Tomra introduces Flow Technology

Company says new technology offers a sensor solution for retail reverse vending machines, enabling them to accept 60 beverage containers per minute.

Tomra Systems ASA, Shelton, Connecticut, a global provider of reverse vending machines (RVMs) and sensor-based sorting equipment, has launched a new generation of RVMs with Flow Technology®, TOMRA’s patented new sensor solution. Flow Technology provides 360-degree recognition of containers, allowing RVMs to rapidly recognize bottles and cans of varying shapes and sizes, accepting up to 60 recyclable beverage containers per minute, the company says.

RVMs with Flow Technology are targeted toward medium- and high-volume stores where consumers bring containers to be recycled in exchange for cash. Tomra Flow Technology takes up to 1,000 pictures per second, making it possible for the RVMs to read container shape, material, bar codes and security marks without rotating the containers, allowing the user to insert recyclables in a rapid continuous flow, according to Tomra.

The company now offers three RVMs with this technology: the T-9 Bottle, the T-9 Combi and the T-90. The T-9 Bottle, for single containers, and the T-9 Combi, for single containers and crates, are designed to work with backroom storage systems, such as Tomra MultiPac™ or ProPac™ and do not come with internal storage bins. The T-90 is a wide-body machine with an internal storage bin, optimized for supermarkets or other retail stores in the United States that do not have space for backroom storage. All three machines accept bottles, cans and other containers of varying shapes and sizes. 

“The Flow Technology machines are super-fast because they do not need to spin the containers in order to identify them, accept them and calculate the refund amount,” says Harald Henriksen, CEO at Tomra of North America. “All three Flow Technology models can process containers at a rate of up to 60 containers per minute, making them the fastest RVMs available on the market today. Consumers with bagfuls of recyclable containers appreciate the Flow Technology’s speed and ease of use, particularly during peak times of day.”

RVMs with Flow Technology feature large, high-resolution color touch-screen displays with video capability, making it easy for customers to see that containers have been accepted and that the deposit return amount is correctly registered. All models have a slim-line, contemporary design, with color options of light grey, dark grey, red or black. Stores also can order a store-branded four-color wrap.

More information is available at www.tomra.com

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