The meat industry is changing and evolving

摘要

For many years Marel has delivered automated hog kill floor lines, cutting and deboning hall installations and retail packing lines to the meat industry. As a full-line supplier, our state-of-the-art meat processing equipment, systems and software span the entire production value chain, from the receipt of live animals to the dispatch of finished products. Marel continues to develop systems and robots for automating the slaughtering process. The latest development is the M-Line, which is a new generation of hog kill floor automation using articulating arm robots. The latest techniques in 3D scanning are integrated into the M-Line robots and ensure high cutting accuracy.The carcasses are scanned several times after which the data are converted to a precise movement of the robot and the robotic tools. This action is 100% synchronized with the transport of the carcasses. The majority of the M-Line robots are equipped with the patented "TwinTool" concept, which results in the increased shelf life of the final pork product. In the "TwinTool" concept, each robot has a double-acting tool, meaning that when one tool is in operation, the second tool is being sterilized.