Every machine you need to take seed and grain from the combine to the bag, set up in the right order for your crop. Find a machine by line stage, by crop, or by what you need to remove, then request a lab test with your own sample.
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"From the combine to the bag" is not a slogan. It is the sequence every processing line follows. Knowing where each piece of seed processing equipment fits, which crops it handles best and how the machines work together is what turns a list of equipment into a line that makes grade.
Since 1986, Vistasort has supplied and integrated seed cleaning and grain processing lines across Western Canada from Saskatoon. We have been Western Canada's official LMC supplier for over 40 years, we are an Authorized Carter Day Dealer, and we build our own VistaSort optical color sorter. Between every machine, our conveyance equipment keeps product moving gently.
"There is no single machine that cleans grain. It takes the right combination of equipment, in the right sequence, configured for the right crop."
Steven Chivilo, President, Vistasort
Every seed cleaning line follows the same five stages, and each stage handles what the one before it cannot. Select a stage to jump to its machines.
Protect the line and take the bulk of light material and metal out at intake.
Remove most foreign material by size and weight, and grade by size where needed.
Separate what screens and air cannot: density, length and shape.
Remove defects you can only see, as the final quality check.
Polish or dehull the product before treating or packaging.
Start with the problem. Find what is in your product, and the table shows which machine removes it and where it sits in the line.
| The Problem | Machine | Separates By | Line Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dust, chaff and light material from the field | Aspirator | Weight (air) | 1 |
| Metal fragments ahead of high-speed machines | Magnetic Separator | Metal (magnet) | 1 |
| Oversized and undersized material, general field debris | Air Screen Cleaner | Size + weight | 2 |
| Light material and screenings in one precision pass | LMC Advent Cleaner | Air + size | 2 |
| Scalping or sifting while product conveys to the next machine | LMC Vibratory Screening Conveyor | Size (screens) | 2 |
| Precise size grades for export or packaging | Sizing Shaker | Size (multiple decks) | 2 |
| Stones and dirt clods | Destoner | Density (heavy) | 3 |
| Light, shrivelled, frost-damaged or immature kernels | Gravity Separator | Density | 3 |
| Wild oats in wheat, or short weed seeds and brokens | Indent Separator | Length | 3 |
| Several length separations in one machine | Disc Separator | Length (multiple cuts) | 3 |
| Round seeds such as vetch or wild pea | Spiral Separator | Shape (roundness) | 3 |
| Discoloured or diseased kernels, ergot, foreign seed | VistaSort Optical Color Sorter | Appearance (optical) | 4 |
| Surface dust on beans, lentils and chickpeas | Bean Polisher | Surface finish | 5 |
| Hulls on oats, sunflower, buckwheat or hemp | Impact Huller | Hull removal | 5 |
Most lines combine several of these machines. Not sure where to start? Send us your crop and what you need to remove.
All 14 machines, grouped by the stage of the line where they work. Each card shows what the machine separates by and what it removes.
Protect the line and take the bulk of light material and metal out at intake.
Draws air across a falling curtain of product, lifting off light material while heavier seed passes through. Placed early in the line, it takes load off the air screen cleaner and improves everything downstream. LMC aspirators come in 24 models.
Hump magnets and custom units install inline on elevators, conveyors or spouts to catch ferrous metal before it reaches hullers, gravity separators and color sorters. Vistasort includes magnetic protection in every complete line design.
Remove most foreign material by size and weight, and grade by size where needed.
The workhorse of every cleaning line. Screens scalp off oversized material and drop out undersized seed while aspiration lifts off light material. Vistasort supplies Clipper air screen cleaners from on-farm to commercial scale, plus replacement screens for almost any crop.
An aspirator-first precision air and screen cleaner: air separation happens before the screens, so the screen decks see cleaner product. Available in 4 to 7 ft widths.
The LMC Screening (SC) Series vibratory conveyor moves product to the next machine and separates it on the way. The forward eccentric motion tumbles product across the screen so undersized material falls through to its own discharge. Quick-change screens come in 2 foot sections, with or without ball trays.
Vibrating screen decks classify product into close-tolerance size fractions. Used to make export size grades of lentils and peas, size grass seed and grade malt barley plumpness, either after primary cleaning or near the end of the line.
Separate what screens and air cannot: density, length and shape.
Airflow and a vibrating inclined deck float the crop while heavy contaminants are conveyed to a separate discharge. Essential in lentil, chickpea, pea and soybean lines, where one stone in food-grade product can cause a buyer rejection.
Airflow, vibration and a tilted deck stratify product into density layers, separating kernels that look identical but differ in weight. It usually follows air screen cleaning and destoning, and comes before color sorting.
A rotating cylinder lined with small pockets lifts short kernels out of the grain while long kernels travel out the end. Vistasort is an Authorized Carter Day Dealer and supplies the full Uniflow lineup and Scalperators.
Pocketed cast discs on one shaft make several length separations in a single machine. The Carter Day Disc Cylinder Separator adds indent cylinders to produce five clean streams in one pass.
Round seeds gather speed and roll to the outside of a multi-turn spiral while flat or irregular seeds stay on the inner track. Open, rotary and 4 to 12 core spirals are available, often run in banks for more capacity.
Remove defects you can only see, as the final quality check.
The one machine in this lineup Vistasort builds itself. High-resolution CCD cameras, with optional infrared, inspect every kernel and air ejectors remove defects in real time. 200+ systems are installed worldwide, from the Mini to 10-chute systems.
Polish or dehull the product before treating or packaging.
Gently scours the seed coat, using sawdust or rice hulls, to improve appearance and cut dust in handling. Standard in food-grade pulse lines, usually the last step before packaging.
The Codema VSH-2096 throws product against an impact surface at a controlled speed to crack the hull without damaging the kernel. It hulls about 2,000 kg/hr of oats and usually comes before gravity and optical sorting.
Typical lines for the major Western Canadian crops, listed in the order product moves through them. Every line is set up around your crop, grade targets and throughput.
Cereal lines focus on weed seeds, wild oats, ergot, stones and frost-damaged kernels. For malt barley, kernel plumpness is a key grade factor.
Pulse lines need strong destoning because field stone contamination is high, precise sizing for export grades, and a food-grade finish.
Oilseed lines focus on foreign material removal, density separation and dehulling of sunflower for food-grade markets.
Certified and high-value seed lots have strict variety purity standards, so these lines need the most precise separations.
When you call Vistasort, you speak with people who have been on the floor of processing plants across Canada and know what works in Canadian conditions.
Steven holds a Master's Certificate in Grain Operations Management from Kansas State University, is an active PMP, and received the 2025 Alberta Seed Processors Outstanding Service Award. He has spent 40 years learning what works in Canadian seed processing.
A 40-year Vistasort veteran, Chris is one of the most trusted voices in the Canadian seed cleaning industry, supplying everything from single machines for individual farms to complete turnkey plants.
Built by Vistasort, with free lab sample testing in Saskatoon.
LMC aspirators, destoners, gravity separators and the Advent Cleaner.
Projects include Strathmore, Galloway Seeds, Starland and Camrose County. See Plant Design + Build.
From the same people who helped you choose the machine, plus replacement cleaning screens for almost any crop.
Whether you are replacing one machine or building a complete processing line, tell us your crop, what you need to remove and your target capacity. No obligation.
