Belt Color Sorters
Discover the precision of our advanced chute color sorters, designed for delicate materials such as seeds, nuts, and spices. Thanks to innovative technology, our color sorters offer high performance and accuracy, effectively sorting lightweight and sensitive material fractions without the risk of damage. They perform exceptionally well in the food, agriculture, and recycling industries, enabling precise removal of contaminants. With the right settings, our machines not only protect delicate raw materials but also increase production efficiency.
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Belt Color Sorters
Belt color sorters are a solution designed for sorting sensitive materials, such as seeds, nuts, and tea leaves. With the technology used, these devices allow for effective separation of fractions based on slight differences in color and shape, enabling the elimination of undesirable elements, including damaged or discolored products, as well as foreign bodies. Thanks to the belt transport system, our machines ensure that delicate products are handled with the utmost care, minimizing the risk of damage. These sorters excel in the food, agriculture, and recycling industries, where precise separation is crucial for maintaining the high quality of the final product. Available configuration options allow for customization of the equipment to meet specific production requirements.
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Beans & pulses
Pulses crops are the second most important source of plant food in the world. Considering the sustainable production and increasing demand for these plants, we are improving the optical sorting technology in order to increase the efficiency, quality, and safety of the final products. With MEYER optical sorters, we get rid of various foreign bodies such as stones, glass, as well as rotten, infected, or discolored products. MEYER optical separators, by using various technologies, provide the possibility of thorough cleaning of various types of bean plants, from the smallest ones, such as lupins, through peas, to the largest varieties of beans.
Coffee
MEYER offers advanced solutions for sorting both green, raw coffee beans and roasted coffee. Using optical technology, defective beans—such as discolored, insect-damaged, immature, or over- and under-roasted beans—are effectively removed, ensuring uniformity and high quality in every batch. Additionally, MEYER X-ray detectors can identify foreign objects like stones, metal, or glass, even if they do not differ in color from the coffee beans. This system also operates on sealed packages, providing full control over product safety at every stage of production.
Fruits & vegetables
Optical sorting technology and X-ray detection are essential in fruit and vegetable processing, ensuring compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards while achieving a pure final product. MEYER machines offer a wide range of applications that can be used for sorting fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as frozen, dried, or freeze-dried products. The use of MEYER optical sorters in fruit and vegetable processing guarantees increased production efficiency, reduces the need for human resources, and ensures consistency and high quality of the final product.
Nuts
MEYER offers a wide range of optical sorters for the separation and cleaning of various sizes, types, and forms of nuts: whole, halves, pieces, and in-shell nuts. Our solutions are used in the sorting of hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts, macadamia, pecans, almonds, pistachios, cashews, and other species of nuts. The technologies used in MEYER machines allow obtaining detailed removal of shells, damaged, shrivelled and rotting products, as well as foreign materials such as sticks, grass, plastics, stones, metals, aflatoxins. MEYER offers both chutes and belt machines, therefore which we can protect the nuts from breaking during the manufacturing process.
Rice
Rice is one of the staple foods of the world. With continually improving living standards, rice quality requirements have steadily increased. Our company has been focused on rice sorting for 30 years. MEYER’s rice optical sorter can detect and remove mildewy, broken rice, and foreign materials like glass and stone and classify rice based on color, shape, and other differences. MEYER rice sorting solution provides efficient separation especially in extremely light yellow rice, rice with pin-points tips as well as diseased rice. MEYER’s dozens of customer solutions deliver great value to global customers. Also, it leads the technical innovation of the rice processing industry to make full use of each grain.
Seeds & grains
Meyer offers a wide range of solutions for sorting seeds and grains, including wheat, corn, rye, barley, oat, buckwheat, millet, and many others. Our advanced sorting systems are tailored to meet individual customer needs, ensuring maximum efficiency and precision. The product range includes color sorters, sorters equipped with UV and InGaAs cameras, as well as X-ray detectors, enabling comprehensive quality control. By utilizing the latest technologies, our devices effectively detect and remove foreign objects, discolored, damaged grains, and those contaminated with aflatoxins. The wide selection of available solutions allows for precise cleaning and selection of materials.
Spices
Optical sorting of spices such as dried parsley, dill, freeze-dried chives, marjoram, oregano, and basil requires precise solutions tailored to lightweight materials. MEYER offers advanced machines that effectively eliminate impurities and unwanted fractions, ensuring the highest quality of the final product. With cutting-edge technology and the extensive expertise of our specialists, each solution is customized to the specific characteristics of the sorted raw material. Our systems enable precise recognition of differences in color, shape, and texture, ensuring reliability and consistency throughout the sorting process.
Sorting SpicesTea
Sorting tea and other delicate materials, such as hibiscus, nettle, or mint leaves, requires precise tools and specialized knowledge. With years of experience and advanced technological solutions, MEYER offers machines that effectively classify tea leaves based on their color, shape, and other distinctive characteristics. The optical sorters are also capable of detecting and removing contaminants such as sticks, insects, and damaged or discolored leaves and stems.
Sorting TeaCanned & bottled food
MEYER X-RAY inspection machine provides customers with intelligent, professional, and comprehensive inspection solutions in many areas of the food industry. Technologies used in X-RAY devices ensure the safety and quality of food products. MEYER offers X-RAY detectors that make it possible to detect foreign bodies in canned, bottled, or boxed food and other packages. Using MEYER X-RAY machines, various foreign bodies, such as metals, stones, glass, lumps of earth, rubber, Teflon elements, plastics, or raw bones may be recognized in products.
Fruits & vegetables
Optical sorting technology and X-ray detection are essential in fruit and vegetable processing, ensuring compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards while achieving a pure final product. MEYER machines offer a wide range of applications that can be used for sorting fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as frozen, dried, or freeze-dried products. The use of MEYER optical sorters in fruit and vegetable processing guarantees increased production efficiency, reduces the need for human resources, and ensures consistency and high quality of the final product.
Meat & seafood
Sorting meat and seafood with X-RAY detectors is a revolutionary technology that ensures the highest standards of food safety and quality. MEYER machines precisely detect and eliminate all foreign objects – from metals, glass, and plastic to hard-to-spot contaminants such as bone fragments, cartilage, and shell pieces. For seafood, our MEYER X-RAY detectors effectively identify hidden foreign objects even within closed shells. For the meat industry, MEYER X-RAY technology detects animal bone residues, cartilage, and other contaminants, eliminating the risk of their presence in final products.
Sorting Meat & seafood
Nuts
MEYER offers a wide range of optical sorters for the separation and cleaning of various sizes, types, and forms of nuts: whole, halves, pieces, and in-shell nuts. Our solutions are used in the sorting of hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts, macadamia, pecans, almonds, pistachios, cashews, and other species of nuts. The technologies used in MEYER machines allow obtaining detailed removal of shells, damaged, shrivelled and rotting products, as well as foreign materials such as sticks, grass, plastics, stones, metals, aflatoxins. MEYER offers both chutes and belt machines, therefore which we can protect the nuts from breaking during the manufacturing process.
Packed food
Detection of foreign objects and sorting of packaged food using MEYER X-RAY detectors is an excellent solution that ensures the highest level of quality control on the production line. This technology enables the detection of contaminants in sealed packages, guaranteeing that products containing unwanted foreign objects do not reach consumers. MEYER machines precisely detect metals, glass, plastic, stones, and other contaminants, even in tightly sealed packages, ensuring complete safety and product quality. This reliable quality control tool eliminates the risk of defective products at every stage of production, ensuring customer satisfaction and safety.
Sorting Packed foodRice
Rice is one of the staple foods of the world. With continually improving living standards, rice quality requirements have steadily increased. Our company has been focused on rice sorting for 30 years. MEYER’s rice optical sorter can detect and remove mildewy, broken rice, and foreign materials like glass and stone and classify rice based on color, shape, and other differences. MEYER rice sorting solution provides efficient separation especially in extremely light yellow rice, rice with pin-points tips as well as diseased rice. MEYER’s dozens of customer solutions deliver great value to global customers. Also, it leads the technical innovation of the rice processing industry to make full use of each grain.
Spices
Optical sorting of spices such as dried parsley, dill, freeze-dried chives, marjoram, oregano, and basil requires precise solutions tailored to lightweight materials. MEYER offers advanced machines that effectively eliminate impurities and unwanted fractions, ensuring the highest quality of the final product. With cutting-edge technology and the extensive expertise of our specialists, each solution is customized to the specific characteristics of the sorted raw material. Our systems enable precise recognition of differences in color, shape, and texture, ensuring reliability and consistency throughout the sorting process.
Sorting SpicesGlass
Glass consumption worldwide is continuously increasing. More and more countries are implementing regulations that require the processing of glass materials to recover valuable resources, benefiting the environment and reducing waste. The glass sorting process involves technology that removes all types of impurities (stones, metals, plastics, etc.) from the glass fraction. Separation is crucial for high-quality recycling, as it eliminates contaminants and improves the purity of the recovered glass. Glass sorting can also include the division into different color fractions, making it possible to obtain clean and homogeneous materials that are more valuable in the recycling process. This division not only improves the appearance of the final products but also enhances their quality, as glass of a specific color can be reused in the production of new packaging or other glass products with specific color requirements.
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HDPE
Optical and polymer sorting of HDPE are methods that use advanced optical technologies and infrared cameras to precisely separate high-density polyethylene (HDPE) from other materials. Thanks to the appropriately selected cameras, sorting systems can quickly identify HDPE, even in complex waste streams. Recycling becomes faster, more precise, and cost-effective, contributing to more efficient waste management and improving the profitability of the recycling process.
Metal
The optical sorting process in metal processing aims to precisely separate metals from other materials, such as cables, plastics, or production waste. Metals, being high-value resources, require special attention during sorting to ensure the highest quality of the recovered material and minimize the amount of rejected material. This process allows for the accurate differentiation of various types of metals, such as copper, brass, aluminum, or stainless steel, significantly increasing recycling efficiency. Optical sorting also enables the removal of contaminants, contributing to the purity of the recovered metal, making it ready for reuse in industry. Modern MEYER sorters can process several tons of input material per hour, making the recycling process fast, efficient, and environmentally friendly.
PET
Optical PET sorting with MEYER machines is a process that allows for the precise separation of valuable materials from contaminants. Thanks to advanced optical technology, our devices accurately identify and separate PET flakes, ensuring the highest quality of recovered materials. MEYER optical sorters operate based on color and polymer detection, enabling effective separation of different types of plastics, including PET, PVC, HDPE, and PP. This technology ensures not only high precision but also process speed, increasing the efficiency and profitability of recycling. Our solutions enable more eco-friendly and cost-effective material recovery, supporting the sustainable development of the recycling industry.
Plastic
MEYER is a leading manufacturer of optical and color sorters for the recycling industry. We care about the environment and increase the recovery of recyclable materials from waste, therefore we introduce various technological solutions to the recycling market. We offer devices for the optical separation of bottles, granules, regrinds of plastics, both in terms of color and polymer (including PET, PVC, HDPE, PP, PC, etc.). MEYER solutions allow customers to accurately separate valuable material from impurities, separate colors and polymers. We pay particular attention to the precision and speed of the process in order to achieve the maximum value from products. The solutions we offer are the highest quality color and polymer optical sorters designed by engineers and researchers from the high technology industry. The optical sorting system for plastics consists of selecting the right device and designing the entire sorting system. At MEYER, specialists and engineers with many years of experience and understanding of the optical sorting and recycling industries do this.
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PP
The polypropylene (PP) optical and polymer sorting process is a method that utilizes advanced detection technologies to precisely separate PP from other materials (including different types of plastics, foreign bodies, and various contaminants). By using specialized cameras, sorting systems quickly identify the unique optical characteristics of polypropylene and use this information to classify the material fractions. This process not only improves the quality of the recovered material but also enhances the efficiency of the entire recycling process, enabling faster processing and cost optimization.
Sorting PP
PVC
PVC sorting involves separating polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from other materials and contaminants. The sorting process with MEYER technology relies on the air jet system to eject materials. The system detects contaminants and defective materials in the waste stream, then expels them using specialized MEYER Maglev ejectors. The sorting process can be based on differences in the material's color or type (polymer differences), allowing for precise separation of the desired fractions from the rest.
Rubber
Rubber sorting is a process that involves separating rubber waste for reuse in various industries. It can include both natural and synthetic rubbers, such as butyl rubber, neoprene rubber, and vulcanized rubber. Rubber sorting is a crucial stage in recycling as it allows for the separation of rubber from other materials like plastic and metal, enabling the recovery of high-quality raw materials for further processing. Modern technologies, including optical sorting, can assist in the precise identification of rubber materials, which enhances process efficiency and reduces contamination. Recycled rubber can be used in the production of new tires, mats, floor coverings, and other industrial applications.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can you see the belt color sorters in action?
Belt color sorters can be seen at our Test Center in Michałowice near Warsaw, alongside other MEYER machines. If you would like to see their capabilities firsthand, contact our representative to schedule a test. You can find the representative for your region in the “Contact” section.
In which industries are belt color sorters most commonly used?
Belt color sorters are most commonly used in the food industry, where they enable precise sorting of delicate materials such as frozen fruits, nuts, spices, and tea. Thanks to their advanced technology, they effectively remove contaminants and defective products, minimizing waste and improving the quality of the final product. Their gentle belt transport system ensures that products remain undamaged during the sorting process. These sorters are also used in recycling, where they help separate different material fractions, increasing the efficiency of raw material recovery. Their versatility makes them an excellent solution for various industries, ensuring high quality and purity of sorted materials.
Can sorters classify materials based on characteristics other than color, such as shape?
Yes, thanks to AI algorithms, our sorters not only recognize colors but also analyze the shape of materials and can sort them accordingly. This feature is particularly useful in the food industry, where broken seeds, nuts, or other damaged fractions can be effectively removed, leaving only high-quality products. This technology enhances the quality of the final raw material and reduces waste, resulting in more efficient production processes.