Onion Production in California: Onion Packing

Описание: This video demonstrates how onions are packed at an onion packinghouse in California.

This video was taken at Harris Fresh in Coalinga, California, and follows the bin dump, optical sorter, hand sorting and automated packing of onions. Please check out https://www.theproducenerd.com/2017/1... for more information related to onion packing.

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0:00 Overview
0:10 Outdoor bin dump
0:22 The onions are transported inside on a conveyor line
0:32 Optical sorting machine to sort by size and detect any internal issues
0:54 Hand sorting
1:05 Automated packing of the sorted onions into bags (the bags need to be placed on the machine by the workers)
1:19 Palletizing machine
1:46 Shrink-wrapping the pallets to prepare for transport

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