Automatic defect removal for french fries
Maximize yield and enhance quality in potato strip production with precision cutting and advanced defect removal, ensuring every fry meets your exacting standards for consistent quality and appearance.

Eliminates Defects in Potato Strips
The ADR Machine for Potato Strips from Key Technology is a specialized system designed to streamline the potato strip production process by efficiently removing defects. It features a unique cutter wheel and advanced software, ensuring precision in sorting and cutting operations. This machine is essential for producing high-quality french fries, steak fries, and frozen potato strips, with a capacity of processing up to 7.7 metric tons per hour. The ADR system integrates seamlessly with existing production lines, utilizing high-resolution VIS/IR cameras to detect and eliminate defects, thereby improving product consistency and yield. Its operator-friendly interface enhances usability, while the system’s smart cutting technology reduces waste. Built for continuous, high-speed operations in food processing, it offers robust performance with options for stainless steel construction to resist wear in demanding environments. The system is configurable to meet specific processing needs, supported by comprehensive engineering services for seamless integration and maintenance.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by eliminating defects, ensuring a high-grade output.
- Increases yield efficiency, maximizing use of raw materials, and reducing waste.
- Facilitates high-speed operations, maintaining continuous production flow.
- Customizable design adapts to specific plant requirements, ensuring seamless integration.
- User-friendly interface simplifies operation, reducing training time and potential errors.
- Applications
- Blueberries,Almonds,Fruit and berry,Proteins,Dried fruit,Potatoes,Pet food,Snacks,Confectionery,Nuts,Potato chips,Vegetables,Leafy greens,Poultry and seafood,Dairy
- End products
- Potato slices,Potato wedges,Steak fries,Frozen potato strips,French fries
- Steps before
- Potato Sorting,Washing,Peeling,Cutting into Strips
- Steps after
- Freezing,Packing,Storage
- Input ingredients
- potato strips,whole potatoes
- Output ingredients
- processed potato strips,recovered french fries,better-looking products,optimal product quality
- Market info
- Key Technology is renowned for its innovative sorting, conveying, and processing equipment in the food processing industry, recognized for precision, quality, and advanced technology solutions to enhance production efficiency and product quality.
- Processing Capacity
- Up to 7.7 MT/Hr
- Automation
- Automatic Defect Removal System
- Cutting Precision
- Decreases White Cubes
- Camera Resolution
- High Resolution Vis/IR Cameras
- Yield Maximization
- Higher Yields with SmartCutting
- Multiple Cuts
- Steak and Strips
- Automation level
- PLC / SmartCutting
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Changeover time
- Minimal due to automated controls
- Energy efficiency
- Optimized for high yield
- Cleaning method
- Manual / CIP options available
- Working mechanism
- Defect Removal via Cutter Wheel,Software
- Integrated steps
- Sorting,Cutting,Defect Removal
- Abrasion resistance
- Suitable for potato strips and frites
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Compatible with food-grade materials
- Biological compatibility
- Food-safe materials
- Cleanability
- Designed for easy cleaning in food processing environments
- Control panel type
- Operator Friendly Interface
- Control panel type
- Operator Friendly Interface
- Cutting configuration
- Multiple Cuts – Steak and Strips
- Integration features
- High Resolution Vis/IR Cameras
- Yield optimization
- Higher Yields With SmartCutting