Inspect both sides of the product with dual-belt and in-flight vision systems

The Duett optical sorter from Protec is designed for sorting fresh vegetables, leafy products, and diced or sliced fruit, using a two-stage conveyor system combined with advanced optical inspection.

Product first passes over a horizontal belt, followed by an inclined belt, where it is lifted and separated. As the product leaves the second belt, it is inspected in-flight, allowing the vision system to analyze both sides of each item.

High-resolution cameras, supported by powerful lighting systems (including optional backlighting and infrared/NIR), detect defects such as:

• Rot spots and discoloration
• Foreign bodies and insects
• Peels, pits, and stones
• Surface damage or burn marks

Once defects are identified, they are removed using a compressed air jet rejection system, ensuring continuous product flow.

The system is highly flexible and can be configured for a wide range of products, including olives, apples, pears, potatoes, carrots, leafy greens, beans, and peas, both fresh and processed.

Available in configurations with belt widths of ~1,050 mm and ~1,500 mm, the machine handles capacities from approximately 3 to 15 tons per hour, depending on product type and sorting requirements.

A touchscreen HMI with integrated control software allows quick adjustment of sorting parameters, making it easy to switch between products. The system also supports remote diagnostics and LAN connectivity, enabling integration into larger processing lines.

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Detect and remove aflatoxin-contaminated kernels with optical and air jet sorting

The Toxtri optical sorter from Protec is specifically designed for detecting and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn kernels. The system uses a combination of specialized lighting and high-resolution cameras to identify contaminated product based on fluorescence.

Under controlled illumination, kernels affected by aflatoxins exhibit a distinct fluorescent response, allowing the vision system to differentiate them from healthy kernels in real time. Once detected, contaminated kernels are removed using a precision air jet rejection system, ensuring continuous product flow without manual intervention.

This targeted sorting process enables producers to significantly reduce contamination levels, supporting compliance with food and feed safety standards while minimizing product loss.

The system is particularly relevant in regions or applications where mycotoxin risk is elevated, providing an automated and reliable method for improving product safety in corn processing lines.

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Detect and remove defects from grapes before crushing

The X-Tri optical sorter from Protec is designed for sorting grapes after destemming, ensuring that only high-quality fruit enters the crushing and fermentation stages.

After destemming, grapes are distributed onto a vibrating feeder, which ensures even product spread onto the inspection belt. A high-speed optical vision system analyzes each grape in real time, detecting defects such as leaves, stems, insects, foreign materials, and unripe grapes based on color differences.

Once identified, unwanted material is removed using targeted air jets, allowing defective elements to be separated without interrupting the product flow. Accepted grapes continue directly to the crusher, maintaining a continuous processing line.

Sorting parameters can be adjusted via a touchscreen interface, enabling operators to define which defects should be removed depending on grape variety, ripeness, and desired wine profile.

The system is available in multiple configurations with capacities up to approximately 15 tons per hour, depending on grape characteristics and defect load.

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Inspect and remove defects using vision systems and vacuum suction

The AspirX optical sorter from Protec is designed for sorting soft and wet products, including tomato pulp, fruit compotes, dices, and extruded products. It combines high-resolution vision technology with a vacuum-based rejection system, enabling accurate sorting while preserving product quality.

Product is conveyed on a belt and inspected by high-speed, high-resolution cameras, detecting defects such as off-color, rot, and discoloration, including in darker product streams. The system can identify defects down to approximately 0.5 × 0.5 mm, with real-time processing handled by dedicated electronic systems.

Unlike air-jet systems, rejected product is removed via suction through rows of hollow cylinders, ensuring full belt coverage and controlled removal. This method significantly reduces the amount of good product removed вместе with defects, especially important for fragile or moist products.

Different configurations are available depending on product type:

• Small-diameter suction for pulp applications to minimize product loss
• Larger suction elements for diced products to ensure effective rejection

The system is available in multiple sizes with capacities ranging from approximately 5 to 20 tons per hour, depending on the model and application.

A touchscreen HMI with integrated monitoring software allows operators to track reject rates, air pressure, and system performance, with both automatic and manual control modes. The machine also features easy-clean design, including washable suction lines and waste tanks, supported by a liquid-ring vacuum pump for stable operation under high rejection loads.

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Detect and remove defects using high-speed cameras and air jets

The DixAir optical sorter from Protec is designed for high-capacity sorting of vegetables, diced tomatoes, and fruit, using advanced vision systems combined with air jet rejection.

Product is transported on a conveyor belt, where it is inspected by high-resolution linear cameras supported by dedicated lighting systems, including backlighting for enhanced defect visibility. The system detects defects such as off-color, rot, and discoloration, with detection sensitivity down to approximately 0.5 × 0.25 mm.

Image data is processed in real time using high-speed processors (DSP, FPGA) and proprietary software. When a defect is identified, the system activates air nozzles (solenoid-controlled) to remove the defective product from the stream without interrupting flow.

The sorter is available in multiple sizes with capacities up to 90 tons per hour, depending on the model and product, and belt widths up to 1500 mm. Conveyor speed can be adjusted up to 4 m/s, allowing adaptation to different product types and throughput requirements.

The machine includes a touchscreen HMI with integrated monitoring software, enabling operators to adjust parameters, monitor performance, and control sorting accuracy. Connectivity via Ethernet (TCP/IP) allows integration into plant control systems, with optional remote diagnostics and support.

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Optical Technology for Determining Oxygen Concentration Levels

Getinge Applikon’s Lumisens Sensors avoid these project delays because they use optical technology that is ready right away. This method takes accurate measurements even at low oxygen concentration levels, where polarographic sensors may be less accurate.

Lumisens optical sensors for the Getinge Applikon bioreactor range are suitable for 250mm to 3,000mm total volumes. Bespoke technology separates the glass sensor from the electronics, promoting long sensor life despite repeated sterilizations. Strong magnets accurately position the components together,

These optical sensors measure the phase shift between excitation and emission, which directly relates to partial oxygen pressure. This assures precision, reliability, low cross-sensitivity, and fast response to red light excitation.

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Use precision cameras to spot sub-par grains

The color sorting machine by Schule integrates high-performance cameras to detect the slightest variations in color. Designed for cereals like oats, the system picks out defective material, including unhulled oat kernels, seeds, and discolored grains.

The solution includes special application programs ideal for sorting out gluten-free grains. With a total of 600 sorting programs, the machine is also suitable for similar products. Additionally, its ejector nozzles are designed to minimize product dispersion.

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Complete track and trace solution for serialization, aggregation and quality inspection

The Hector system from Hicof is a system with a complete track and trace system for serialization, aggregation and quality inspection. It can manage the process of serial numbering with different printing systems such as Thermo Inkjet, Continuous Inkjet or Laser printing. The Hector system has a controller that can be connected to cameras for the print inspection process. Its integrated register allows tracking processes through machines based on encoder signals. Hector system features a wide range of optical systems that helps in managing the aggregation of serialized products over multiple packaging levels. It can create individual identifiers of the aggregated container by connecting to label printing systems. Hector manages the visual quality inspection process as Pharmacode reading, filling control of Blister cavities, and quality inspection of tablets and molded products.

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High resolution sorter for rejected colour defects, marked produce, and foreign bodies

The Spray Optical Sorter from Raytec is an optical sorting system that uses a high speed double vision system which can analyse 100% of the surface area of each item.

Spray is equipped with NIR (Near InfraRed) technology for Visible Colour analysis. This allows the machine to detect the presence of rot and foreign bodies of any colour, even black. It further allows colour defects to be detected, such as in under- or over-ripe products.

The system can be specified with an electro-pneumatic or air blast rejection system to suit your product requirements. Additionally, in “3 way” mode a second rejector can be fitted to allow for differentiation between unacceptable defects and those which are acceptable for second grade items, reducing waste.

Spray system is ruggedly constructed and designed for 3-shift continuous working. The belt speed is ranging from 60-150 m/min (197-492 ft/min) and the capacity varies per product.
Suitable for a wide range of fruit and vegetables including tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, green beans, onions, peppers, artichokes, olives, apricots, cherries, oranges, apples, walnuts, peaches, strawberries, and pears.

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Automatic Inspection and Bottle Filling of Capsules, Tablets, and Soft Gels

Spine Fibo by Sensum is designed to ensure accurate automatic visual inspection, sorting, counting, and filling of tablets, capsules, and soft gels. Products are conveyed through an optical system, which can perform a 100 percent visual inspection of each product using several cameras. During the inspection, products are counted for the first time. After inspection, defective products are rejected, while only good products are counted again with an additional optical system and then filled into bottles. Another advantageous feature of Spine Fibo is that it uses no flaps at bottle filling. With such double counting and no-flap system, the machine ensures high accuracy in counting and reduces risks of defective products getting to the market.

Spine Fibo can handle smaller and bigger bottles, and no formatting of parts is required for bottle changing. It can identify many defects like foreign products, size variations, thickness variations, lamination, engraving defects, coating problems, chips, cracks, dots, dents, bubbles, variations in prints, and texture. This equipment can inspect pharmaceutical products like plain, coated, and multi-layer tablets, opaque, bi-color, transparent capsules, and a large variety of soft gels. In addition, defective samples are not required to train the system.

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