Which material streams can be optically sorted?

Our system is extremely flexible. The most common use cases are the sorting of electronic scrap, the separation of different battery types, and the upgrading of construction debris by removing wood, plastics, and gypsum.

What is the difference from contaminant detection?

For contaminants and hazardous materials, we rely on X-ray technology that scans the material stream in depth. For material recovery, we use optical cameras. Here, the camera looks at the surface of the material stream, and the AI analyzes the image to separate valuable components by type for resale.

Does the AI replace my employees on the line?

It relieves them where the work is most exhausting. The machine sorts consistently, without loss of concentration. This compensates for the shortage of skilled workers and allows you to deploy your staff for more demanding, safer tasks within the facility.

■ Use Cases

Recovering materials: Turning waste into revenue.

We sort construction waste, WEEE and other complex material streams into the components that actually generate revenue. Using intelligent AI analysis, we sort your material fully automatically and with high precision. This ensures that clean fractions are produced at the end of the conveyor belt, boosting your profit margin.

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Every percentage point of impurity costs you money.

Manual sorting on the production line is strenuous, extremely prone to errors and, given the chronic staff shortages, can hardly be carried out reliably any longer. Anyone who overlooks valuable components amongst the mass of goods risks far more than just poor performance figures.

Loss of margin: Impure material flows are mercilessly devalued by the buyer.

AI sorting produces clean fractions. Your goods will no longer be downgraded.

High waste disposal costs: Waste that is not properly sorted ends up being incinerated or sent to landfill at great expense.

More precise sorting using AI reduces misclassifications and thus directly lowers your waste disposal costs.

Lost treasures: Valuable components simply slip through on the conveyor belt and go to waste.

The model is trained specifically for your material flow. No more valuable material gets through.

Reduced throughput: Staff shortages often force you to run the conveyor belts more slowly in order to maintain a reasonable level of quality.

Fully automatic discharge. No staff required, full conveyor speed.

Our solution adapts to your material flow – not the other way round.

Every material stream has its own treasures. A construction waste recycler needs a completely different approach to a facility handling electronic waste. That is why our AI learns exactly which components and materials are of the greatest value to your site.

Batteries

C&D

E-waste

Material not listed?

We’ll build you the right system, tailored precisely to your material flow. We’ll customise the detection and sorting line exactly to suit your specific requirements. Just get in touch!

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Come and see the technology for yourself. At our technical centre in Wuezburg, you can observe the plant in operation and discuss any questions you may have directly with our experts.

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Vision.Sort: Intelligent optical sorting in a nutshell.

Where manual sorting becomes inaccurate at high conveyor speeds, our Vision.Sort takes over with consistent precision. A high-resolution camera captures the material on the conveyor belt in real time. Our AI analyses this image data in milliseconds and precisely controls the sorting mechanism.

Genuine AI identification: Reliably identifies objects based on shape, colour and structure.
Uncompromising continuous operation: Robustly designed for maximum throughput at speeds of up to 4 m/s during demanding 24/7 operation of your plant.
Easy retrofitting: Can be flexibly integrated into your existing production lines.