Systems for optic color calibration

Abstract

Color sorting machines are used for optical sorting of fruits, vegetables, seeds and other products. The color sorter creates a picture of products flowing through the machine and compares these images with predefined. If a product does not satisfy the requested criteria, it will be rejected from the machine. User Interface (UI) is used for monitoring the machine's operation by the customer and direct control over its functions. The color sorter creates a product image using cameras, lasers or integrated-combined system of these two devices. The pneumatic nozzles reject bad products from machine. This paper shows the new system integrated optic color sorter which consist of the subsystem for product recording and the pneumatic unit for rejecting bad products.

Keywords

• optical sorting
• fruits and vegetables
• camera
• laser