Auto Sort 2012
Herbert Engineering, the leaders in handling systems for the agricultural, process and fresh pack industries, is set to launch a new Auto-Sort defect detection system for potatoes early in 2012.
Key improvements to Herbert’s top-selling Auto-Sort include easier operation and cleaning, and it’s redesign to be suitable for use with peeled produce. The Auto-Sort enables very quick and highly effective grading of potatoes, using high-speed infrared cameras to produce images. Specialist software then analyses these images to enable this system to sort the crop by quality and size, based on a pre-determined criteria.
The new Auto-Sort incorporates a new simple user interface, infrared camera technology as standard, unique maintenance friendly features and an increased hygienic build to satisfy the process industry. Its redesign makes it a more aesthetically pleasing machine while its smaller footprint means it is also space saving and easier to integrate into existing factory layouts. Using 360° product rotation capability, the Auto-Sort can sort up to 36 tonnes of fresh produce per hour with up to 95% accuracy, even with a high percentage of waste.
In 2012, Herbert Engineering will be celebrating its 40th anniversary and launching a record number of new products. From the early days of serving growers, originally in post harvest on field grading to, more recently, electronic grading for processors, Herbert’s ties with the potato industry have remained strong and become the backbone for the business.
