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Advancing Together Automatic Defect Removal System Key Technology revolutionized the french- Improve Yield with “SmartCutting” fry industry over 30 years ago with our Precision, single-knife accuracy lets you save (and sell) more CleanBelt is an automated clean-in-place (CIP) system for ADR®5 sys- ADR® automatic defect removal technol- good product. Selectively cuts for length, and at the same time tems and available as an in-field upgrade. This automated CIP system ogy for the potato industry. Today, most removes defects, at lower capacities ignore internal minor eliminates the need to manually remove starch from between belt frozen French fries in the world, from defects if cutting would create shorts. lanes and reduces the need for the ADR belt to be manually cleaned. shoestring to steak cut, pass through an integrated ADR system designed specifically for potato strips, on their way to fast food outlets, supermarkets and shopping carts. Gain Excellent Quality Control Take only your best product to market: • Eliminate waste – throw a single knife to halve over-long fries to control size reduction and grade as provide high-resolution for detecting the smallest defects ous scraper and an activated CIP on demand scraper to remove heavy buildup. • Reduce white cut rate – Remove end defects with up to 50% decrease in white cubes • Reduce downstream breakage – by halving overlong fries • Eliminate wounded steak cuts – ADR®5 uses 2 side-by-side • Remove smaller defects – Vis/IR camer- Starch buildup is removed utilizing a combination of a static continu- blades where needed Preventing starch buildup reduces the risk of belt mis-tracking which can cause costly damage to the knives and cutting wheel. In addition, the cleaning ensures a uniform inspection background for the cameras and eliminates the need for recalibration of the system. • Control quality – Allows for product pre-grading to blend with higher percentages of short cuts • Assure quality faster – identify peel, good flesh & defects simultaneously... performance unmatched in the industry today • Get the green out with Vis/IR technology that can also work efficiently on peeled or peel-on product • Remove sugar end defects with the optional CIT (Chemical Imaging Technology) modul

CleanBelt Reduces System Sanitation and Maintenance Work • Interval between cutterwheel rebuild doubles • Eliminates the need for manual starch removal between belt lanes • Reduce the need to re-calibrate ADR due to back- ground variations caused by a dirty belt • Reduced Cutter-Wheel Maintenance Costs - savings of between 125–200 hours per year • Save on Replacement Parts – Fewer damaged knives • Operational Performance – Fewer normalizations required • Higher Quality Product – Cleaner belt ensures high product contrast for optimal detection A System That Make Sense Key knows that, at the...