Inventions developed in the course of building a better apple-harvesting system might have application also in packing houses. Picker Technologies developed special tubes for transporting fruit from the picker’s hand to its new harvesting system, and a special dry bin filler with a vertical drop. And, the electronic sizing and grading system had to be small enough and cheap enough that it would fit on the harvesting platform and not make the system uneconomical for growers to buy. The company consulted with a group of grower-­packers while developing the machine to make sure it fit their needs. But as the […]