Optical Sorting & Material Classification
See What Others Can’t
Applications: Food • Recycling • Minerals
When materials look identical, conventional vision systems reach their limits. Optical Sorting uses advanced spectroscopic imaging to identify materials based on their internal composition — not just their surface appearance.
Laser 2000 helps customers build reliable, high-speed sorting systems that go beyond what the human eye can see.
Connecting Photonics for Intelligent Material Inspection.
Your Challenge
Reliable sorting depends on reliable identification.
Manufacturers need to distinguish visually similar materials, detect contamination early and automate inspection without slowing production.
The challenge is not capturing an image — it’s recognising the right material at production speed.
How Optical Sorting Works
Advanced imaging technologies analyse the optical signature of each object rather than its visible appearance alone — enabling reliable classification even for complex or variable material streams.
Hyperspectral Cameras
Identify material composition across hundreds of spectral bands simultaneously.
NIR Sensors
Classify materials by molecular structure — invisible to conventional cameras.
Intelligent Analysis
Real-time spectral classification at full production speed.
High-Speed Processing
Processing architectures designed for inline integration without line slowdown.
What You Gain
Improve Quality
Detect contamination and defects earlier and more reliably.
Increase Throughput
Automate inspection at production speed without interruption.
Reduce Waste
Minimise false rejects and improve overall material yield.
Support Sustainability
Increase recovery rates in recycling and reduce material loss.
Typical Applications
- Food Inspection — quality grading, contamination detection and ripeness assessment at production speed.
- Recycling — sorting plastics, textiles, paper and mixed materials for high-purity output streams.
- Mineral Processing — material classification and raw material identification based on spectral signatures.
How We Help
Every application starts with understanding your material, production process and inspection objective. Laser 2000 helps customers select the right imaging technology, design integration-ready systems and support deployment from prototype to production.
Connecting Photonics. Creating Solutions.
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