The INSORT Sherlock Compact Belt is a next-generation high-performance inspection system designed for modern food processing and snack production environments. Built on INSORT’s advanced Chemical Imaging Technology (CIT®), it delivers highly precise, real-time analysis of product composition to ensure exceptional sorting accuracy and food safety.
Engineered for compact integration without compromising performance, the Sherlock Compact Belt brings powerful inspection capabilities into space-efficient production lines. It is specifically developed to detect even the smallest defects and foreign materials that are invisible to conventional optical systems, ensuring maximum product quality and consistency.
In-flight inspection for greater sorting precision
Combining high-resolution 4K RGB imaging, AI-powered deep learning and precise air ejection, the system helps processors reduce false rejects, minimize maintenance and maximize uptime. By inspecting products in free flight rather than on the belt, Sherlock Belt Compact enables cleaner image acquisition, more precise sorting decisions and higher removal efficiency.
Most importantly, sorting decisions are made closer to the ejection point, resulting in more precise reject removal, reduced good-product loss and higher overall efficiency. In-flight inspection. Because the best sorting decisions are made when nothing gets in the way.
Sherlock Belt Compact inspects products in free flight rather than on the belt, enabling background-free image acquisition and more precise sorting decisions
Built for Real Production Conditions
Sherlock Belt Compact was engineered specifically for processors seeking advanced sorting performance within existing production environments.
A transparent view of the Sherlock Belt Compact highlights the integrated inspection and ejection architecture designed to support accurate sorting and high operational efficiency
Key benefits include:
- High-resolution in-flight inspection
- Background-free camera architecture
- AI-supported deep learning
- High-speed air ejection
- Compact, retrofit-friendly footprint
- Higher removal efficiency
- Lower yield loss
- Reduced maintenance requirements
By removing background-related interference and minimizing the distance between inspection and ejection, the system delivers stable performance under real production conditions.
Designed for efficiency and operational uptime
The Sherlock Belt Compact was developed to maximize removal efficiency while minimizing the loss of good product. Precise inspection combined with targeted air ejection helps ensure that only defective material is removed from the production stream. The compact design is intended for food processors where space, efficiency and uptime are critical operational factors. The system also aims to reduce maintenance requirements while supporting stable performance in demanding production environments.
Part of the Sherlock sorting portfolio
Sherlock Belt Compact is designed for a wide range of food processing applications. Its compact design makes it particularly attractive for processors where footprint, efficiency and uptime are critical. From potatoes and nuts to fresh, dried, and frozen fruits and vegetables, grains, meat, and beyond, company technology ensures precision, safety, and quality across diverse industries.
Sherlock Belt Compact is designed for a wide range of food processing applications, including potato chips, French fries, nuts, dried products, frozen foods, gummies, seeds and fresh produce
While Sherlock Belt Compact is the newest development in the portfolio, Insort offers a broad range of specialized solutions across applications and processing stages. From raw intake to final product inspection, the Sherlock machine series covers different requirements in terms of product type, defect profile and performance targets.
The Sherlock machine series includes specialized sorting solutions for different product types, defect profiles and processing requirements across the food industry
