figures above are set against your product and output at quotation.
Used for
Questions
Pieces of one size freeze in the same time. Grading first lets the freezer be set correctly for the batch and gives you graded packs at the end of the line.
The product, its size range as harvested or landed, target output, and layout constraints. A quotation typically follows within one to two working days.
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Tell us what you are freezing.
Send the product, target capacity, piece size and your layout constraints. A quotation typically follows within one to two working days.