11X faster. 3X accuracy. Sweet!

To ensure quality and food safety requirements are met British Sugar continually complete a lab test where they count live and dead yeast cells. To date this process has been done manually. A laborious process, that, by its nature is prone to human error. The operator, using a microscope, manually counting the white and blue cells on screen, manually inputting the data into spreadsheets, and applying some calculations. For some time British Sugar had been looking for a way to improve this process.

Paul Wrathmall from British Sugar presented our Technical Sales Manager in the UK with their cell counting challenge. They collaborated with our R&D department to explore possible solutions. British Sugar provided test samples and we set about building a working model in-house to solve the problem. We used our ACUMEN AI system, a customised App, and a custom mechanical jig to ensure lighting consistency. With a camera to automatically count white and blue cells. The system automatically applied the required algorithms, automatically saved the data, and automatically created a PDF report.

We presented the solution to British Sugar, they were surprised and delighted with the speed, accuracy and completeness of the system and implemented it immediately.