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WWW.POTATOGROWER.COM 25 BUYERS' GUIDE Spudnik Equipment Co. • (208) 785-0480 • www.spudnik.com 5744 Specialty Harvester To meet the increasing trend in the market to small mini-tubers, Spudnik has developed the four-row 5744 specialty harvester designed specifically to harvest them. To maximize separation right at the beginning, the harvester is equipped with an additional intake chain before the primary chain. Keeping the machine as short as possible but still with high-capacity cleaning, a new steeper secondary chain was designed to clean out dirt, separate vines and transport the potatoes at the same time. A special combination of the vine chain with flights working together with the secondary chain creates a pocket to move product up the steeper incline. Small V-curved spines on the 36-millimeter pintle belt actively grab dirt and increase the potential for cleaner loads while separating vines. Tomra Food • (916) 388-3900 • www.tomra.com/food Tomra Food Tomra's Field Potato Sorter is a sensor-based food sorting machine for unwashed potatoes. It is a robust, high-capacity potato sorter for use in the separation of most foreign material from unwashed potatoes and other root crops. The FPS has proven itself invaluable in heavy ground conditions, where its unique vision system accurately separates dirt clods, rocks, wood, bone, plastic, glass, metal, rubber and more. Typical labor savings using the FPS can be in the area of 80 percent, with satisfied customers reporting high unloading speeds even in the most challenging conditions. Tong Engineering Ltd. • (833) 844-8664 • www.tongengineering.com • tong.usa@tongengineering.com Tong Engineering Ltd. Tong's market-leading EasyClean dirt eliminator offers unmatched dirt, vine and root elimination. The EasyClean works exceptionally well in wet or dry conditions while being very gentle on the crop. With inverter direct drive motors on every shaft, Tong's all electric Blue-Inverter technology ensures energy efficiency and simple machine control. Tong introduced a new generation of dirt elimination to the vegetable sizing market over a decade ago, revolutionizing dirt elimination in all crop and soil conditions; Tong's Caretaker is now the top-selling mobile sizer/sorter on the worldwide market. Over the years Tong has gained invaluable knowledge and experience in dirt elimination, allowing the company to offer more effective and proven dirt elimination equipment. Available as a four- or six-row machine, in standard widths of four, five, six and eight feet, the EasyClean is suitable for use on potatoes, carrots, beets and more. The machine is capable of high-throughput dirt elimination of up to 88 tons of crop per hour.