Sorting nuts

The Optyx G6 3000 Series Sorter with Raptor Laser Technology combines Key Technology's G6 colour cameras and G6 sorting platform with laser technology to maximise the simultaneous detection and removal of defects and foreign material, achieving increased quality and optimising food safety.

The Class I laser Optyx G6 Sorter with Raptor sets a new standard in inspection performance and safety. The spatial resolution laser scanner detects the smallest defects and foreign material. Now processors and packers handling shelled tree nuts can more accurately match product specifications by removing shell, husk and hull as well as nuts with insect damage and other defects, as needed.

With Key's high intensity discharge (HID) illumination system and G6 CCD-based camera technology, Optyx analyses size and shape as well as millions of subtle colour differences. Raptor reliably detects foreign matter based on differences in the optical properties of materials. G6's image processing muscle is applied to images from both the G6 cameras and the Raptor Laser Technology. Combining the colour sorting with laser technology achieves a complete sort, maximising the removal of defects and foreign matter in the product stream while improving recovery rates.

Key's Optyx G6 3000 Series Sorter with Raptor Laser Technology is suitable for processing and packaging lines handling 3600, 5400 kg of tree nuts per hour.