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January 2025 Seed separators & sorters
Ferrum Analytics and Sorting AG “QualySense” is a Swiss company operating as “Ferrum Analytics and Sorting” AG.
The company sets new automation and AI based standards for the inspection of soft commodities and developing high-capacity special sorting solutions for grains, seeds, and beans.
Product
QSorter Explorer
http://www.qualysense.com/qsorter_explorer.html
The QualySense QSorter® is a high-speed single kernel robot which can measure biochemical and physical properties of every seed, grain or bean and can sort according to one or more of these parameters, from 30 to 3 '000 seeds per second. By combining two sensing technologies, 3D Machine Vision and high-resolution NIR Spectroscopy in one robot, QSorter® delivers outstanding results in terms of accuracy and sorting capabilities.
With the QSorter® you can analyze protein and oil content, moisture, sucrose, shape, defects and others. All of these parameters can be quantified and sorted into different classes in minutes in just one path.
Furthermore, SQI2, a data cloud solution, allows users to display and analyze the quality reports produced by the QSorter® in real-time and immediately share it with all the stakeholders.
The QSorter® Explorer generates outstanding benefits in quality control, R&D, and process optimization for the seed breeding and food & beverage industry.
QSorter® solutions are being adopted worldwide to remove subjectivity in the inspection process, to accelerate seed breeding programs, to recover lots contaminated by GMOs and to increase the purity of seed lots.
The QualySense QSorter® Explorer enables unprecedented benefits such as:
- Assessing multiple quality (physical and biochemical) indicators of grains, seeds, or beans batches in one pass
- Developing new algorithms for new food products or new seed varieties
- Automatic and ultrafast quality inspection of large samples
- Non destructive single seed analysis
Product:
https://www.qualysense.com/qsorter-explorer
QSorter® Explorer Specifications:
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Value
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Sensing and Sorting
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Sensing technology
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High-speed RGB color camera
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Sensing technology
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Near infrared spectrometer (NIR) 900 – 1700 mm
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Pneumatic shooting accuracy
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> 98%
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Weight and Dimensions
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Weight of the device
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320 kg / 705 lb
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Length (tables open)
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1'292 (1'909) mm / 50.9 (75.2) in
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Width (tables open)
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768 (2'104) mm / 30.2 (82.8) in
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Height (touch panel included)
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1'720 (2'050) mm / 67.7 (80.7) in
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Power Supply
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Voltage
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110 – 120 / 200 – 240 VAC
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Frequency
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50 / 60 Hz
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Rated power
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2'000 VA
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Fuse cut-out
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20 / 16 A
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Power cord
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5 m / 16.4 ft long Hz
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Compressed air
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Compressed air connection pressure
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5.5 – 8 bar / 80 – 116 PSI
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Compressed air flow
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Nominal 150 l/min / 4.2 cfm
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Quality (min. requirement)
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Class: 7:4:4 (ISO 8573:1:2010) – Dryer necessary
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Connection
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Standard (push-in) 8 mm pneumatic tube (5m / 16 ft long)
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Ambient Conditions
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Ambient operating temperature
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10 – 40 °C / 50 – 104 °F
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Ambient non-operating temperature
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-10 – 60 °C / 14 – 140 °F
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Humidity
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less than 31% °C (87 °F) 10 – 80%
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Operating altitude
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Up to 2'000 m / 6'562 ft
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Non-operating altitude
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Up to 4'600 m / 1'5000 ft
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Noise level
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68 dBA
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Air quality environment
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Laboratory
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Connectivity
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Connectivity options
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Ethernet port, Wi-Fi, 4G
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