News on Optical Sorters

DOWNS introduces CropVision®: an Optical Sorter for Unwashed Potatoes, evaluates and categorizes potatoes using HD cameras combined with AI and splits them into three streams, at a capacity of up to 100 tons per hour.

TOMRA Food has launched its Arabic language website, providing a dynamic online platform for its Arabic-speaking customers.

Revolutionary Upgrades to Sensors and Insight Tools of the Sorter Lead to Better Bottom Lines for Processors.

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the appointment of John Dykstra as Director of Service Operations for North America, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Installing TOMRA's Sentinel II sorting machine has enabled the Italian company to select large quantities of potatoes – its flagship products – with great precision and minimal waste.

Key Technology, Inc. and Heat and Control Pty Ltd. announce an extension of their existing strategic partnership, supporting customers in Australia, New Zealand and India, to now include the region of South Africa and Sub-Saharan.

TOMRA Food, a global provider of sensors, equipment, and digital solutions for the food supply chain, joined over 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest project member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). 

Legumbres Selectas Sierra Nevada, empresa española ubicada en Granada, está especializada en la producción, selección y comercialización de legumbres de altísima calidad.

Following its successful launch last year by TOMRA Sorting Recycling, TOMRA Insight is now also being made available to TOMRA Mining customers, TOMRA Food and Compac, part of the TOMRA Food family. For all these industries, the platform is enhanced by new features and functionalities.

Compac, empresa integrante de la familia TOMRA Food, lanza la plataforma de clasificación más avanzada del sector: la TOMRA 5S Advanced. Su desarrollo se ha realizado tomando como base el funcionamiento líder de la clasificadora multilínea de Compac.

Key Technology announces the appointment of Marco Azzaretti as Director of Marketing.

Muchas clasificadoras ópticas funcionan descartando el material mediocre o los cuerpos extraños de un lote de patatas, pero algunas comprueban la calidad del producto.

Powered by Industry 4.0 methodologies and IIoT (the Industrial Internet of Things), modern sorters are increasingly being utilized as data centers at the same time they sort product and are uniquely qualified to contribute to the data revolution.

Key Technology announces they are contributing six VERYX® digital sorters, an ADR EXOS® automatic defect removal system, three Sliver Sizer Removers and 57 Iso-Flo® vibratory conveyors to Bem Brasil new processing line designed to produce 30 metric tons of frozen french fries per hour.

Regular inspection of sorters and shakers ensures efficient operation and prevents unscheduled downtime. To help prepare you, Key Technology just shared information on their comprehensive equipment audits and spotlighting the unsung heroes of your plant – shakers!

New premises, with Customer Experience Center and Regional Training Hub, will strengthen the customer support provided across Latin America by TOMRA Food, Compac, and BBC Technologies.

TOMRA Food is reaching out to vegetable processors everywhere to help them tackle the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Free, downloadable publication by TOMRA Food for Potato Fresh Packers addresses challenges intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.