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Sensor-based sorting
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Industrial_automation/3YlF2K5q">industrial automation</a>, sensor-based sorting is an umbrella term for all applications in which particles are detected using a <a href="/facts/Sensor/RN8SXbjs">sensor</a> technique and rejected by an amplified <a href="/facts/Mechanical_system/wTCxFRfs">mechanical</a>, <a href="/facts/Hydraulics/KSIqLovc">hydraulic</a> or <a href="/facts/Pneumatics/QzkvCCpk">pneumatic</a> process. </p><p>The technique is generally applied in <a href="/facts/Mining/g6uDIFab">mining</a>, <a href="/facts/Recycling/x9X7GAzz">recycling</a> and <a href="/facts/Food_processing/2vRFfCL9">food processing</a> and used in the <a href="/facts/Particle_size/KWwwGkn4">particle size</a> range between 0.5 and 300 mm (0.020 and 11.811 in). Since sensor-based sorting is a single particle separation technology, the <a href="/facts/Throughput/6zAUsXqw">throughput</a> is proportional to the average particle size and weight fed onto the machine. </p>