Tomra promotes food sorting, analytics capabilities at FoodPro 2014

TOMRA Sorting Solutions will promote the Nimbus free-fall machine, featuring new technological breakthrough for nut and raisin processors. It will also exhibit its QVision 500 analyser at Foodpro 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

FoodPro showcases innovations and trends within the food manufacturing and processing industry. Held every three years, the event takes place at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, from 22 – 25 June 2014. Over 8,500 visitors will attend the show.

Tomra shares booth N42 with Heat and Control, a leading food processing and packaging manufacturer. It has introduced its biometric signature identification (BSI) technology, developed in-house into the Nimbus sorter. The technology works by detecting the biometric characteristics of the nuts and raisins it scans and comparing them to features in its stored database, to determine whether they should be accepted or rejected.     

 “Benefits of the BSI technology include that it makes the Nimbus an ideal pre-sorting machine. The increased options the innovation provides also enhance the system’s ability to operate in other areas of the production line – it’s now the perfect re-sort or recycle unit, for minimizing good product loss, for example, according to Gurjinder Singh, area sales manager, Oceania and the northwest United States, Tomra Sorting Food.
“In addition, the state-of-the-art BSI module now detects even smaller defects, compared to conventional spectral technology, enhancing nut and raisin sorting quality and retaining nearly all sound material, while reducing the number of passes needed and level of breakage. The technology therefore offers users lower labour time and higher throughput, yield and efficiency.” 

The BSI technology represents a significant piece of co-operation between market-leading brands ODENBERG and BEST, which have joined forces within TOMRA’s food business. It also demonstrates the group’s ability to spread innovation across its specialist divisions, as the technology had previously been deployed in its recycling business.