The New Compass Line of Optical Sorters for Food From Key Technology
Key Technology presents the new Compass line of optical sorters for food. Compass is the most user-friendly optical sorter available, boasting an ergonomic user interface, a new sort engine, and next-generation inspection technology. Its features enable consistent and accurate removal of foreign material (FM) and product defects, while also streamlining system maintenance, sanitation, and operation.
Compass maximizes yield and boosts profitability for food processors by automating and improving the quality control of their goods.
“Optical sorting technology has developed significantly over the last decade. Until now, more advanced sorting capabilities meant a system that was also more complex to operate and costly to maintain. Compass is the first sorter that breaks that paradigm – it offers consistently high sort accuracy, a compelling ROI, and a significantly simpler and more intuitive operation than any other food sorting system. Available alongside our industry-leading Veryx and ADR food inspection systems, Compass expands our product portfolio and ability to help each customer find the solution that is truly best for their needs,” Jack Lee, Duravant Group President - Food Sorting and Handling Solutions, mentioned.
Fruits and vegetables, nuts, leafy greens, potato chips, confections, and frozen, and preprocessed items are all best sorted with Compass. With the help of Key's potent new NEXT sort engine and sophisticated sensors and lighting technology, Compass can precisely identify and separate plastic, glass, paper, and other organic and inorganic FM from the line. It also sorts the specific product defects that each processor needs to control to provide its clients with the expected level of product quality.
Compass was created by Key for utmost user-friendliness. With its incredibly user-friendly interface, which is modeled after how smart device apps are used, even someone without any technical experience can soon become skilled with the sorter. Compass sort recipes are easily created and edited by operators, guaranteeing reliable results on each product run.
Compass features Key Discovery, a powerful data analytics and reporting software that turns the sorter into an IIoT-connected device, delivering a wealth of product quality and sort process information that gives food processors valuable insights into the operation of their line.
Compass is offered in a configurable range of system types and sizes to meet individual customer application and capacity requirements. Key is first introducing chute-fed Compass models, to be followed by belt-fed variants of the sorter. Compass can be installed in line at the start of the process to sort incoming product, after critical transformational processes on the line, or at the end of the food processing line to ensure final product quality and safety before packaging.
Key supports its customers worldwide through an extensive sales network and its global SupportPro service team.
