{"id":10000,"date":"2021-11-03T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/?p=10000"},"modified":"2021-11-03T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:36:52","slug":"caro-nut-improves-product-quality-increases-yield-with-keys-new-veryx-bioprint-hyperspectral-sorter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/caro-nut-improves-product-quality-increases-yield-with-keys-new-veryx-bioprint-hyperspectral-sorter\/","title":{"rendered":"Caro Nut improves product quality, increases yield with Key\u2019s new VERYX BioPrint Hyperspectral Sorter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caro Nut improves product quality, increases yield with Key\u2019s new VERYX BioPrint Hyperspectral Sorter<\/h1>\/ in Product news<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Caro Nut Company is a premier producer of snacking nuts, nut butters and ingredients for major brands, private label customers and industrial food processors. Their commitment to food safety, which drives their success, led them to Key Technology. For their nut butter line, Caro Nut selected Key\u2019s new VERYX\u00ae BioPrint\u00ae sorter. As the world\u2019s only sorter that combines hyperspectral detection signals with colour camera signals at the pixel level, this new technology removes more shells, more foreign material (FM) and more product defects, all while increasing yield<\/h3>\n

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\u201cWith VERYX BioPrint, we get the high quality product we need and we\u2019ve reduced our operating costs at the same time,\u201d said Gerard Lorenzano, Plant Manager at Caro Nut. \u201cBefore we replaced our old sorter, we had to sacrifice a lot of good nut meat in order to get the shells out. It took a lot of time and effort to re-sort the rejects and recover yield. All that changed with our new sorter. VERYX BioPrint removes exactly what we want and nothing more. It\u2019s phenomenal. This powerful technology has improved our product quality at the same time it\u2019s increased our yield by more than one metric ton of product a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Combining hyperspectral imaging with colour cameras, VERYX BioPrint inspects across a broad range of wavelengths within the near infrared (NIR) spectrum as well as visible light to analyse a richer data set about the materials it\u2019s sorting. Data from the hyperspectral sensors and colour cameras is fused at the pixel level using Key\u2019s Pixel Fusion technology, producing a unique \u2018signature\u2019 for each material substance to detect the chemometric and biological properties of objects. This versatile nut sorter finds and removes the widest variety of FM and even hard-to-detect defects like nuts with insect damage, rot and mould without false rejects, regardless of incoming defect loads, while also shape sorting and colour grading.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetecting shells is difficult for traditional laser\/ camera sorters because, when shells are the same colour as good nut meat, it can trick the sensors. VERYX BioPrint uses hyperspectral technology to look at the moisture content of objects. It sees low moisture in shells and kicks them out,\u201d explained Sonny Chhina, Maintenance Supervisor at Caro Nut. \u201cThis sorter is so effective, we\u2019ve eliminated manual inspection on the line and moved that person to elsewhere in our plant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re able to handle heavier loads of incoming shells and defects with this hyperspectral sorter,\u201d added Chhina. \u201cWe start by selecting the product recipe from the sorter\u2019s memory. If the incoming load is very heavy, we may need to adjust the sensitivity of the settings a little, but that\u2019s easy to do with just a couple of taps on the touchscreen. Then we\u2019re good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caro Nut\u2019s VERYX BioPrint C140 features front- and rear-mounted hyperspectral sensors and high resolution colour cameras. It can sort up to 8 metric tons of cashews, almonds, macadamia nuts and other nuts per hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve connected our VERYX BioPrint to our plant network, which is a great asset for us. If we reach out to Key for support, they\u2019re able to jump on and work with the sorter remotely to help us maintain peak performance,\u201d noted Chhina. \u201cWe\u2019re tapping into VERYX\u2019s data collection capability as well. For example, our sorter is programmed to measure the attributes of the incoming product and its reject stream. We use that information to be sure we\u2019re ejecting exactly what we want to remove. We also give that data to our source managers so they can negotiate supplier payments based on incoming product quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, this is about much more than a new machine. Key is our strategic partner \u2013 we share the same objectives and they\u2019re committed to our success. They help us produce the safest, best quality products while reducing our costs,\u201d said Lorenzano. \u201cWe appreciate their focus on elevating standards of performance and leading the industry with new technology development. Bottom line: Key gives us new capabilities that improve our operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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