Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces the new COMPASS® family of food optical sorters. Powered by next-generation inspection technology as well as a new sort engine and ergonomic user interface, COMPASS is an optical sorter that achieves consistently accurate foreign material (FM) and product defect removal, simplifying system operation, sanitation and maintenance. COMPASS helps processors automate and improve the quality management of food products while maximizing yield and increasing profitability.
“Until now, more advanced sorting capabilities meant a system that was also more complex to operate and costly to maintain. COMPASS offers consistently high sort accuracy and a compelling ROI,” said Jack Lee, Duravant Group president - food sorting and handling solutions. “Available alongside our VERYX® and ADR food inspection systems, COMPASS expands our product portfolio and ability to help customers find the solution that is best for their needs.”
COMPASS helps processors automate and improve the quality management of food products while maximizing yield.
COMPASS can sort processed, frozen and pre-processed vegetables and fruits, nuts, leafy greens, potato chips, confections and other food products. Thanks to its sensors and lighting technology, as well as Key’s new NEXT sort engine, COMPASS accurately identifies and separates plastic, glass, paper and other organic and inorganic FM from the line, in addition to sorting the specific product defects each processor wants to manage to deliver its customers the product quality grade they expect.
Key designed COMPASS for ease of use. Its highly-intuitive user interface mimics the navigation of smart device apps and enables an operator without any technical background to quickly become proficient in using the sorter. Operators can create and edit COMPASS sort recipes to ensure consistent performance on every product run.
COMPASS features Key Discovery™--data analytics and reporting software that turns the sorter into an IIoT-connected device, delivering product quality and sort process information that gives food processors 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 products, after critical transformational processes on the line or at the end of the food processing line to ensure final product quality and safety prior to packaging.
For more information:
Buffy Hagerman
Key Technology (Washington)
Tel: +1 509 540 7415
[email protected]
www.key.net
Lene Boes
Key Technology (Belgium)
Tel: +32 (0) 11 26 70 38
[email protected]
www.key.net
