Bühler announced that seed processor Red River Commodities Inc., has raised the output quality of its sunflower seeds to near-perfect purity while simultaneously increasing yield by 50 percent following the installation of a Bühler high-capacity optical sorter, the SORTEX A ColorVision InGaAs. Todd Mondry, Red River’s operations and engineering manager, says, “Thanks to the SORTEX A, we’re able to demonstrate finished sunflower seed product quality of 99.99 percent purity. We’re also demonstrating higher capacities, with significantly higher recovery rates on our in-shell sunflower processing lines. Furthermore, because the SORTEX A allows us to do a multi-pass sort on our sunflower products on a single machine, setup is much simpler and quicker, which also helps us maximize our profits.
“We are accustomed to the easy setup and precision sorting accuracy of SORTEX technology, from previous Bühler optical sorters, which we also use. However, the configuration flexibility offered by the SORTEX A for multi-pass sorting really does set it apart.”