3 years ago we started developing a plan to develop a new picking machine.

The starting point was to reduce picking costs.

The conviction has been there for a long time that you can achieve a much higher picking performance with a “moving picking belt”.

This will only become more important in view of the ever-increasing wage costs and the availability of good pickers.

 

2 years ago the first 3 PLUTO'S were used in the picking

and last year 10 PLUTO'S

 

After these 2 picking seasons in which we have gained a lot of experience, we are convinced that picking with the PLUTO can be a fantastic working method.

For an average Fruit company, picking with the PLUTO can have the following advantages:

-50% higher picking performance when picking through

- 40% higher picking performance at full picking

- easy to organize

- less damage to the fruit

- reduction of picking costs per kg of fruit