A Multisensor array optically inspects and sorts bulk materials into different fractions, in which the bulk material stream is detected from a short distance compared to the width of the bulk material stream with at least two identical camera and lighting modules arranged adjacent to each other. The width of the image of the cameras is smaller than the width of the bulk material stream. The image sensors and lighting devices are limited to the range of the wavelengths of 380 nm to 1,000 nm covered by CMOS and/or CCD image sensors. Each camera is connected by a mechanical bracket and is equipped with at least one and preferably with a set of linearly lighting semiconductor light sources, which emit in a narrow band and are pulsed synchronously with the line frequency of the camera. The linearly lighting light sources can be replaced by a changing mechanism of the bracket, which mechanism is connected to the camera, to other light sources, especially ones having different system parameters. The actuating signals of the lighting sources pulsed synchronously with the line cycle of the image sensors can be generated by an electronic device according to a variable synchronization diagram, which can be optimized for the discrimination of the fractions of the bulk material stream. The signals of the camera or cameras are analyzed by at least one image computer by pattern recognition and classification for recognizing, assigning and rating the particles of the at least two fractions. Timely ejection signals are generated by a control device by real-time image processing operators in order to remove particles of at least one fraction to be removed from the bulk material stream with ejectors.