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Collection Solutions
- Reverse Vending
  
  As the world leader in the field of reverse vending with over 82,000 installations worldwide, you can rely on TOMRA for the best solutions for collecting cans and bottles for recycling.
- Material Recovery
  
  TOMRA's material handling activities are complementary to its RVM business in North America.
Sorting Solutions
- Food
  
  For more than 40 years, TOMRA has been the leading provider of optical sorting and peeling equipment for many different food industries. Discover our solutions here!
- Recycling
  
  TOMRA Sorting Solutions' pioneering industry expertise continues to result in state-of-the-art machines and exceptional service within the waste and metal recycling industries.
- Mining
  
  TOMRA´s sensor-based solutions help to extend the life of mining operations and increase the overall value of the deposit for more energy-efficient and cost-effective pre-concentration and material recovery.

Food

TOMRA’s advanced sorting machines inspect millions of individual product pieces per hour, typically recovering five to ten percent higher yields while providing superior utilization or resources.

That’s equivalent to approximately 25,000 trucks worth of potatoes per year!

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TOMRA 3A

Boasting the highest capacity on the market, the TOMRA 3A is the most reliable and cost-effective optical sorter available for growers. Built to last, it is a durable, powerful, and highly efficient labor-saving solution specifically developed to provide unrivaled foreign material removal and exceed harvest demands. The machine is easy to use, simple to maintain, and its smooth install makes for an easy fit into the harvest cleaning and grading line, or out-of-storage sorting.

SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY.
HIGH PERFORMANCE.

The TOMRA 3A utilizes NIR (Near Infra-Red) multi-spectral sensors for an unobstructed assessment of every object, seamlessly identifying between a good product and foreign material. Color sensors also enable the detection of unwanted green potatoes. Positioned at the end of the conveyor belt, intelligent finger ejectors achieve superior foreign material and green potato removal with minimum loss of good product.

The strategic combination of multi-spectral pulsed LED technology, high-resolution cameras, and TOMRA analysis software ensures the accurate and consistent removal of stones, soil clods, rocks, wood, bone, plastic, glass, metal, and rubber.

Enclosed in a fully sealed box, the camera is tolerant of most environmental conditions such as rain, wind, dust, and heat, and the optical system has no moving parts, making the TOMRA 3A the most mobile, dependable, and stable sorter available.

BENEFITS

Significant Labor Reduction
Higher Yields
Enhanced Product Quality
Superior Foreign Material Removal
Reduced Risk of Deductions
Green Potato Removal
High Capacity for Quicker Harvest (up to 100 Tons/Hour possible)
Accommodates Various Soil Types and Coverages
Optimized Design for Gentle Handling With Fast and High Capacity Sorts
Reduced Storage Costs
Consistent Long-Life Accuracy
Quick and Easy Installation
User-Friendly
Simple to Use and Maintain

When it comes to boosting productivity, optimizing efficiency, and maximizing value, information is key. The TOMRA 3A is installed with a highly intuitive touchscreen user interface, making adjustments quick and simple if needed. This allows for monitoring at a glance with the bright information-rich display providing data from the sort and empowering you with actionable data and total control.

Working Principle

The produce is spread uniformly onto the infeed belt and scanned in-flight by a full-width NIR and color vision in the inspection zone. A few milliseconds later, the foreign material is rejected by intelligent finger ejectors, positioned off the end of the conveyor belt, while the good produce is conveyed away by the supplied accept take away conveyor.

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Key features

High Performance

The strategic combination of multi-spectral pulsed LED illumination technology, high-resolution cameras and TOMRA analysis software ensures the accurate and consistent removal of foreign material and unwanted green potatoes.

Advantages

High capacity
High trash removal capability in difficult harvest conditions
Removes Foreign objects missed by mechanical systems
Easy to fit into grading line
Easy to move to various product storage locations
Simple to use, quick to adjust
Minimised cleanout
On screen, quick read Sorting and product data
Easy to service

Sorting parameters

In sorting potatoes, TOMRA 3A can efficiently remove:

Stones, rocks
Soil Clods, hard & soft
Typical foreign objects from the field

Wood, Corn cobs/stalks, dead veg matter
Glass,
Plastics,
Bone
Metal
Rubber

Unwanted gross Green potatoes

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Why TOMRA?

TOMRA Food designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry. We innovate the world’s most advanced analytical technology and apply it to grading, sorting, and peeling. Over 8,000 units have been installed for clients around the world to optimize capabilities and reduce waste in the processing of fruits, nuts, vegetables, potato products, grains and seeds, dried fruit, meat, and seafood, from farm to fork.