Zhongde Color Sorter Assists in the Upgrading of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry, Ensuring High-Quality Medicinal Materials through Precision Sorting

Press Release Date: May 25, 2026

As the global influence of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) continues to grow, quality control and standardized production of medicinal materials have become pivotal for the industry's development. Recently, Xingtai Zhongde Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. announced a breakthrough application of its independently developed latest Zhongde Intelligent Color Sorter in the field of TCM sorting. It provides an efficient and reliable solution for the fine sorting of various medicinal materials such as goji berries, astragalus, and angelica, assisting TCM enterprises in automating and intelligently upgrading their production processes.

During the collection and primary processing of raw medicinal materials, impurities of different colors and shapes, moldy products, or non-medicinal parts are often mixed in. Traditional manual sorting methods are not only inefficient and labor-intensive but also struggle to maintain consistent sorting accuracy, directly affecting the final product's quality and medication safety. The introduction of the Zhongde Intelligent Color Sorter is fundamentally changing this landscape.

The Technical Director of Xingtai Zhongde Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. introduced that the Zhongde series color sorter applied to TCM sorting integrates the company's latest multi-spectral recognition technology and AI deep learning algorithms. The equipment can rapidly and accurately identify subtle differences between medicinal materials and impurities in terms of color, shape, and even internal composition. For materials like goji berries, which have extremely high requirements for color and integrity, the machine can identify and reject blackened, moldy, whitened, or leaf-contaminated individuals within milliseconds. For root and rhizome materials like astragalus and angelica, it can effectively identify and separate parts with soil, discoloration, or those not meeting size standards.

"Our sorting system goes beyond just 'seeing'," the Director further explained. "Through optical analysis with specific wavelengths, we can, to a certain extent, judge the dryness or internal quality abnormalities of the medicinal materials, which is impossible for the human eye. Meanwhile, the modular design allows one machine, after parameter adjustment, to adapt to the sorting needs of many different medicinal materials, offering customers great flexibility and return on investment."

Beyond the core recognition technology, the structural design of this color sorter fully considers the special requirements of TCM production. A fully enclosed design with food-grade contact materials ensures a pollution-free sorting process; a gentle pneumatic ejection system efficiently removes foreign matter while minimizing physical damage to precious medicinal materials; the user-friendly operation interface and intelligent maintenance system lower the barrier to use and enable real-time monitoring of production data, facilitating quality traceability.

Currently, this series of equipment has been put into operation in several well-known Chinese herbal decoction piece enterprises and large medicinal material processing bases in China. Customer feedback indicates that after introducing the Zhongde Color Sorter, the average sorting purity of medicinal materials has increased to over 99.9%, production efficiency has improved more than 20-fold compared to manual sorting, significantly reducing overall costs. Moreover, due to the uniform and stable sorting standards, the consistency between finished product batches has been greatly enhanced, providing a solid foundation for brand building and market competitiveness.

Xingtai Zhongde Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. is consistently committed to the research, development, and innovation of intelligent sorting technology. Its product line already covers various fields including grains, nuts, minerals, and recycled resources. This deep expansion into the TCM sorting field once again demonstrates the Zhongde brand's determination and capability to empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries with core technology. The company stated that it will continue to delve into industry-specific needs, develop more customized and intelligent sorting solutions, and work hand-in-hand with global customers to jointly promote production quality advancements across various sectors.

The successful application of the Zhongde Intelligent Color Sorter in the TCM field is not only a testament to the technological strength of Xingtai Zhongde Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. but also injects powerful technological momentum into the modernization and standardization process of the entire TCM industry.