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Plan a French Fries or Potato Chips Line with the Right Questions First

Plain-language guides for buyers of potato processing equipment: how lines are structured, how capacity is really sized, and what separates a workable quotation from an expensive mistake.

Guides by topic

Each guide covers one decision block. Read them in order for a new plant, or jump to the topic you are negotiating right now.

Line planning

French Fries Production Line

From raw potato intake to frozen or fresh-packed fries: the stage sequence, chilled vs frozen process routes, and how each stage constrains the next.

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Line planning

Potato Chips Production Line

Slicing, frying, de-oiling, seasoning and packing — how the classic chips line is built, and where most capacity and quality problems actually start.

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Equipment

Equipment Selection

What to compare on fryers, de-oilers, seasoners and packing machines — and why a specification sheet matters more than a product name.

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Investment

Capacity & Investment

How to size a line from peak raw potato supply instead of average sales, and which numbers a serious quotation must state.

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Answers

Buyer FAQ

Straight answers to the questions buyers ask most: semi-auto vs full-auto, heating source, yield, water use and more.

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Context

About This Site

Who writes these guides, how they relate to the HENAN WEITUO equipment site, and how to use both together.

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One rule worth remembering

Almost every disappointing potato line project traces back to the same root cause.

Lines are bought to serve a market, but they can only be sized from the raw material side: how many tonnes of potatoes arrive on the peak day, at what quality, and for how many working hours. A line sized on an average sales figure will choke on the peak day, and no later upgrade fixes that cheaply.

Before comparing any two quotations, write down four numbers: peak daily raw potato supply, target working hours, product mix, and finished pack format. Every guide on this site builds on those four.

When the numbers are settled, the next step is machine-level review with an equipment supplier. HENAN WEITUO publishes detailed automatic fries and chips line configurations and accepts technical reviews based on your own figures — this site is written to help you arrive at that conversation prepared.

Next step

Have your four numbers ready?

Send them for a machine-by-machine line review with configurations, installed power and layout.

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