Articles Tagged with ''sorting''

Industry News

Tomra CEO: Accuracy, downtime are key considerations for sorting equipment

Trusted business relationships and digitalization are ways to improve efficiency and minimize waste

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

February 14, 2019

Stefan Ranstrand, TOMRA Food’s president and chief executive officer, spoke at Fruit Logistica Berlin, describing his company’s vision for the future, its values and aspirations. He said that TOMRA can contribute to global sustainability while helping to reduce food waste and enhancing the technical and economic performance of food producers.

Industry News

Bright Light Agribusiness, Tomra announce almond sorting partnership

Tomra will install 15 sorters in new almond facility

Sharon Spielman

December 5, 2018

Bright Light Agribusiness has selected Tomra Food as its partner for an end-to-end almond sorting solution.

Dry Processing Technology

Buhler SORTEX FA1 optical sorter

August 13, 2018

The Bühler SORTEX FA1 optical sorter is a compact optical sorter designed to be the final quality check in fruit and packaging vegetable lines.

Field Reports

Blueberry processor uses digital sorter to improve defect removal

Digital sorter more accurately removes foreign material

Casey Laughman

June 9, 2017

In 2016, Quebec Wild Blueberries purchased a VERYX digital sorter from Key Technology. Replacing an existing laser sorter, VERYX more accurately removes defects and foreign material from the product stream.

Technology Sourcebook

Digital sorters

August 12, 2016

Key Technology VERYX belt-fed and chute-fed digital sorters offer all-sided surface inspection to detect foreign material and product defects.

Technology Sourcebook

Sizing/grading systems

May 12, 2016

Key Technology rotary sizing and grading systems size and grade fruit, vegetables and potatoes by diameter or length, while conveying and removing field debris, slivers, small pieces, fines, seeds, juice and other targeted material.

Technology Sourcebook

Digital sorting platform

October 28, 2015

Used for sorting fresh, frozen and dried vegetables, processed potato products and nuts, the Key Technology VERYX digital sorting platform is a suite of belt- and chute-fed sorters that share a common user interface.

Engineering R&D

Engineering R&D: Trimming the fat

Controlling the fat content of meat means getting top dollar for each grade and keeping customers pleased that they’re getting what they expect for their money.

Wayne Labs

October 26, 2015

FPL Food (Augusta, GA) is one of the largest privately owned processors of fresh beef products and value-added meat selections in the US. It provides several brands of high-quality beef to retail and foodservice customers.

Technology Sourcebook

Tomato/peach sorter

April 10, 2015

Offering low-, medium- and high-speed modes, the TOMRA Sentinel II sorter has a capacity range of 40 to 200 tons of tomatoes or peaches per hour.

Technology Sourcebook

Digital sorter

October 7, 2014

Manufactured for nut and dried fruit processors, the Key Cayman BioPrint chute-fed digital sorter combines broad-spectrum hyperspectral imaging hardware with intelligent software and algorithms to recognize the unique biological characteristics of objects; the chute feeds product in a monolayer with a consistent trajectory to the hyperspectral camera and ejection valves.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.