> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.foodconsumer.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # TOMRA to consult on tailored sorting solutions at United Fresh - URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/tomra_0604140755/ - Published: 2014-06-04T08:53:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-22T16:31:50.000Z - Description: TOMRA Sorting Food will staff Booth 449 at United Fresh in Chicago, June 10-12, to discuss its sensor-based sorting, peeling and process analytics systems. Among them is the Halo, which grades produce by defects, color, blemishes, foreign material, size and shape. - Author: Food Consumer - Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import June 04, 2014 TOMRA TO CONSULT ON TAILORED SORTING SOLUTIONS AT UNITED FRESH Attendees at United Fresh 2014 will be able to find out about TOMRA Sorting Food’s extensive portfolio of pioneering sorting and processing systems. United Fresh brings together the retail and fresh produce industries, showcasing new tools and technologies in food safety, packaging and distribution for the fresh supply chain. The event takes place at the McCormick Place Convention Centre in Chicago, Illinois, June 10 - June 12\. TOMRA will have representatives on hand to meet at Booth 449. TOMRA Sorting, ODENBERG & BEST, designs and supplies innovative world-class sorting, peeling and process analytics solutions for a wide range of fresh and processed food applications. Their unique sensor based sorting solutions and use of multi-spectral technologies allows them to create customized options that meet specific customer requirements. Diarmuid Meagher, VP and Sales Manager, Northwestern and Western Regions, USA and Canada, TOMRA Sorting Food, said: “We hope growers, packers and processors will visit our booth to discuss their sorting needs. We offer a wide variety of machines to support a large range of applications which allows us to recommend effective and customised options.” Combining intelligence with advanced control, the Halo is robust and compact and offers high capacity, low maintenance, flexibility and increased profitability as well as gentle handling. Additionally, Halo guarantees long-life accuracy and provides quality control and feedback through an intuitive touch screen. The Halo features both VIS and NIR capabilities and provides high performance sorting and grading, based on factors such as: defects, color, subtle blemishes, foreign material, size and shape. For cut fruit, the Halo sorter can now separate apple wedges displaying bruise, core, stem, discoloration and broken pieces. Fresh pack applications include: russet potato, sweet potato, varietal and specialty potatoes in addition to carrots, parsnips, cucumbers, onions, radishes and tomatoes. Halo is also ideal for processed peeled and unpeel fruits and vegetables, carrots, apricots and peaches, pear halves and citrus fruits. The Genius is equipped with high resolution cameras and lasers. It has different inspection technologies in its various zones, with state-of-the-art air guns rejecting unwanted items within milliseconds, in two or three separate streams, and sound product proceeding in the processing line. Karel Strubbe, Sales Manager TOMRA Sorting Food Americas and Oceania, said: “The Genius sorter is now available with a special designed infeed system, to handle high throughputs. This special designed infeed system consists out of multiple steps creating a well spread single layer of product so that the Genius unit can inspect at very high efficiency. This new unit has had great success since the introduction. The Genius sorter also features the Advanced Foreign Material Detector (AFMD), unique in its kind. The AFMD identifies defects and objects previously difficult to distinguish, because of similar structure or color characteristics. Now, sorting on product-specific features, with an optical configuration not limited to one application, is possible. Explaining a particularly popular AFMD application among lettuce sorting organizations, Mr. Strubbe says: ‘Organizations can now introduce even radicchio into their mixes before they enter the sorting unit.’ Prior to the AFMD application, US processors had to mix these elements in after sorting, running the risk they still contained imperfects. TOMRA highlights that the AFMD application is revolutionizing the way lettuce processors operate. They can now sort virtually every kind of baby mix, targeting defects perfectly. Mr. Strubbe says: ‘The AFMD’s capabilities significantly improves results, minimizes false detections, enhances processing line flexibility, maximizes efficiency and elevates the quality and safety of the end produce to new levels for consumers, while maintaining the highest yield at unsurpassed throughputs.’ The Primus Gemini sorts multiple fruit applications with defects such as discolorations, over ripe, hail and insect damage, plus foreign material. It delivers a high quality end product, meets modern consumer demands, and provides a very fast return on investment. The Primus Gemini sorter is now available with the Advanced Shrivelled Detector (ASD). The ASD laser allows TOMRA’s sorters to remove shrivelled berries for fresh pack. Compared to other optical technologies, it can detect up to 90 per cent of shrivelled blueberries and will also improve the detection of rain-split.” TOMRA says the Primus Gemini with ASD will decrease operational costs and increase product quality. It offers one sorting solution for detecting soft and discolored berries and provides a three-way sort. TOMRA Sorting Food has more than 7000 machines installed worldwide and has a comprehensive support and service network ensuring prompt customer service. Customers can trial their own products at one of six test and demonstration centers worldwide to ensure our solutions meet their specific requirements. With over 30 years of experience, ODENBERG and BEST provide customers an integrated approach to maximize yield, quality and efficiency. → [www.tomra.com/food](http://www.tomra.com/food?ref=foodconsumer.org) → [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD3B1A7BAE919EC6](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD3B1A7BAE919EC6&ref=foodconsumer.org) ENDS