Color Sensor Case Study: Material Sorting Solution for Medical Device Production

Project Background

The customer is a medical device manufacturer that needs to sort four colors of perforated plastic baskets: pink, white, yellow, and blue. Basket size is 40mm x 30mm x 6mm, and the black background line runs at 120 baskets per minute. Given the variety and high speed, a high performance color recognition solution is required.

Line Analysis

At high line speed, traditional color recognition faces accuracy and real time challenges. A high performance color sensor is therefore essential. The right solution improves sorting accuracy and reduces errors, stabilizing the process.

Solution

Atonm engineers tailored an automatic sorting solution based on the Atonm color sensor CL2 with L40 color probe.

- Product Advantages：  

  - CL2 Color Sensor: 8 channel design can recognize multiple colors and quickly capture color changes for moving baskets.

  - L40 Probe: Strong anti interference capability ensures stable recognition even on a black background.

Customer Benefits

After implementation the customer saw improvements:

1. High accuracy: sorting accuracy increased and wrong sorting was reduced.

2. Production efficiency: the sorting system improved overall line throughput.

3. Cost savings: reduced manual intervention lowered labor costs.

4. Improved product quality: consistent batch quality increased market competitiveness.