Key’s Automatic Defect Removal (ADR®) systems are the industry standard for processing frozen potato strips. The ADR® 5 enables powerful performance now and in the future—without line rebuilds. You’ll see reduced maintenance costs, boosted throughput and yield, and an even higher quality product.

Features and Benefits

Maintenance

Air-actuated knives; valve lifetime is multiplied
Decrease cutterwheel overhaul frequency
No racking with pinned carousel
Long-life, solid state LED lighting; no bulbs to change, calibration is practically eliminated
Protected electronics; fully sealed camera/lamp housing prevents accidental misalignment or damage
Simplified touchscreen user interface; easy to train operators
Continued easy/economical upgrades with modular vision platform

Improve Yield with “SmartCutting”

Eliminate waste—throw a single knife to remove end defects and to selectively cut good fries in half without waste
Reduce white cut rate—up to 50% decrease in white cubes
Reduce downstream breakage of overlong fries
Eliminate wounded steak cuts—ADR® 5 uses 2 side-by-side blades where needed

Increase Capacity

Step up product flow—process up to 16,000 lbs (7.5 metric tons) every hour
Control quality without overloading an ADR®, even during late storage processing

Gain Excellent Quality Control

Remove smaller defects—G6 tri-chromatic Vis/IR cameras provide high-resolution, 1024-pixel vision
Assure quality faster—identify peel, good flesh and defects simultaneously at 4,000 scans/sec... performance unmatched in the industry today
Get the green out with Vis/IR technology that can also work efficiently on peel-on product

Common Product Applications

Potato strips

Sorter Reference Information

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