Optical sorter for frozen fruit and vegetable processing
Enhance your processing line’s efficiency with high-speed sorting, ensuring food safety by detecting and removing color and shape defects, contaminants, and ensuring consistency in frozen and dried products.
Sorts and Inspects Frozen and Dried Foods
The SORTEX E1D from Bühler Group is an optical sorter expertly designed for the rigorous demands of frozen and dried food processing. It features high-resolution cameras and advanced detection technologies to precisely sort and inspect fruits, vegetables, pulses, spices, and nuts. This equipment can handle throughputs of up to 7 tons per hour, maintaining continuous, high-speed operation with minimal operator intervention. The SORTEX E1D uses proprietary shape, color, and size detection algorithms to ensure a homogeneous end product by removing contaminants and defects effectively. Its open design and stainless-steel frame facilitate easy access and cleaning, while the IP56-rated sealed doors and wash-down-protected electronics ensure durability. For enhanced integration, the machine includes SORTEX ProSortX software with machine learning capabilities, allowing flexible sorting modes tailored to varying product types. Bühler provides extensive global support, ensuring efficient maintenance and rapid service response, backed by the SORTEX Total Care SafeGuard service for real-time remote optimization.
Benefits
- Enhances food safety by efficiently detecting and removing contaminants.
- Increases operational efficiency with high-speed sorting and minimal operator intervention.
- Ensures consistent product quality through precise shape, color, and size detection.
- Facilitates easy maintenance with accessible design and protected components.
- Offers flexibility with customizable sorting modes for diverse products.
- Applications
- Frozen fruit,Berries,Pulses,Frozen vegetables,Nuts,Spices,Vegetables,Dried fruits
- End products
- Frozen strawberries,Ground cumin,Canned chickpeas,Frozen carrots,Dehydrated onions,Frozen peas,Sliced almonds,Raisins,Frozen blueberries
- Steps before
- Freezing,Cutting,Cooling,buffering
- Steps after
- Packing,Palletizing,Transportation
- Input ingredients
- frozen vegetables,frozen fruit,frozen berries
- Output ingredients
- sorted frozen vegetables,sorted frozen fruit,sorted frozen berries,products without color and shape defects,products without foreign materials
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Capacity
- Up to 7 tons per hour
- Detection Technology
- Color and shape detection
- Cameras
- High-resolution with filter options
- Software
- SORTEX ProSortX
- Sorting Modes
- Up to 100
- Protection Rating
- IP56
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Corrosive resistance
- Stainless steel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product Adaptability
- Frozen vegetables,fruit,and berries
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Access and cleaning
- Open design for easy access
- Frame
- Stainless-steel frame
- IP rating
- IP56
- Control panel type
- SORTEX ProSortX operating software
- Camera type
- High-resolution cameras with filter options
- Detection technology
- SORTEX PolarVision detection technology
- Operating software customization
- Up to 100 sorting modes