Elisam CombiSorter for Potatoes and Onions

One compact grading machine for potatoes and onions

Switch effortlessly between potato and onion grading while delivering consistent quality and achieving ROI within 6 months.

✅ Maximize throughput to hit volume targets and meet tight delivery deadlines
✅ Reduce labor dependency with fully automated, hands-free sorting
✅ Deliver consistent, premium-grade quality that commands better prices

 

Get the most out of every harvest with one flexible grading solution

 

Looking for a turnkey, reliable grading solution for operations handling 5,000–20,000 tons per year? The Elisam CombiSorter gives you the flexibility to grade both potatoes and onions on one compact machine while maintaining consistent quality and efficient product flow. Equipped with Ellips True-AI grading technology, the system helps you switch quickly between crops, reduce labor dependency, and maximize operational efficiency. This all results in a ROI within 6 months.



Quality so consistent, your customers can’t resist

Consistently meeting your customers’ quality requirements season after season strengthens your reputation as a reliable supplier. Equipped with Ellips True-AI technology for internal and external defect detection, the Elisam CombiSorter analyzes every potato and onion with exceptional accuracy. The system evaluates product characteristics such as size, weight, color, and detects defects including:

Potatoes: wireworm, scab, sprouting, internal browning, hollow hearts and dry matter.

Onions: rot, mold, sprouting, fusarium, root tear, balding and mechanical damage.

 

Maximize throughput with less labor

Every potato and onion count, and every minute of grading matters. That’s why the Elisam CombiSorter is built for speed, flexibility and exceptional grading capacity with throughput up to 15 t/h. The automated grading process helps you hit volume targets, meet tight delivery deadlines and quickly respond to last-minute orders without compromising grading quality. With high-capacity performance in one compact solution, you can process more product in less time while keeping your operation flexible throughout the entire season.

Flexibility to meet changing market demands

Different customers and markets require different grading specifications and quality standards. The Elisam CombiSorter gives you the flexibility to quickly adapt to changing demand while consistently delivering the right grading quality for every order. Whether supplying retail, wholesale, processing, or export markets, the Elisam CombiSorter helps you respond quickly to changing customer requirements and seasonal market opportunities. All while maintaining consistent grading quality and high throughput.

 

Compact design. Maximum efficiency

World-class quality doesn’t require giant machinery. This 4-lane grader is cleverly designed to fit seamlessly into almost any packhouse while delivering high-capacity potato and onion grading in one compact, space-saving solution. With a footprint of just 15 meters, the Elisam CombiSorter helps maximize production capacity while minimizing installation space and operational complexity. Its compact design also enables fast integration into existing facilities, helping you get up and running quickly without major infrastructure changes.

Date of market introduction in Belgium (if still in development: expected date of launch)
1-6-2026

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The Elisam CombiGrader brings potato and onion grading together on one compact platform for small and mid-sized packhouses (5,000–20,000 tonnes annually). Specially designed geometric cups position both crops for scanning; crop-specific Ellips True-AI models interpret their characteristics. Operators select crop settings with one click, within seconds. Internal light-transmission inspection (up to 20 scans per item) detects hidden defects, combined with external quality, size and weight grading in a single pass. Produce is directed without compressed-air ejection.

Added value for the user (in commercial terms, user-friendliness ...)
One compact system replaces separate grading lines, reducing investment, maintenance and floor space. Operators switch crops with one click and grading settings can be adapted to customer specifications. Sorting recovers marketable produce for the best possible margins: in illustrative Elisam cases (20,000 tonnes, approx. 20% defects) annual product-value uplift is approx. €2.4–2.6 million. Reducing manual sorting from 20 to three people saves €573,750 annually, indicating simple payback of less than six months on an assumed €1.3 million investment.

Added value for the further sustainability and professionalization of the potato sector.
Compressed-air-free ejection avoids the energy demand, cost and associated CO₂ emissions of generating compressed air. Recovering saleable produce and separating residual-value streams helps minimise actual waste from each harvest. Together, this can reduce the operation's carbon footprint and support packhouses' sustainability credentials. Objective internal and external inspection, less dependence on manual sorting and packing to customer specifications professionalise grading in the potato and onion sector.