Insort highlights its Chemical Imaging Technology at the Interpom | Primeur 2012

The Austrian optical sorting equipment manufacturer Insort GmbH will highlight its Chemical Imaging Technology applied in their Sherlock Separator for the potato industry at the Interpom | Primeurs.

The trade fair INTERPOM | PRIMEURS (November 25-27 , Kortrijk, Belgium) is the most complete contact and information forum for the potato, fruit &vegetable sector, from growers to processors. The event’s strong focus on quality and professionalism biennially mobilizes the whole sector to Kortrijk Xpo in Belgium.

INTERPOM | PRIMEURS is the ideal platform for professionals in the potato, fruit &vegetable sector.

Sherlock Separator

Chemical Imaging Technology

A highly innovative technology highlights invisible defects for accurate inspection and sorting. Chemical Imaging Technology (CIT) identifies chemical signatures quickly to create high-resolution chemical image maps of objects for fast classification and sorting, at high industrial levels of throughput. Insort wants to utilise the advantages of CIT to create solutions for the potato processing industry that were unimagined till now – only Sherlock Separator offers a complete palette of unique solutions for advanced potato processors.

Sherlock Separator uses a powerful camera system to deliver real time chemically sensitive spectral images in the near-infrared. Chemical specific signatures, acquired and identified in real-time on a pixel-by-pixel basis, are used to produce spatial maps highlighting differences of glucose, starch and water, or identifying foreign bodies or otherwise invisible defects.

This patented technology - that was developed by Insort in-house - detects sugarend defects and glassy potatoes;with the additional advantage of highly sensitive and accurate foreign body detection. Designed to be easily implemented in the processing line after potato peeling, Sherlock Separator transports potatoes on a vibration unit under the camera system for inspection and subsequent separation into three quality streams. A unique clap system ensures the complete removal of defect potatoes and problematic foreign bodies. The integrated peel scanning device controls your peeling process to reduce yield losses and guarantee high product quality.