From large processing plants to local packing facilities, we gathered critical insights, stress-tested performance, and fine-tuned every aspect of the AIR based on actual processor feedback for almonds, pistachios, and walnuts. In this blog, you’ll read more on how extensive in-field validation shaped one of the most advanced quality control tools on the market.
Bringing the AIR to you: The power of the demo trailer
Launching new tech in a static showroom was never our style. Instead, we used our fully functional mobile demo trailer equipped with the new Qcify AIR, complete with live product flow and Qcify HUB integration. This allowed us to deliver personalized demos, right in our customers’ yards. Running live product, in real conditions.Simon Kerkhofs, Qcify’s Director of Sales and Marketing, says: “Showing up on-site with the Qcify AIR in tow allowed us to prove, on the spot, that our system doesn’t just talk specs, it delivers results. That transparency built trust.”
We tested with a variety of product types, including almonds, walnuts, pistachios, and other tree nut and peanut varieties, allowing processors to witness how the AIR handled different defect loads, processing speeds, and environmental factors such as high dust levels and variable lighting.
Testing in real facilities: The ultimate benchmark
Beyond the trailer, we embedded the AIR in full production lines at select customer facilities across the globe. This was more than a test, it was a co-development phase with processors who operate at the highest standards of food safety and quality control.We validated performance under:
- High-speed throughput
- Product variations and mixed lots
- Seasonal defect loads
- Live QC workflows and operator usage
Every new test environment challenged the machine’s limit, and every insight was fed directly back to our R&D team. This cumulation of expertise and dedication is what led to the result you can see now: the Qcify AIR.
Live learning, fast iteration: How field data improved the AIR
Each facility we visited became part of a feedback loop. The data gathered from that loop from real-world operations allowed us to:- Refine our deep learning models to recognize new and subtle defect patterns.
- Calibrate RGB cameras for optimal visibility regardless of ambient lighting.
- Adjust air ejection parameters to prevent false rejects while maximizing yield.
- User interface usability in noisy, fast-paced production environments.
- Defect classification accuracy across multiple nut varieties.
- Real-time alert systems through the Qcify HUB for instant QC responsiveness.
Built with processors worldwide: Designed to fit, perform, and scale
While California was a cornerstone in testing the Qcify AIR, its development was shaped by a much broader network of global processors. From the almond orchards of Australia to walnut lines in Chile, and pistachio plants in Turkey. Each region brought its own environmental variables, nut varieties, and processing line configurations. We listened to those unique challenges and made sure the AIR could handle them all.- Its compact footprint was designed to integrate seamlessly into tight and varied production environments anywhere in the world, whether in new facilities or legacy plants.
- The double-sided camera system ensures crisp images are captured of each individual nut despite different nut types and sizes, from shelled almonds to round hazelnuts.
- Our 6mm nozzle pitch delivers surgical precision in defect ejection, even in high-speed lines where accuracy can make or break your yield.
- And with real-time connection to the Qcify HUB, QC teams can receive alerts, monitor quality, and adjust performance of any Qcify machine in their facility, both on-site as well as remotely.
No matter the geography or type of nut, the Qcify AIR was built to bring world-class quality control, optical sorting, and AI-powered decision making to the heart of your processing operation, anywhere in the world.
Conclusion: Field-tested & processor-approved
Before we launched the Qcify AIR, we made sure it earned its place, on the road and in the field. From demo trailer visits across California to full integration in global nut processor facilities, every test confirmed what we designed the AIR to do: deliver AI sorting precision, enhance food safety, reduce manual labor, and raise quality control standards across the tree nut and peanut industry.So if you're wondering whether the Qcify AIR performs under pressure, know that it already has.
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