Sessions Company, a family owned and operated peanut sheller and processor headquartered in Enterprise, Alabama cooperates with Alabama, Georgia, and Florida growers to produce quality shelled peanuts and peanut seed. In addition, they are producers of crude peanut oil and peanut meal. Sessions Co. Inc. was founded in 1917. Mr. H. M. Sessions was in the business of “Farm Furnishing”. When the Boll Weevil insect devastated the cotton crop, farmers and agribusiness began looking for alternative crops. Through the combined efforts of several people, the peanut was planted in Coffee County, Alabama. In 1932, the Sessions brothers formed Sessions Company Inc. whose primary business was the manufacturing and sale of peanut butter. In 1948, Sessions Co. Inc. began the business of shelling peanuts. One cannot make peanut butter and distribute peanut seed unless the peanuts are shelled first.

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The new revolutionary Slidex sorter is a 1000 mm wide machine that inspects products in free fall. It recognizes different types of material and is used to sort various waste streams, like plastics, WEEE, ASR, etc. The machine is using hyperspectral imaging to identify a unique fingerprint for each type of material, which forms the basis of the sorting process.

By means of this spectral analysis the Slidex accurately recognizes for example different types of plastic, wood, ASR, or other objects. Besides an accurate and high resolution identification of the different materials, the BEST Slidex makes sure that also all other important parameters needed for optimal sorting are taken into account: correct light sources, mechanical control of the product flow by means of our patented chute and free-fall detection, and the latest generation of fast ejectors. The spectrum created for every product is loaded into a database, which is used for different sorting processes. The database allows a very easy set-up of the sorter. Configuration time is limited. The advanced technology measures different spectra, resulting in an optimal sorting process and higher value output streams.

The Slidex comprises a 1000 mm inspection zone assuring capacities up to 4 metric tons per hour. Efficiencies rise as high as 98% and up (depending on the incoming product), whereas defect loads can go up to 30%.

Feel free to contact BEST for a free demonstration of the Slidex or one of the other BEST sorting solutions with your product. You will see the efficiency of our sorting technology and learn how we can help you to recover all your valuables.

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This expansion is symbol of our future strategy to serve our Asian customers in their own language and according to their cultural habits.

We are confident that our continuous investments and efforts to strengthen the local markets will offer new possibilities and exciting projects.

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Apart from our achievements in the food and tobacco markets, the importance of our activities in the recycling market will keep on growing, and we are committed to keep on offering cost-effective and qualitative sorting solutions.

Together with our Service Department we will also in 2012 continue to support our customers and help them to optimize performance in sorting, uptime, upgrades of existing equipment, training and consulting services. As well as grow, develop and introduce products and services to ensure proper and improved service to our customers.

We would like to thank all of you for your confidence, ongoing support and collaboration.

We wish you, your family and friends a happy and successful 2012!

Based on the specific market needs and the diversification in applications, BEST developed multiple sorters for the tobacco market. In the movie you can see how our solutions help ensuring product safety and quality.

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You can read the full press release here. For more information please contact us via info@bestsorting.com or visit our booth (J-20) during TABEXPO in Prague. 

The MACFRUT Committee awarded BEST for the development of its high technological laser technology that, in combination with cameras and infrared transmission, optimizes the detection of foreign material in lettuces and lettuce mixes.

This prize demonstrates the expertise of BEST when it comes to sorting, and shows the importance of qualitative and clean food.

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The movie was officially released by Paul Berghmans, CEO of BEST, during the opening of the BEST Sorting Solution Center. All technologies and a range of applications for the food market are presented.

Via these links you can now also enjoy the film: 

BEST Sorting Company Movie (MPEG-4)

BEST Sorting Company Movie (wmv)

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This BEST Sorting Solution Center is the fourth one in its kind.  BEST now has two innovation centers in Leuven (Belgium), one in Denver (USA) and one in Hanghzou (China).  All these facilities are located close to international airports, and are easily accessible, offering an optimal customer comfort. 

BEST has more than 20 machines available in the different locations. Many configurations of the different models are available for testing and demonstrations, allowing a multitude of applications to be tested.

On Wednesday September 21st, Kris Peeters, Flemish Prime Minister, opened the solution center in Leuven (see picture).

On this occasion, and in combination with the celebration of 15Y BEST and the bi-annual agent meeting that took place last week, BEST also announced two new technological innovations, with the next generation free fall sorters, the Opus and the Nimbus sorter.

The Nimbus is a laser / camera sorting solution that combines the efficiency of the laser detection on foreign material, together with the accuracy of the camera detecting discolorations and shape differences in free-fall. The sorter detects all color, structure, size and shape defects from a stream of good products. Besides these conventional sorting methods, the Nimbus is also able to sort based on biological characteristics, such as chlorophyll (Fluo™), mycotoxins (Detox™), and water (SWIR).

To sort on shape characteristics, the machine is equipped with an additional module with a general shape sorting toolbox that adds complementary sorting capabilities by applying object oriented features like length, width, diameter, area, broken piece recognition, etc. …

The sorter also features 3-way sorting, designed for the removal of unwanted products with high accuracy, very low false reject and an optimal yield. 3-way sorting capabilities on the BEST sorters feature two ejector modules, allowing processors to separate different reject streams that before ended up in the same stream.

The new revolutionary sorter has a new and more powerful hardware processing platform, allowing the implementation of new modules, like the BEST Smart Sort and BEST Flex Sort. 

By analyzing intelligently the incoming products, the Smart Sort module helps the operator in setting parameters. This new feature ensures a faster and easy configuration of the machine. Also the operator has the possibility to adjust the sensitivity set by the Smart Sort module, according to the changing sorting circumstances.

The digital Flex Sort allows the operator to quickly switch from sorting one product to another without having to make any mechanical adjustments. It is a revolutionary technology that also ensures an improved contrast between good products and defects. By using this module, customers can maximize the ease of operation and uptime, optimize the sorting performance and minimize the investments.

The Opus is a unique, state-of-the art free-fall modular camera and laser sorter with a small footprint and the ideal inspection width (1 meter) to integrate in a IQF fruit or vegetable packing line.

It is a modular system, with single or double sided camera and laser combinations. The sorter features the new high resolution BEST camera that can be combined with SWIR technology. The camera, exclusively developed for BEST, is provided with an adapted spectrum, ideal for optical sorting. It also features our new industrial high quality lenses with an advanced focusing system. The laser configuration is the optimal solution to detect foreign material among good products. Thanks to the SWIR technology, water based products such as frozen fruit and vegetables absorbing the light, and difficult defects such as wood and plastic reflecting it, are detected. Contaminations (glass, cardboard, metal, …) are detected and rejected from the good product, providing optimum sorting efficiency, with an extremely low false reject.

This new generation of the Opus sorter also features 3-way sorting, for an optimal removal of defects and improved yield.

With these two new technological innovations, BEST is again setting the requirements for a new era in sorting. For every sorting issue, BEST can now offer a solution, with multiple combinations in platforms and sorting technologies.

For more information please contact Björn Weyts at bjorn.weyts@bestsorting.com or +32 16 741 906.