See precisely where your apples are damaged with clear data and video.

Real Instruments turns the lights on in apple handling. Measure the forces your fruit experiences. Find the damage points. Make changes that deliver results.
For years, the apple industry had to accept that bruising was just part of processing fruit.
The variability of fruit, the complexity of handling systems, the absence of any practical measurement tool — all of it made the problem feel unsolvable.
We are turning the lights on.

Apple Packhouses

Mechanical bruising continues to be one of the biggest avoidable costs in apple processing — and until now, one of the hardest to measure. RealAppleIQ™ runs through your line exactly as your fruit does, recording every force and every impact alongside the captured video. For the first time, you can see clearly what is damaging your fruit, then quickly share that insight to drive collective decisions based on recognised data, not guesswork.
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Machinery Manufacturers
Gentle handling at the required throughput volume. Meeting this standard ensures high-quality fruit can be packed free from out-of-grade defects. RealAppleIQ™ sets that standard. Existing equipment can be measured and improved. New equipment can be certified against an agreed metric, with the data shared across all stakeholders. The apple industry gets the equipment it needs — and these transparent, shared metrics create a commercial advantage for both parties.
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Packaging

Compression and impact damage has been a persistent cost to the apple industry. Packaging performance directly affects the condition of the fruit at its final destination. Determining packaging performance under real world conditions is now possible. RealAppleIQ™ directly measures the crush and impact forces that cause bruising inside the packaging. How good is your current packaging solution? 
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RealUserIQ
RealUserIQ™ is where every measurement session begins. It connects to RealAppleIQ™, sets up the measurement run, manages video capture, and ensures everything is captured, secured and stored automatically at the run completion.
RealDataIQ
RealDataIQ™ is the analysis engine and viewer. It assembles and displays the massive data file together with the video. This turns a measurement run into a visual experience that any decision maker can understand — and act on — immediately.
RealBruiseIQ
The RealBruiseIQ™ application controls the RealBruiseIQ™ instrument. Guiding the operator through a susceptibility test, and producing a susceptibility data file that integrates directly with RealDataIQ™ — turning force data into bruise prediction.
RealCrushIQ
Coming soon.
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Frequently asked questions
What exactly does RealAppleIQ™ measure?
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It measures the forces that your fruit experiences as it travels through your handling system — every impact, every drop, every contact event across 60 sensors simultaneously. It also captures orientation data so you can see exactly where on the apple each force was applied. The data is recorded in sync with a video of the run, so you can watch exactly what happened at any moment.

How is this different from what we already do?
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Most packhouses assess damage part way through their line by way of a sorter. Sorting itechnology works best at identifying  bruises that have developed over the last 24 hours. This alerts you damage has occurred, but not where or why. RealAppleIQ™ tells you the exact point on the line where each damaging force happened, how severe it was, and whether it was enough to produce an out-of-grade bruise for the specific fruit you’re running that day.

What is RealBruiseIQ™ and do I need it?
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RealBruiseIQ™ measures the bruise susceptibility of your actual fruit — the specific variety, size, and maturity you’re handling. Without this data, you know which forces occurred but not which ones actually caused bruising. With it, every force event in a RealAppleIQ™ run is assessed against the real bruise threshold for your fruit. For most commercial operations, the combination of both instruments gives you the complete picture.

How long does a measurement session take?
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A session takes as long as it takes your fruit to travel the section of the line being measured. Most runs are completed in minutes. The instrument travels the line, data is captured automatically, and the full analysis is available in RealDataIQ™ immediately after the session ends.

Is the data secure? Who can see our runs?
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Run data is encrypted before it leaves your primary laptop and is stored on Real Instruments Limited’s secure server. Only users with your license credentials can access your data. You control exactly which runs are shared and with whom. Real Instruments Limited staff access is limited to our Chief Technology Officer for technical support purposes only.

Can we share results with people outside our organisation?
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Yes. Sub-licenses allow you to share selected runs with a third party — a machinery supplier, a supermarket technical team, or a consultant. You choose exactly which runs they can access, for how long, and how many times they can view them. They receive a software installer and a link. You remain in full control.

What happens to our data if we stop using the system?
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Your data remains archived on the Real Instruments Limited server. It is not deleted. Your primary laptop retains all locally stored data regardless. We strongly recommend maintaining your own backup of all data and video on the primary laptop — the server copy is not a backup service.

How robust is the instrument? Can it handle a commercial packhouse environment?
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The RealAppleIQ™ is designed for commercial packhouse use. It is waterproof to 1 meter for 10 minutes in clean fresh water, rated for water flumes, and built to withstand the full range of normal handling conditions. Its drop limit mirrors that of a real apple — if a real apple would survive the drop, the instrument will too. If a real apple wouldn’t, neither will the instrument.

What does it cost?
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Pricing is not listed on this website. Contact us or request a demonstration and we’ll discuss what’s right for your operation.

How do we get started?
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Request a demo using the button below. We’ll arrange a demonstration — either in person or remotely — and walk you through a real measurement run so you can see exactly what the system finds and what that means for your operation.

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