The Carpe Diem Group Factory has state of the art equipment to ensure effective and food safe raisin processing consisting of Colour- and Laser scanners, Metal detector, X-ray Scanner, Super vacuums etc.

Carpe Diem can pack all the different raisin products to the highest standards.

Raisin Packaging

This section shows the different stages of the Raisin Packing Process.

• Start of the dry line process at Carpe Diem, sorted product has been put on to the line and product is tipped to start the cleaning process
• Clumps move over the schlepping deck and is broken by the declumper and goes back on the line again
• Dry line of Carpe Diem consists of bin tipper, scalping deck, sizer, 2 decappers, 4 aspirators and a super vac and laser sorter
• Product moves of sieves to ensure even sized product
• 4 Aspirators and super vac removes all stems and storks to ensure product free from foreign material
• DE cappers removes stems from product
• Laser scanner is used to remove defect product and foreign material before product goes into the water
• Transfers the product from the scanner to the riffle washer
• Riffle washer – product flows over the riffles and the heavier product i.e. stones is trapped and is removed with regular cleaning
• Draining Auger removes access water from product and transfer product to re-cleaners
• Spinning action removes excess dirt and water from product before scanning process
• Wet lining of Carpe Diem consists of riffle washer, re-cleaner, laser sorter, x-ray machine, automatic box filler and metal detectors
• Laser sorter removes defect product and foreign material
• Product passes through x-ray machine to ensure there is no foreign material present
• Product is weighed and automatically dropped into the box
• Final checker ensures that the product is 100% accurately weighed according to client specifications
• Finished product passes through metal detector to ensure product complies
• Product is stacked on pallet and wrapped by automatic wrapper