Method and apparatus for packaging of aubergines and other vulnerable vegetables and/or fruits

摘要

The present invention provides a method for packaging aubergines and other vulnerable vegetables and/or fruit, comprising the following steps of:
-placing the aubergines in transport means;
-measuring the weight and/or visual characteristics of each aubergine in the transport means;
-allocating the products to a number of offloading stations and sorting the aubergines into a predetermined number of classes;
-offloading the aubergines from the transport means at the relevant offloading station onto a packaging unit positioned at the offloading station;
-filling the packaging unit up to a predetermined total weight; and
-re-packing the aubergines from the packaging unit to the final package at a removal location coupled to the offloading station.