Blizzard sorter for Iqf fruits and vegetables
Optimize your frozen food production with a compact sorter that seamlessly removes foreign materials and defects, ensuring high-quality output and maximum yield before packaging.
Sorts and Removes Defects from IQF Products
The Blizzard Optical Sorter from TOMRA offers unparalleled sorting accuracy for the IQF food industry, including fruit, vegetables, grains, and nuts. Utilizing pulsed LED technology, it detects and ejects foreign materials and defective products with precision. Designed for continuous, high-speed operations, it seamlessly integrates into existing lines with a compact footprint. Its robust construction ensures low maintenance costs and reduced energy consumption, enhancing overall operational efficiency. Ideal for sorting Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) berries, frozen diced onions, and even coffee beans, the Blizzard meets stringent quality control standards while optimizing yield and minimizing waste before packaging.
Benefits
- Optimizes product quality by effectively removing foreign materials and defects.
- Reduces operational costs with low maintenance requirements and compact design.
- Enhances yield by maximizing retention of desired product in the stream.
- Ensures reliable performance without external lighting interference.
- Offers versatile sorting for diverse frozen and dry food applications.
- Applications
- Grains,Seafood,Dried fruit,Iqf fruit,Seeds and grains,Potatoes,Protein,Iqf vegetables,Meat,Confectionery,Nuts,Coffee beans,Vegetables,Frozen foods,Fruit
- End products
- Frozen potato wedges,Hazelnut praline,Dried mango slices,Dried cranberries,Chocolate-coated nuts,Blister-packed almonds,Pistachio confectionery,Freeze-dried strawberry pieces,Packaged raisins,Frozen vegetable medleys,Vacuum-sealed beef cuts,Iqf mango chunks,Cashew kernels,Individually quick frozen (iqf) berries,Coffee bean roasted blends,Shelled pecans,Blanched and frozen broccoli,Sushi-grade frozen seafood portions,Pre-packaged mixed nuts,Frozen diced onions,Instant coffee granules,Dehydrated potato flakes
- Steps before
- IQF (Individually Quick Freezing) tunnels
- Steps after
- Packing,Packaging lines
- Input ingredients
- IQF fruit,IQF vegetables,frozen fruit,frozen vegetables
- Output ingredients
- sorted IQF fruit,sorted IQF vegetables,defect-free fruits,defect-free vegetables,high-quality frozen fruit,high-quality frozen vegetables
- Market info
- TOMRA is known for its expertise in sensor-based solutions for resource productivity, particularly in recycling, food sorting, and mining industries, offering advanced technology to improve resource recovery and efficiency, enhancing sustainability and operational performance.
- Size
- Compact footprint
- Automation
- User-friendly graphical user interface (GUI)
- Detection type
- Pulsed LEDs
- Background type
- Active background for ambient subtraction
- Defect Detection
- Color,shape,size,and structural differences
- Working Mechanism
- Optical Sorting
- Automation level
- Graphical User Interface (GUI),PLC Controlled
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Ambient subtraction
- For dark objects,mold,and damage
- Changeover time
- Fast due to compact design
- Cleanability
- Yes
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Footprint
- Small
- Feed/discharge method
- Optical sorting
- Footprint
- Small
- User Interface
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Sorting Criteria
- Color,shape,size,structural differences
- Lighting
- Pulsed LEDs
- Ambient Subtraction
- For dark objects,mold,and damage
- Detection Capabilities
- Blemished,smashed,discolored products