Tomra has announced the launch of its TOMRA 4C with LUCAi, which it says is a revolutionary optical sorting machine designed and optimised to increase detection, accuracy, performance, efficiency and flexibility for the nut and IQF industries.   

Harald Henriksen, Executive Vice President and Head of TOMRA Food, said: “The TOMRA 4C will allow even more producers, processors and repackers to benefit from the significant developments AI, machine learning and deep learning bring to the food sorting industry. 

“Combined, the technologies help increase detection of foreign materials, product and color defects, ensuring increased food safety and consistency across batches and shifts for optimised resource use and output.”

The TOMRA 4C is the first TOMRA machine to allow packers and processors to run multiple forms of artificial intelligence – including LUCAi Deep Learning and traditional machine learning – in tandem. 

Tomra says that these are two technologies that, together, offer unmatched adaptability and new opportunities for performance for food sorting operations, allowing customers to quickly adapt to changing operational needs and unlocking consistency when conditions within the product or sort change, setting a new benchmark for performance in the nuts industry.  

Increased detection and ejection accuracy built into a small footprint  

Packed into the technological innovation is the accuracy associated with TOMRA chute sorting machines.  

“The TOMRA 4C delivers serious performance improvements with the ability to achieve a lower than 1% false reject rate (<1% for nuts, and <0.5% for IQF), allowing our customers to set a new benchmark for the industry. This is possible thanks to the excellence in engineering that TOMRA is known for combined with AI-powered processing and the latest generation of Pulsed LED sensors.” said Kristof Franckx, Product Manager for the TOMRA 4C. 

“But most importantly, combining easy access and artificial intelligence delivers easy daily use for operators, saving time for operators and keeping the sorting line running at top speed. 

The TOMRA 4C arrives pre-set and ready to integrate into a new or existing line, delivering unmatched flexibility in the use of artificial intelligence. 

TOMRA Food launches the 4C from a strong company position  

The launch of the 4C is the latest of a series of TOMRA Food product and application launches since the start of 2025.   

“TOMRA Food has been driving growth for TOMRA Group for the past several quarters. We saw a strong order intake growth of 13% in 2024 and experienced a 15% revenue increase in the second quarter of 2025,” said Harald Henriksen, Executive Vice President and Head of TOMRA Food.  

“Our strong financial position combined with our strategic move to become closer to our customers in 2024 has created focus on priority product developments like the TOMRA 4C, a machine that serves multiple industries with distinct challenges to solve.”