Technology overview
Today, the biochemical quality of grains, beans and seeds is assessed on a statistical basis: a small sample is extracted from the purchased batch and analyzed in a laboratory with traditional chemical experiments. This traditional approach can give a good estimation of the average biochemical quality but it doesn't reveal how large the quality variation is within the batch. In fact, the biochemical quality varies greatly even within the same batch because of several factors as climate, agricultural technologies, soil conditions and genetic predisposition of the plants. As a consequence, commodities processors, traders, and breeders cannot realize the full value of their commodities. QualySense technology offers a new and revolutionary approach to the biochemical quality control of the commodities and allows sorting of the commodities in well-defined quality classes. The innovative QualySense technology is able to transport the grains "one by one" and at very high speed in order to fulfill the capacity requirements (either multi-kg-per-hour or multi-ton-per-hour) of our customers. The grains are then passing through a measurement region where a high-resolution spectroscopy sensor is used to analyze the internal structure of the grains and identify their biochemical composition. Finally, a classification and sorting is performed based on threshold criteria: the grains can be separated in two or more quality classes.
The innovative and Swiss-made QualySense technology can transport several grains, seeds or beans "One by One" in less than one second towards the measurement region. This unit is able to work continuously and reliably for very long time.
Light rays illuminate each grain and interact with the internal structure of the grain. The signal is measured by a high-resolution spectroscopy Near Infrared (NIR) sensor and reveals precious information about the biochemical composition of the grain.
The acquired signal are processed by smart algorithms, which are the brain of the QSorter technology. The decision making process is based on a large series of chemical references that are acquired with standard and classical laboratory instruments.
The "One by One" processing of the grains allows very precise and reliable sorting. The selection process takes place in one-pass only, ensuring high rates of efficiency and low energy consupmtion. More than 2 quality classes can also be implemented.