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OPERATIONS
EFFICIENCY
 TOMRA's 5A sorting machine tracks accepted and rejected potatoes in real time. Photos: TOMRA Food.
good kernels saves the customer in
yield loss.
Vincent Godin, president of Emblème
Canneberge, said they use Information
Analytics to extract product and
operational data that helps improve
processes, including field production.
" By monitoring the number of
ejections for each type of defect, we
learn about the quality of incoming
product, " he said. " If we see too many
white or yellow berries, we can let that
grower know and suggest that they
add sulfur to their field a little earlier
next year. "
Key Technology recently acquired
Herbert Solutions, a company that also
makes sorting equipment. Designed
with 360-degree vision, Oculus
inspects whole potatoes using infrared
cameras to identify green spots, and
digital color cameras to identify
defects. Oculus also sorts to grade,
removing potatoes afflicted with bumps
and notches, skin discoloration, and
common defects such as mechanical
damage, common scab, cracks and
black dot. While removal of foreign
material is not its main function, it
does remove some. Anything that
doesn't look like a potato can be
targeted. Next to the above, it also
sorts on size and can do so in three
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