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Wine Grape Processing Equipment

The competitive viticulture industry has no time for downtime—especially during crush. Explore this Key lineup of reliable, gentle, field-proven processing equipment for a typical wine grape operation.

Key Technology's solutions for wineries can be utilized separately or configured as an integrated system, include a receiving hopper, cluster sorting table, post-destemmer sorting table with MOG (material other than grape) separating system, and color sorters.  These stainless steel systems help wineries improve their product quality while redirecting labor to other tasks.

Mechanical Sorting Equipment

Cluster Sorting

Grape Receiving & Inspection Platform (GRIP)

"With Key’s Grape Receiving and Inspection Platform, we save a driver and a fork lift because we can dump the entire bin at one time." - Jean-François Pellet, Winemaker at Pepper Bridge Winery

• Uniform Layer of clusters to optimize inspection
• Evenly Feeds destemming equipment
• Fast Changeover between varietals
• View Grape Receiving & Inspection Platform (GRIP) Product Information

MOG Sorting

Post-Destemmer Sorting Table

“The Crush Pad Equipment from Key Technology helps us produce superior-quality wine.” - Jean-François Pellet, Winemaker at Pepper Bridge Winery

“The stainless steel bed is very easy to sanitize. It takes us maybe two or three minutes at the end of each day to clean it.” Jean-François Pellet, Winemaker at Pepper Bridge Winery

• Eliminates Eye Fatigue due to higher frequency
• Avoid Clumping—spreads single grapes exiting destemmer
• MOG Removal through special screen
• View Post-Destemmer Sorting Table Product Information

Optical Sorting Equipment

For Large Scale Wineries Sorting > 15 ton/hour

Manta® 2000 Camera / Laser Sorter

“We are proud to be the first winery to use Manta.  It is state-of-the-art technology that gives us an added edge in terms of quality.” - Randy Ullom, Winemaster for Jackson Family Wines

“We’ve seen a dramatic difference in MOG levels since we started using Manta.  It’s stunning, actually.” - Ivan Giotenov, Winemaker Director at the Jackson Family Wines

• Read a Feature Story on Kendall Jackson’s use of Manta

• Watch a Video of Manta 2000 Processing Pinot Noir Grapes
• View Manta® 2000 Camera / Laser Sorter Product Information

For Medium Sized Wineries Sorting 6 - 12 ton/hour

Optyx® 6000 Camera / Laser Sorter

• Optyx 6000 is ideal for medium size wineries
• Improve quality of berries being delivered to the fermenter
• Increase throughput by eliminating hand-sorting bottlenecks

• View Optyx® 6000 Camera / Laser Sorter Product Information

For Small Wineries Sorting < 6 ton/hour

Optyx® 3000 Camera / Laser Sorter

"The sorter (Optyx) from Key had the highest performance in our trials, up to 99% efficiency, running up to 6 metric tons per hour.” - Jakob Feltes, Project Manager at DLR

“The Key sorter is the easiest and quickest to clean of all the sorters and has really been designed for cleaning”.  - Jakob Feltes, Project Manager at DLR

• Watch a Video of Optyx 3000 Processing White Grapes
• View Optyx® 3000 Camera / Laser Sorter Product Information