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  For more than 40 years, TOMRA has been the leading provider of optical sorting and peeling equipment for many different food industries. Discover our solutions here!
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  TOMRA Sorting Solutions' pioneering industry expertise continues to result in state-of-the-art machines and exceptional service within the waste and metal recycling industries.
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Food sorting and peeling solutions

Food

TOMRA’s advanced sorting machines inspect millions of individual product pieces per hour, typically recovering five to ten percent through higher yields and better utilization.

That’s equivalent to approximately 25,000 trucks of potatoes per year!

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ZEA SORTING MACHINE BY TOMRA

The ZEA is a sensor based food sorting machine for seed corn producers to sort/grade for husk, defect, disease and size. It is the ideal efficiency, quality and cost reduction tool for processors where capacity, husk and defect sorts are critical. It is a low cost of ownership machine that is built to last.

TOMRA launches 'ZEA': a new sensor-based whole ear seed corn sorter
Zea working principle
Corn cob sorting machine ZEA - TOMRA Sorting
Corn cob sorting machine ZEA - TOMRA Sorting

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL

In the organization’s quest for continual change and improvement, Lauber Seed Farms has taken a bold step towards innovation by partnering with TOMRA Sorting Food and installing a number of our automatic ZEA seed corn sorting systems. Read their testimonial.

ZEA FOOD SORTING MACHINE: OVERVIEW

High capacity and low maintenance sorter
Flexible sorter with gentle handling assured
Simple controls and feedback
Integrated Unique 3 Way Rejector (patent applied for)
Consistent long life accuracy
Multiple configurations possible:
* Top View Camera Module with 2 Stream or 3 Stream Sorting
* Top and Bottom View Camera Modules with 2 or 3 Way Stream Sorting

FOOD SORTING APPLICATIONS

Vegetables

Seed corn

TOMRA Sorting Solutions continues to expand its ZEA sorter range developed specifically for the seed and fresh corn industry.

The latest innovation has been the design and implementation of a second camera module facilitating the inspection of both sides of the corn ear.

Read all about this latest innovation in TOMRA's press release.

Key features

Sensor Technology

The Zea uses top mounted color and NIR (Near Infra-Red) optical sensors to scan the surface of each individual item ‘in flight’. This allows for an unobstructed view of the product with a high capacity sort. The color vision sensors analyze for size, shape and color. The NIR sensors analyze for gross defects and foreign materials. Gentle product handling is assured by design; the first grade produce gently passes through the machine while the second and third grades are redirected into individual streams by intelligent paddle ejectors with precision and accuracy.

Product Benefits

Unrivalled husk removal
Significant labor reduction
Excellent defect removal
Reduced operational costs
Easy to install

Advanced Sorting Criteria

The Zea can sort seed and sweet corn by the following sorting criteria:

Size
Husk
Gross defect
Foreign material

Technical specification

	Zea 32	Zea 48	Zea 64
Capacity	1,500 pieces/min	2,250 pieces/min	3,000 pieces/min
Dimensions (L x W x H, mm)	1,850 x 1,508 x 1,850 mm	1,850 x 2,004 x 1,850 mm	1,850 x 2,410 x 1,850 mm
Infeed belt width	812 mm	1,219 mm	1,625 mm
Air pressure input	2.5 scfm	3.75 scfm	5 scfm
Electrical consumption	3 KVA	3 KVA	3 KVA

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