摘要:
An offal removal station 10 for use in an automated meat processing line comprises an inlet for shackled joints to enter the station and an outlet for processed shackled joints. Between the inlet and outlet is a means 12 for increasing the relative distance between the paired joints travelling therethrough and/or for at least partially restraining a joint portion. An offal removal means 13 is arranged to engage a joint as it travels through the joint handling means 12. The distance between the paired joint may be only temporarily increased by the joint handling means 12. Also disclosed is a continuous method of removing offal from a joint comprising applying a vacuum to, or in the vicinity of, the joint to remove said offal. The offal removal station or the continuous method may relate to removing kidney tissue from a thigh joint of poultry.
摘要:
Method and processing line for inspecting a poultry carcass and/or a viscera package taken out from the poultry carcass, wherein said poultry carcass and/or viscera package are respectively suspended from a poultry carrier and a viscera carrier that move in the processing line and wherein the inspection is carried out by an inspector selecting a particular poultry carcass and/or viscera package as to be rejected. At least one of the poultry carrier and the viscera carrier is provided with a selection device that moves together with the concerning poultry carrier and viscera carrier in the processing line, wherein the inspector operates the selection device to directly and unambiguously select the poultry carcass and/or viscera package suspended from said carrier to be rejected.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for cutting open a slaughtered animal, in particular fowl, which is suspended with its legs from a suspension hook of a conveyor, in particular, but not limited to, making an incision in the belly of a slaughtered bird, wherein the method comprises the step of making a first incision in the skin of the slaughtered animal, which first incision extends substantially in a first direction of the slaughtered animal.
摘要:
Gizzard processing device (9) having an in-feed for an unprocessed gizzard-package and an exit or exits for parts of the gizzard-package such as a pre-stomach and/or a gizzard, characterized in that the in-feed comprises cooperating rollers (9.1) having helically shaped grooves for positioning the gizzard-package in an upright position with the gizzard (9.2) above the pre-stomach, and for transporting the gizzard-package in its conveying direction.
摘要:
Gizzard peeler having an in-feed for an opened gizzard, and an exit for a peeled gizzard and transporting means for moving the gizzard (10.5) from the in-feed to the exit, characterized in that it comprises a series of rollersets (10.3,10.4), each rollerset comprising a first roller (10.4) and a second roller (10.3) that in use rotate in opposite directions.