With high hygiene standards, minimal human intervention, and premium product quality, Sormac launches a new fully automatic pepper coring machine, the PCR, and a versatile dicer, the DC-145.
As two completely new solutions utilizing imaging technology, the company showcases two innovations that contribute to higher productivity and production quality:
-OptiView, a hygienic camera system that enhances production quality, process control, and troubleshooting within the plant.
-OptiPro, a visual automation system for processing lines that detects whether the product on the line meets the predefined recipe, automatically triggering the necessary actions.
Other new machines include the recently redesigned FC-540 vertical vegetable centrifuge and the enhanced FS-3600 MultiSystem slicer and wedge cutter.
Automated pepper processing
Sormac presents the PCR, a robotic pepper coring machine that fully automates the processing of bell peppers, from separation and orientation to coring and portioning.
The PepperCorer Robotic automatically separates peppers from a batch, visually detects their position, and, with the aid of a robotic arm, places them into the holders at the coring and cutting station.
Similar to the well-established PepperCorer PC-55, the seed core and stem are completely extracted via vacuum suction, separating them into the waste stream.
Optionally, peppers can be sliced into rings, wedges, or diced. Its capacity reaches 2,500 pieces per hour.
Dicing
Expanding its technological offering in cutting solutions, Sormac introduces the new DC-145 three-dimensional dicer.
Co-developed with Foodcons, this machine is versatile, user-friendly, and ensures premium cutting quality. It enables dicing, strip cutting, and slicing in various sizes, and its 400 mm diameter drum—the largest in its category—enhances productivity while providing delicate cuts that preserve product integrity.
Thanks to its intuitive HMI touchscreen interface, operators can digitally adjust slice thickness with high precision, eliminating the need for mechanical adjustments.
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Its capacity reaches 6,000 kg per hour, depending on the application.
Camera monitoring
OptiView is a hygienic camera system designed for the vegetable processing industry.
It uses imaging technology to enable real-time monitoring of critical production areas. It allows video recording and can be accessed from a PC, laptop, or mobile device.
It improves process control, ensures quality assurance, and facilitates faster issue resolution while complying with privacy regulations by blurring hallways or other areas if necessary.
Leafy vegetable visual recognition
OptiPro employs advanced image detection technology to optimize the production process and reduce manual intervention for leafy vegetables.
It verifies whether the processed product complies with the pre-programmed recipe, sending automatic signals to the control unit when adjustments are needed.
The system uses one or more cameras to capture detailed product images and processes them with deep learning software developed by Sormac.
This system is ideal for recognizing leafy vegetables, including those grown in controlled environment agriculture (CEA).
OptiPro’s capacity is aligned with the processing line speed.
