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Color Sorter
Color Sorter – Industries
Color Sorting Machine Types
Rice Color Sorting Machine
How does Rice Color Sorter Machine Works?
Color sorters used in assembly lines to identify and classify products by color.
The objectives of their usage include to check the quality of products, facilitate
sorting and packaging, assess the equality of products in storage and to
monitor waste products.
Color sorters separate items by their colors, detecting the color of things that
pass before them, and using mechanical or pneumatic ejection devices to
divert items whose color do not fall within the acceptable range or which are
desired to form a separate group from the rest.
Color Sorter - Industries
Color Sorters in Grain industry
Color sorters are mostly used in sorting grain (agricultural products). The rice
sorting industry is the first big market, the rice sorting technology is according
to the color differences of rice (husked paddy) materials, using a high-
resolution CCD optical sensor to separate different stones, black rice, etc. It is
the final step after polishing rice with a rice polisher. The second sorting
market is in use for coarse cereals, such as wheat, corn, peanut, different kinds
of beans, sesame seeds, etc. Sorting machines improve product quality and
add social benefits.
Chute type is more common especially for food, as prices are lower, capacities
are higher and products can be seen more easily from both sides, which is
important when a de hulled grain has hull only at one side. Chute sorters are
usually applicable to specific products as the chute is designed with special
channels for this kind of material based on sizes and shapes of the material, for
example 5 mm chutes are used for rice, grain and plastic granules. Flat chutes
are right for plastic flakes, such as PET, or milk bottle flakes.
Rice color sorting machine
A rice color sorting machine, also named rice color sorter, separates rice grains
according to color differences in raw rice arising from anomalies like bits of
stone, bad rice, black rice, half-husked rice, etc. A high-resolution CCD optical
sensor drives a mechanical sorter to separate different granular materials,
automatically sorting heterochromatic particles out of the batch of raw rice;
removing such impurities in this process improves the quality of the rice.
Rice processing begins in a milling plant, where the harvested grains run
through a production line where the rice is boiled, dried, de-stoned, husked,
hulled and shelled. It then is taken to the color sorter machine.
At this point, the rice mixture will travel by elevator belt into a hopper on top
of the machine, from which it will flow down along chutes in the colour sorter,
streamlining their flow to so that they may be scanned by CCD sensors.
The moment the camera detects any color defects, the camera instructs
ejectors fitted in the machine to open the nozzle. The nozzle is connected to
valves containing compressed air.
This air is then used to shoot out the color defected material from the input
rice. The types of defects in rice include black tipped, chalky, yellow, mouse
droppings, immature grain, etc.
How does rice color sorter machine works?
At present, there are two types of rice color sorter machine in the market:
Optical type
CCD type
No matter which type is it, the basic working principle is the color difference
between good rice and bad(unwanted) rice. First of all, the Color Sorter
Machine should translate the photo signal to electronic signal by photo-sensor
and other complex element.
Then due to there is difference between good materials and bad materials, so
corresponding there is also a difference good materials’ electronic current;
And we can adjust some degree electronic current is ”safe” (good
materials)and other is ”dangerous”(bad or unwanted materials).
At last, when the electronic current is “safe”, there is nothing happens and rice
will successfully fall down to the accepted outlet; but if the electronic current
is “dangerous”, the ejector will be driven to blow away the bad or unwanted
materials.
MILLTEC Color Sorter Machines
MILLTEC Color Sorter uses technology and lighting to remove impure grains
from the input on the basis of their color, rather than on the basis of their
length or weight. Our color sorting machines are equipped with several
features such as auto sorting control systems, image capturing systems
capable of storing up to 200 profiles to enable our customers to alter settings
to suit their specifications, and a quality ejector system to monitor the quality
of the output. The usage of anodized chutes for the passage of input grains
prevents the blockage of the system, ensuring the smooth flow of grain.
Our color sorters are available in the range of 3TPH to 12 TPH. These sorting
machines are precise and integrated with level control systems, capacitive
sensors, touchscreen interface, cabinet cooling vertex system, and remote
servicing via internet and controlled by microprocessor. MILLTEC color sorter is
accurate and efficient with an excellent sorting capability for all kinds of grains.
MILLTEC M 1000 Series Color Sorter
Ejection unit composed of: 420 Individual ejectors for the ejection of the
product to be discarded
Electronic system:
The Latest CCD ULTRA SPEED GATE ARRAY TECHNOLOGY to control the sorting
process with auto-setting and automatic sorting control. They also ensure
specific functions such as self-diagnosis and memorization of different working
conditions and programs connected to different production needs. For a
complete control of functions, very powerful FPGA to enable a perfect
functioning of high capacity sorters featuring “MILLTEC” Software and new
generation sensors. Auto Intelligence system Inbuild (Auto Calibration)
In build Software of ReRe /Reverse Sorting
Red or Blue LED combination setup is Inbuild
Self-Diagnostics system & Automatic Cleaning System In build
LINUX based Operating system Control panel with 15 inches touch-screen
visualizing any functioning parameters & alarms. Memory and electronics are
conveniently placed on extractable boards allowing easy replacement of
components and upgrading of the software.
Mechanical Structure:
In stainless steel and painted iron. Protection IP 55. Their manufacture ensures
great robustness and hinders dust to penetrate inside the machine
MILLTEC MV 7000 Series Color Sorter functioning:
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