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Vetömag Derecske Kft affirms its commitment to quality with investment in Bühler’s sorting solution - SORTEX optical sorting technology provides quality and growth opportunities for seed and rice cleaning in Hungary


London, United Kingdom
13 May 2014

The Bühler Group, a global leader in food processing and optical sorting solutions, has further reinforced its role in underpinning excellence in seed and rice cleaning, with the installation of its SORTEX Z+ optical sorter at Vetömag Derecske Kft, a family-owned seed production and cleaning business in Hungary.

In 2009, Vetömag established a seed cleaning plant at its 2-3,000 hectare seed production site in Derecske, where 20 employees are now dedicated to the quality cleaning and sorting of products such as mustard seeds, oil radish, dry peas and rape seeds, although the site has the flexibility to clean other products when required. Their production mainly involves growing green manure crops, such as rapeseed, mustard, alfalfa and millet - crops used as organic fertiliser, to be ploughed back into the soil, to add nutrients and organic matter to other growing crops.

“We are equipped to prepare all kinds of grain crops and seeds for sealing as well as pre-cleaning, cleaning and packing, according to the needs of our customers,” said Ference Pálkutas of Vetömag Derecske Kft, who confirmed that quality and reliability are the linchpins of the company’s activities.

Since its inception, Vetömag Derecske Kft has seen the business expand rapidly along with the number and variety of products that customers request to be cleaned. In order to meet this increasing demand, the company began its extensive research into advanced cleaning technology and, in 2013, invested in a bichromatic SORTEX Z+ optical sorter from Bühler.

“Previously we were reaching only half of our specified one tonne per hour targets and had to sort twice, in order to recover good product that was being rejected or wasted,” said Mr Pálkutas. “Ultimately, we had difficulty achieving acceptable yields.”

Drawing on leading edge vision technology, the new optical sorter is located as a standalone machine. It receives product from Vetömag’s pre-cleaning equipment, such as gravity tables and indent cylinders, and determines the purity of input product with exceptional accuracy, within a split second. High speed ejectors enable precise ejection, while uniform feed and optimal illumination result in the most accurate separation of defective items and foreign material on the basis of colour, shape or other optical properties. The Bühler SORTEX series combines reliability, accuracy and flexibility, with consistent and high quality throughput.

“We are delighted with the performance of the new sorter. We get a high yield first time, every time – so there is no need for resorting,” said Mr Pálkutas. “In addition, the Bühler team has supported us at every step of the way, in order to optimise what is achievable with the SORTEX optical sorter. Not only does it offer high quality throughput now, but with the help of the Bühler team, the new sorter gives us the flexibility to adapt rapidly to our customers’ changing requirements and continue to expand the business going forward.”

“With its inherent flexibility and ability to be adapted for various applications, the SORTEX optical sorter can support Vetömag’s cleaning operations both now and in the future,” said Aron Demeter, Bühler’s seed segment manager, who stressed that Bühler’s emphasis is on partnership.

“Recently, in response to a request from Vetömag Derecske Kft, we were delighted to return to the plant, to reconfigure the sorter and train the operators to use the equipment for removing peas from rice: a new and additional application that the company can now offer to its other customers and boost its profitability, during otherwise quieter periods,” concluded Mr Demeter.

Its ongoing positive relationship with Bühler ensures Vetömag’s success in offering the high quality, consistency and flexibility required to clean an ever wider range of incoming seeds and pulses and underwrites the profitability of its operations for the years to come.

Bühler’s installation of this versatile, efficient and reliable sorting solution at Vetömag Derecske Kft substantially reinforces the company’s leading position in delivering high quality solutions and dedicated after sales support, and underpins its reputation for technology expertise and quality.

Bühler is a global leader in the field of process engineering, in particular production technologies and services for making foods and advanced materials. Bühler operates in over 140 countries and has a global payroll of over 10,000. In fiscal 2013, the company generated sales revenue of CHF 2,322 million



More solutions from:
    . Bühler Group
    . Bühler Sortex
    . Vetömag Derecske Kft


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Published: May 13, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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