Meat equipment producer Marel introduced a novelty at the International Production & Processing Expo this year: An automatic fore-end deboner.
The machine, called DeboFlex, is based on those used in poultry production – but instead of hanging entire poultry carcasses on the shackle based moving belt, here pork legs are hanging. It required an adjustment of the system.
Instead of the legs having to be moved and turned around on a table, the legs now move slowly at the right level in front of the workers, thus relieving their work load which adds to cutting accuracy and increased yield. Heavy lifting is also a thing of the past and the number of contact moments with the carcass is reduced.
One first version of the machine is currently working at Compaxo, a meatpacker in Zevenaar, the Netherlands – a second line is planned in Brazil.
Related website:
Marel
"*" indicates required fields
Notifications
Your Privacy Matters
It's your legal right to choose which information a website may store and have access to. With your permission, we and our third-party partners (13) store and/or access information on a device, such as unique identifiers in cookies and browsing data to collect and process personal data.
We and our partners do the following data processing:
Store and/or access information on a device, Advertising based on limited data and advertising measurement, Personalised content, content measurement, audience research, and services development
If you accept any or all of these, you will have agreed to this website's use of cookies for these purposes. You may also choose to refuse consent, but certain personalized features of the site won't be available to you.