Key Technology Introduces FMAlert™ Capability for its optical sorters to improve quality and food safety

Key Technology introduces its new FMAlert™ feature for all G6 optical sorters. As the first company in the world to offer this enhanced quality monitoring capability on its sorters, Key puts a powerful new tool in the hands of food processors and packers looking to maximize food safety and assure product quality by improving the tracking and control of foreign material (FM).

Key’s FMAlertenables G6 optical sorters to capture and save a digital image of every object identified as foreign material. Armed with these images, processors can quickly identify critical quality problems and take corrective action. For example, if conveyor belt pieces are found in the product stream, the processor can quickly check upstream equipment conditions and correct the problem.

The new FMAlertcan be installed on any new or in-the-field G6 sorter, including Optyx®, Tegra®, Manta™ and legacy sorters upgraded with Key’s G6 electro-optical foundation, whether the sorter is using Raptor laser technology, FluoRaptor™ fluorescence-sensing lasers, or color or Vis/IR (visible infrared) cameras to detect and remove defects and foreign material.