TOMRA 3A

The Root of cost-effective optical sorting for harvested potatoes and beets 

Capable of unrivaled foreign material removal, this highly efficient machine is powerful and robust, easy to use and maintain, reduces storage needs, is easily movable, and saves on labor. 

The TOMRA 3A is US patented (US 11167317),

The TOMRA 3A sorts at a constant rate, regardless of the quality of the batch. Even if the potatoes are very earthy, the optical sorter recognizes them and eliminates any clods... This consistency in the sorting result contributes to quality control, which leads to certification of the batches.

Grégoire Volpoet and Victor D Hers
Victor Dhers Production Manager, SAS Bernard

TOMRA 3A Applications

Potatoes-select your product-Field

Field potatoes

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Potatoes-select your product-Fresh Pack Potatoes

Fresh pack potatoes

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Potatoes-select your product-FFF & Frozen Potato products

Frozen french fries and potato products

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Potatoes-select your product-Crisps

Chips / Crisps

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TOMRA Food onions sorting

Onions

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TOMRA Food beetroot sorting

Beets

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TOMRA 3A sorting machine

Key benefits

  • TOMRA potato sorting machine

    Fast and effective

    The TOMRA 3A removes foreign objects missed by mechanical systems while handling up to 100 tons/hour of freshly harvested root crops. 
  • TOMRA whole potatoes defects sorting

    Removes foreign materials

    The TOMRA 3A removes FM such as rocks, stones, soil clods, wood, bone, plastic, glass, metal, and rubber with accuracy and consistency.  
  • TOMRA 3A potato sorting

    Green does not mean go

    Scanning objects with near-infrared and color sensors, this mobile sorter also detects and ejects unwanted green potatoes from the batch.  
  • TOMRA 3A sorting machine

    Robust and dependable

    The TOMRA 3A's camera is in a fully sealed box, allowing it to withstand rain, wind, dust, and heat. 

Discover what our customers have to say

Luke Parr, Farm Manager at Sackett Ranch
customer story

Sackett Ranch - Potato Chips - USA

Sackett Ranch, a partner to a prominent potato chip producer since the 1960s, placed their trust in TOMRA sorters to help meet strict quality guidelines for potatoes. Since its investment in the TOMRA 3A and the TOMRA 5A potato sorting technology, Sackett Ranch has increased the quality of the potatoes delivered to the potato chip processing plant.
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Erik Simoens
Customer story

Hove Ter Hille - Potatoes - Belgium

At Hove Ter Hille, they wanted to be able to store their potatoes without losing space to foreign material and also be able to do that with fewer personnel. Nowadays, finding people to work in food sorting is almost impossible. If you find personnel, they can't work as fast as a machine, and it's also not affordable.

The TOMRA 3A sorting machine for ground potatoes is an investment that brings all sorts of advantages.
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Gumz
Customer story

Gumz - Potatoes - United States

Gumz benefits significantly from using TOMRA's sorting solutions, particularly the TOMRA 3A sorter, which reduces GUMZ's labor by 75-80% while increasing output.
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tremonvilliers
Customer story

Tremonvillers - Potatoes - France

The farm of Tremonvilliers (Oise) is equipped since the fall of 2020 with a TOMRA 3A to sort its potato and red beet crops. The TOMRA 3A gives Tremonvillers complete control over their production cycle: adapting to harvest peaks, providing unrivaled sorting quality, and eliminating the need for manual sorting. In addition, TOMRA 3A's payback time is only three year.
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