Optical sorter for food processing
Enhance your production line with advanced sorting technology that meticulously inspects and separates foreign materials, ensuring optimal product quality and operational efficiency.

Sorts and Inspects Solid Food Products
The COMPASS Optical Sorter from Key Technology revolutionizes food processing with unmatched precision and efficiency. Engineered for continuous and automated high-speed operations, COMPASS employs advanced optical sensors to inspect and separate foreign materials and defects, ensuring pristine quality across a diverse range of solid food products, including chocolate bars and chicken fillets. Its data analytics capability provides actionable insights into product quality and sorting trends. Designed for ease of use, this equipment integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, minimizing maintenance and sanitation demands while maximizing uptime. With configurations available for various materials and compliance with food safety standards, COMPASS offers a tailored solution for food processors aiming to enhance productivity and product integrity.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by efficiently removing defects and foreign materials.
- Reduces operational costs through minimized maintenance and sanitation requirements.
- Offers actionable insights with integrated data analytics for improved process control.
- Seamlessly integrates into existing lines, maximizing production uptime.
- Supports a broad range of solid food applications, increasing processing versatility.
- Applications
- Fruit and berry,Proteins,Dried fruit,Potatoes,Pet food,Snacks,Confectionery,Nuts,Potato chips,Vegetables,Leafy greens,Frozen foods,Poultry and seafood,Dairy
- End products
- Chicken breast fillets,Frozen strawberries,Cheese slices,Dog kibble,Spinach leaves,Potato crisps,Mashed potatoes,Tortilla chips,Mixed vegetables,Chocolate bars,Dried apricots,Fish fillets,Protein bars,Blueberry jam,Almond slivers
- Steps before
- Washing,Pre-sorting,Initial inspection
- Steps after
- Packing,Quality control,Data analysis
- Input ingredients
- confectionery,dairy,dried fruit,fruit and berry,blueberries,leafy greens,nuts,almonds,pet food,potatoes,potato chips,poultry and seafood,proteins,vegetables,frozen,snacks
- Output ingredients
- sorted confectionery,sorted dairy,sorted dried fruit,sorted fruit and berries,sorted blueberries,sorted leafy greens,sorted nuts,sorted almonds,sorted pet food,sorted potatoes,sorted potato chips,sorted poultry and seafood,sorted proteins,sorted vegetables,sorted frozen items,sorted snacks
- Market info
- Key Technology is renowned for its innovative sorting, conveying, and processing equipment in the food processing industry, recognized for precision, quality, and advanced technology solutions to enhance production efficiency and product quality.
- Accuracy
- High-precision sorting
- Automation
- Industry 4.0 Connectivity
- Ease of Use
- Intuitive operation
- Data Capabilities
- Data analytics
- Operating Cost Efficiency
- Low maintenance and service requirements
- Defect and Foreign Material Detection
- Comprehensive inspection
- Working mechanism
- Optical sorting
- Integrated steps
- Item inspection and separation
- Automation level
- Automated with data analytics
- Cleaning method
- Reduced sanitation requirements
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product shape and size
- Variable,inline
- Control panel type
- Intuitive Operation
- Control panel type
- Intuitive interface
- Integration possibilities
- Industry 4.0 Connectivity
- Data analytics capabilities
- Process trends insight
- Ease of use
- Extreme