Boneless PURSUIT

摘要

While exponential growth of the global population shows no signs of slowing down, food companies are working to feed their customers using processing equipment to produce products with an emphasis on efficiency and speed. A lack of labor requires innovative solutions to produce the food necessary to meet demand. Poultry offers a relatively inexpensive and healthy protein, and automation continues to make processing chickens easier and faster. Boneless cuts of chicken have reigned supreme in recent years and continue to be the most popular among shoppers. So, processors seek to debone chicken as quickly and efficiently as possible to serve the market. Traditional manual deboning puts large groups of workers on the production line in close proximity and wielding knives with intentions of separating bones from meat fast. This can create a number scenarios not ideal to processing safety and efficiency. "The biggest advantage for automation is the significant reduction in labor and injuries associated with manual deboning," said Oliver Hahn, chief executive officer for Kansas City, Kan.-based Baader Poultry USA. "Additionally, automation delivers consistent performance where a manual process can lead to inconsistencies."