Data Collection Software improves process control.
Press Release Summary:
Key Data Manager helps food manufacturers improve profitability with real-time quality data, trend analysis, and network communications. Available for Tegra® and Optyx® optical inspection systems, and ADR®4 french fry defect removal system, KDM stores, monitors, and displays statistics on product length, defects, and throughput. Operators set length, categories, size thresholds, and product specifications on GUI so inspection and operations continue uninterrupted.Original Press Release:
Tegra® and Optyx® Sorters and ADR®4 French Fry Defect Removal System
Key Data Manager Provides Real-Time Information
Key Technology's Key Data Manager (KDM) helps food manufacturers improve profitability with real-time quality data, trend analysis, and network communications. Available for Tegra® and Optyx® optical inspection systems, and ADR®4, KDM stores, monitors, and displays statistics on product length, defects, and throughput of a wide variety of applications, including production of French fries, where successful installations can be found worldwide.
Real-time data collected with KDM provides information used to improve process control immediately. When connected to a plant's network, information can be used to directly control equipment, all behind the scenes. Operators set length, categories, size thresholds, and product specifications on the easy-to-use graphical user interface so inspection and overall operations continue uninterrupted.
KDM users have maximized productivity, enhanced quality and increased yields. Labor costs are reduced because process control is automated, eliminating the need for manual quality sampling. KDM monitors product characteristics with detailed accuracy when compared to measurements taken in on-site laboratories; quality variances are detected immediately. Real-time flow measurement also optimizes product recovery and throughput.
Key can quickly upgrade existing Tegra® and Optyx® optical inspection systems and ADR®4's to run KDM's application-specific modules. Minimal operator training is required.
Key Technology, an ISO-9001 certified company, is a leading designer and manufacturer of process automation systems, integrated electro-optical inspection and sorting systems, and processing systems. Key systems help processors to improve quality, increase yield, and reduce cost. With worldwide sales representation, the company maintains demonstration and testing facilities at its headquarters and manufacturing divisions in Walla Walla, Washington, USA, at Key Technology BV in Beusichem, the Netherlands, and at Key Technology Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market tier of The NASDAQ Stock MarketSM under the symbol: KTEC.
