CSort - optical sorting equipment

The product is fed through the in-feed hopper and by means of vibrating feeder drops to the sloping chute.

It slides to the inspection zone where illuminated product is examined by CCD cameras. Cameras detect the products defects (shape or color differences) and generate electric signal for the ejection system.

Having received the signal, computer system activates the ejectors that blow off unwanted elements.

Accepted product drops directly to the accepted product discharge hopper. Unwanted elements go to the rejected product discharge hopper.

SmartSort^B —
key Advantages

High resolution
RBG camera

5400 pixels allows 0.05 mm optical resolution to detect the smallest defects. It has 2,6 times higher sorting accuracy than was before. High resolution provides color sorters with an ability to detect and reject grains having similar color but with different textures. Moreover, now it is possible to sort the product by shape removing malformed or split grains.

Powerful lightning
LED lighting

Powerful LED lighting and low signal-to-noise ratio allow to distinguish the smallest shade differences of the products that was previously impossible. Due to upgraded lighting it is now possible to “penetrate” inside the product and reflect its content and defects hidden from the human eye. It opens new opportunities in sorting hulled and unhulled grains, dried fruits with and without stones, mealy and vitreous wheat, and plastic by its transparency.

Fast and smart
program setting

SmartSortB creates a sorting program according to the images of your product made by the inspection system after inserting samples of the products to be accepted and rejected. Several images are enough for the machine self-setting.

SmartSort^B - Key features

CCD-Cameras

SmartSort^B is equipped with a new 5400 pixel camera designed to receive high-definition images. Detection of small defects up to 0.05 mm.
Ejectors

Reliable and high-efficiency Italian ejectors ensure over four billions operations. 4.5 mm air nozzles provide exact elimination of the bad elements and increase concentration of the rejected product at a low air flow rate.
Powerful lightning

Powerful LED lighting and low signal-to-noise ratio allow to distinguish the smallest shade differences of the products that was previously impossible. Due to upgraded lighting it is now possible to “penetrate” inside the product and reflect its content and defects hidden from the human eye. It opens new opportunities in sorting hulled and unhulled grains, dried fruits with and without stones, mealy and vitreous wheat, and plastic by its transparency.
Chutes

Our color sorters are equipped with universal double-sided chutes. The side with narrow grooves is intended for sorting of small-seeded products – each removed grain will be directed exactly to the stream center of the corresponding nozzle, excluding the risk to stay in the good product flow. In case of sorting of fine products, the even side of the chute with maximum performance is used.
Efficient operation

New software collects statistics on productivity, downtime, production load and equipment operating modes. This information facilitates decision-making on sorting program management.
Autotuning

Intelligent system creates the sorting program according to the proposed samples of accepted and rejected products that simplifies and speeds up the adjustment of the color sorter.
Csort Cloud

CSort Cloud is a global online platform integrating system for color sorter monitoring by the CSort experts. The system controls the productivity of the production line, raw material quality, equipment downtime, and in-time software update. It allows to provide remote equipment maintenance anywhere.
Block-modular Design

Smartsort is ready to double or even triple production capacity on the basis of the already existing color sorter frame. This helps to save funds in comparison with the purchase of a new color sorter as well as to avoid dismantling the old equipment and acquisition of additional transport mechanisms.

Industrial signal lights

Standard industrial signal lights provide visual indicators of a machine state such as sorting regime, standby, machine fault or emergency situation.
Advanced inspection and ejection systems

New inspection and ejection systems ensure greater productivity for more concentrated waste even if the content of impurities is high. This aspect is crucially important in seeds production where quality standards are highly demanding.
Extended recognition capabilities

Simultaneous 4 sides shooting with RGB and IR cameras ensures analyzing and sorting products by color, shape, texture, and inner properties. For instance, soring nuts from shells, removing rancid sunflower kernels or separation of mineral admixtures from grains.
Integration

Integration of technological process automation. After connection with the dispatcher remote control, the machine is able to work without operator. To integrate the color sorter with the enterprise management system SmartSortB is able to transfer information on power control, error warning, equipment availability, work of different sections, and also to receive signals of the management system.
Clean inside and out

Aspiration and cleaning systems are improved to ensure processing of dusty products. These systems provides better quality of sorting and minimize the time for inspection area cleaning that significantly increases equipment capacity and decreases maintenance costs. We enlarged inner dimension of channels to achieve better aspiration using dust-collecting fans of the same capacity.
Reconfiguration

Smartsort flexible configuration ensures the possibility to upgrade the machine even in minimum configuration up to NIR, bi-chrome and RGB.

Model range

Sorting result

Peanuts

Rejected product Accepted product

Granules

Rejected product After

Buckwheat

Rejected product Accepted product

Coriander

Rejected product Accepted product

Corn

Rejected product Accepted product

Oats

Rejected product Accepted product

Oatmeal

Rejected product Accepted product

Wheat

Rejected product Accepted product

Rape seeds

Rejected product Accepted product

Rye

Rejected product Accepted product

Beans

Rejected product Accepted product

Lentil

Rejected product Accepted product

Pistachios

Rejected product Accepted product

About company

CSort company is a global manufacturer and supplier of optical sorting equipment.

CSort Service

Consulting and sorting tests

CSort carries out sorting tests to select the program perfectly matching client’s requirements. In addition, the experts of the company can recommend how to modernize the technological process to improve the quality of the finish product.

Commissioning and personnel training

CSort specialists provide the customer with a working program after the machine adjustment and start-up, as well as training of the operator during start-up and technical support after sale.

Remote support

By means of the Internet connection CSort engineers can remmotely access the color sorter to monitor, modify and save program settings.

Maintenance

To ensure smooth and uninterrupted performance of the production line CSort engineers perform at a time of your convenience preventive and predictive maintenance, replacements of units and components before their expiration, program setting, equipment upgrade and information delivery.

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