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Abstract

To create a method that can be carried out using known broken glass sorting and detecting devices so the advantages of these devices with respect to robustness and interchangeability are retained but enhanced blow-out accuracy compared with the known method is made possible, it is provided that each of the light sources (7) emitting light beams (14) is associated with position data and with the instant of the activity of a light source (7), of which the position data is linked with the detected intensity values when the light beams (14) impinge on the photocell (18) associated with each light source (7) and this linked data is stored, together with the time data at the instant of detection, in a memory, preferably the control unit (10), and this linking data is linked to linking data obtained in the same way at a later instant, to produce a two-dimensional image of the broken glass material flow which is used as a basis for activation of the blow-out nozzles (11) by the control unit (10).

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