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FOOD PROCESSING

KEY TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES ALL-NEW

COMPASS® OPTICAL SORTERS

expands our product portfolio and ability recipes to ensure consistent performance
to help each customer find the solution on every product run.
that is truly best for their needs.” COMPASS features Key Discovery™,
COMPASS is ideal for sorting processed, a powerful data analytics and reporting
frozen and pre-processed vegetables and software that turns the sorter into an II-
fruits, nuts, leafy greens, potato chips, con- oT-connected device, delivering a wealth
fections and other food products. Thanks to of product quality and sort process infor-
its advanced sensors and lighting technolo- mation that gives food processors valuable
Key Technology, a member of the Du- gy, as well as Key’s powerful new NEXT sort insights into the operation of their line.
ravant family of operating companies, engine, COMPASS accurately identifies and COMPASS is offered in a configurable
introduces the all-new COMPASS® fam- separates plastic, glass, paper and other range of system types and sizes to meet
ily of food optical sorters. Powered by organic and inorganic FM from the line, individual customer application and ca-
next-generation inspection technology as in addition to sorting the specific product pacity requirements. Key is first intro-
well as a new sort engine and ergonomic defects each processor wants to manage ducing chute-fed COMPASS models, to
user interface, COMPASS is the easiest to to deliver its customers the product quality be followed by belt-fed variants of the
use optical sorter on the market, achiev- grade they expect. sorter. COMPASS can be installed in line
ing consistently accurate foreign material at the start of the process to sort incom-
(FM) and product defect removal and sim- ing product, after critical transformational
plifying system operation, sanitation and processes on the line or at the end of the
maintenance. COMPASS helps processors food processing line to ensure final product
automate and improve quality management quality and safety prior to packaging.
of their food products, while maximizing
yield and increasing profitability. Key supports its customers worldwide
through an extensive sales network and its
“Optical sorting technology has devel- global SupportPro service team.
oped significantly over the last decade.
Until now, more advanced sorting capa-
bilities meant a system that was also more ADVERTISE IN
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complex to operate and costly to maintain.
THE ARAB WORLD
COMPASS is the first sorter that breaks THE ARAB WORLD
that paradigm – it offers consistently high
AGRIBUSINESS
sort accuracy, a compelling ROI and signifi- Key designed COMPASS for extreme ease AGRIBUSINESS
cantly simpler and more intuitive operation of use. Its highly-intuitive user interface MAGAZINE AND
MAGAZINE AND
than any other food sorting system,” said mimics the navigation of smart device
PROMOTE YOUR
Jack Lee, Duravant Group President - Food apps and enables an operator without any PROMOTE YOUR
Sorting and Handling Solutions. “Available technical background to quickly become
PRODUCTS
alongside our industry-leading VERYX® and proficient in using the sorter. Operators PRODUCTS
ADR food inspection systems, COMPASS can quickly create and edit COMPASS sort
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PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER FASTFRAME SAVES

PROCESSORS VALUABLE TIME AND MONEY

APV, a part of SPX FLOW's suite of including dairy, egg, juice and processed Samuel Glover, SPX FLOW Global
process solutions, released the new Plate food applications. Because the traditional Product Manager for Plate Heat Ex-
Heat Exchanger FastFrame™ with improved method takes hours to complete, proces- changers: "These FastFrame updates
usability and durability, saving time and sors would lose valuable production to were designed with customers in mind,
money for food and beverage operators. clean the heat exchanger plates — daily, in many of which have worked with us for

The new FastFrame design includes: some cases. This frame design significantly decades. The APV team is proud of the
speeds up the process, taking only minutes. improvements made as we continue to
•Opening and closing via a powered innovate to provide the best solutions
wrench in under two minutes possible, whether saving our customers
•Consistent tightening across the plate time, money or energy."
pack APV is celebrating the 100th anniversary
•Improved safety from leg/foot design of the APV invention of the plate heat ex-
changer. Richard Seligman, the founder of
The FastFrame series is a beneficial addi- the APV Group, first introduced it in 1923.
tion to many food and beverage processes,

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