Powered by next-generation inspection technology and new sort engine and ergonomic user interface, Compass is an easy-to-use optical sorter, achieving consistently accurate foreign material (FM) and product defect removal and simplifying system operation, sanitation, and maintenance. Compass helps processors automate and improve quality management of food products, while maximizing yield and increasing profitability.

Compass is ideal for sorting processed, frozen, and pre-processed vegetables and fruits, nuts, leafy greens, potato chips, confections, and other food products. With advanced sensors and lighting technology, as well as Key’s powerful new Next sort engine, the new line accurately identifies and separates plastic, glass, paper, and other organic and inorganic foreign matter from the line, in addition to sorting the specific product defects each processor wants to manage to deliver its customers the product quality grade they expect.