Sampi Sorter
Advanced Sorting Solutions for Agriculture
Product Overview
The Sampi Sorter is a cutting-edge sorting machine designed to meet the diverse sorting needs of the agricultural industry. With its advanced technology and innovative features, it enables efficient sorting of various products such as nuts, grains, dried fruits, chips, and more.
My role in this project
The Sampi Sorter guarantees unparalleled precision and accuracy in the sorting process, culminating in elevated quality standards and enhanced productivity. In this industrial endeavour, I assumed the roles of both AI CNN model designer and data engineer, spearheading the classification of grains.
How Sampi Sorter Works
In the Sampi sorter, the grains are transferred to the feeder either through a conveyor or manually. A powerful blower connected to the feeder removes some fine contaminants such as dust and hair from the product during sorting. The Sampi sorter's feeder is designed and manufactured using advanced vibrators, allowing the speed to adjust for transferring grains onto the conveyor. The grains are continuously and evenly placed on the conveyor at an appropriate distance.
The grains move at a certain speed on the conveyor. When they reach the end of the path, they separate from the conveyor and remain suspended in the air as they pass in front of advanced sensors, projectors, and cameras. At this moment, multiple images are captured of each grain from different angles, and various visual features of each grain are identified through image processing.
The artificial intelligence of the machine matches the different visual features of the grain with the training it has received to identify standard grains based on size, shape, colour, and morphology. The device classifies the grains into desired and undesired categories according to user settings.
Next, the grains pass in front of a line consisting of several compressed air nozzles. If grain falls into the undesired category, the corresponding nozzle activates and diverts the grain from the path of other grains using a jet of air, sending it to the output for undesired grains. If a grain falls into the desired category, no nozzle acts on it, and it is directed to the output for desired grains. The system strives to have the gentlest possible contact with the grains to minimize damage and loss. In gravity-based sorters, such as pistachios, the grains collide with each other at high speeds at the end of the path, sometimes causing the separation of their shells, which results in loss of product. However, in the Sampi conveyor sorter, the energy of the grains is approximately one-fourth of that in the intelligent pistachio sorter.
Next, the grains pass in front of a line consisting of several compressed air nozzles. If grain falls into the undesired category, the corresponding nozzle activates and diverts the grain from the path of other grains using a jet of air, sending it to the output for undesired grains. If a grain falls into the desired category, no nozzle acts on it, and it is directed to the output for desired grains. The system strives to have the gentlest possible contact with the grains to minimize damage and loss. In gravity-based sorters, such as pistachios, the grains collide with each other at high speeds at the end of the path, sometimes causing the separation of their shells, which results in loss of product. However, in the Sampi conveyor sorter, the energy of the grains is approximately one-fourth of that in the intelligent pistachio sorter.
