AUTOMATIC SORTING

The coordinates are automatically sorted according to ascending x if x is not an index. 

The readily excitable fluorescence or phosphorescence of phosphors can also be made use of in the automation, control, and regulation of automatic sorting processes, in packaging, or in quality control. 

The products that can be handled by today s automatic sorting machines include seeds, coffee, rice, breakfast cereals, nuts and pulses fresh, frozen and dehydrated vegetables cherries (with and without stalks) olives tomatoes prawns biscuits and confectionery. Foreign material such as stones, sticks and organic matter can be removed, as well as objects with defects such as discoloration and damaged skin. Figures 6.2 and 6.3 show two typical sorting machines. 

A system of this type has been described for automatic sorting of waste glass [41],... 

Information on optical properties can be used for automatic sorting, quantifying foreign materials [87], and for objective classification of grain class and variety [88]. The use of light transmittance or reflectance offers a means for determining... 

Bradaczek, H Hildebrandt, G., Kuhr, A., and Nestler, B. (1990) Automatic sorting quartz oscillators. Acta Crystallogr. A, 46, PS-01.04.30. 

However, better results have been obtained using automatic sorting systems with vibrating screen. 

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