Sorter for the food industry TOMRA 5S Advanced

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Product overview
The TOMRA 5S Advanced is a fruit sorting and grading platform designed for gentle handling, reduced spill and straightforward hygienic maintenance. Built with stainless-steel and food‑grade injection‑molded polymer components in all fruit-contact zones, it provides consistent sorting and grading performance for long production cycles and is suitable for a wide range of produce including apples, avocados, citrus, kiwifruit, mangoes, onions, stonefruit, tomatoes and fresh pack potatoes.

Key benefits

• Ultra-hygienic: All fruit-contact parts are stainless steel or food-grade injection-molded polymers to support strict hygiene regimes.
• Easy to clean: Quick-release, toolless removal of cross belts and fruit-contact surfaces reduces routine cleaning tasks to minutes.
• Built-in reliability: Individual drum drives, jointless belts, low-stretch chains, dual-tipping carriers and an isolated weigh bridge reduce downtime and simplify maintenance.
• Gentle handling: Sculpted stainless-steel and molded polymer geometries dampen and decelerate fruit to minimise damage and product loss.

Applications (produce types)

• Apples
• Avocados
• Citrus fruits
• Kiwifruit
• Mangoes
• Onions
• Stonefruit
• Tomatoes
• Fresh pack potatoes

Optical and internal grading platforms compatible with the TOMRA 5S Advanced

• Spectrim with LUCAi™: Optical grading platform using deep-learning technology to improve yields and pack-out consistency; commonly applied to apples, avocados, citrus, kiwifruit and stonefruit.
• Inspectra²: Non-invasive internal grading by near-infrared spectroscopy to assess Brix, dry matter and internal defects for quality control and waste reduction; applicable to apples, avocados, citrus and kiwifruit.

Documentation & multimedia
Product brochure and manufacturer demonstration videos are available for download and review.

Technical specifications & highlights

• Hygienic construction: stainless-steel and food-grade injection-molded polymer fruit-contact components.
• Quick-clean design: sculpted surfaces with quick-release and toolless removal for cross belts and fruit-contact areas.
• Reliability features: individual drum drives, jointless belts and low-stretch chain.
• Robust polymer components: durable polymer chutes, sweeps and backstops.
• Gentle handling: geometries engineered to dampen and decelerate fruit.
• Multi-produce capability: apples, avocados, citrus, kiwifruit, mangoes, onions, stonefruit, tomatoes, fresh pack potatoes.
• Compatibility: supports advanced optical and internal grading solutions (e.g., Spectrim with LUCAi™, Inspectra²).
• Multimedia: product video assets and demonstration footage provided by manufacturer.