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        "sort process data analytics"
      ],
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        "vegetables",
        "nuts",
        "dried fruit",
        "berries",
        "confectionery",
        "poultry and seafood",
        "dairy",
        "leafy greens",
        "pet food"
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        "city": "Walla Walla",
        "region": "Washington",
        "country": "US"
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      "url": "https://www.key.net/en/",
      "name": "Key Technology",
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      "description": "Key Technology designs and manufactures digital sorting, conveying, and process automation equipment for food processors, and is part of the Duravant family of companies. It states over 3,100 customers in 81 countries, with 80% of the top 20 global food processors as customers."
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "VERYX 2.0",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Optical sorting platform using Multi-Sensor Pixel Fusion technology and BioPrint capability, offered in chute-fed and belt-fed configurations for food processing applications."
      },
      {
        "id": "compass",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/products/compass-optical-sorter/",
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        "name": "COMPASS",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Optical sorter that identifies and separates foreign material and product defects by color, structure, shape, or size in a single pass, offered in chute-fed and belt-fed models."
      },
      {
        "id": "oculus",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/products/oculus-whole-potato-optical-sorter/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Oculus",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Optical sorter for whole potato processing."
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      {
        "id": "adr-x",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/products/adr-x-automatic-defect-removal/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "ADR X",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Automatic defect removal system for peeled and peel-on wet potato strip processing, removing green discoloration and visual defects, rated up to 15 metric tons per hour."
      },
      {
        "id": "conveying-systems",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/our-products/conveying/",
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        "name": "Conveying Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Food-grade conveyors including belt, collection, distribution, feed, grading/sizing/separating, and transfer conveyors for moving product through food processing lines."
      },
      {
        "id": "processing-equipment",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/our-products/processing/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Processing Equipment",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Food processing equipment line including precision size graders, length and diameter sizers, flite roller tables, air cleaners, food pumping systems, and rotary sizing/grading systems."
      },
      {
        "id": "key-discovery",
        "url": "https://www.key.net/en/our-products/data-analytics/",
        "kind": "software",
        "name": "Key Discovery",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Data analytics software that turns a Key Technology optical sorter into an IIoT-connected device, capturing per-object data to inform process efficiency and product quality."
      }
    ],
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      "url": "https://www.key.net/en/contact-us/sales-inquiry/",
      "email": "info@key.net",
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      "methods": [
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        "demo"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
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}