Marel Meat B.v.

Marel Meat Processing B.v.

Stork Mps B.v.

Stork Protecon-langen B.v.

Jan Johannes Meerdink

Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen

Cornelis Joannes Janssen

Adriaan Ebergen

Ronald Kranenbarg

Adrianus Josephes Van Den Nieuwelaar

Frank Van Happen

Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis Albers

Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven

Niels Antonio William Koster

Gerardus F Leenen

Heinz Madsen

Johannes Wilhelmus Boeyen

Johannes Cornelis Antonius Maria Van Der Leest

Dennis Stoots

Frans Van Den Hurk

Franciscus Theodorus Henricus J Van Der Steen

A system and a method are provided for deskinning and/or defatting animal carcass while being conveyed by an overhang rails system carrying the carcass. The method includes: sensing, by a sensing device, an incoming animal carcass, using the resulting sensing data from the sensing device by a control unit in controlling a movement of a first device while deskinning and/or defatting the carcass by the first device. The controlled movement includes: setting the first device to an initial angular position and engaging the skin and/or fat of the incoming animal carcass at an engaging position; moving the first device in a movement direction including a movement direction perpendicular to the conveying direction along the animal carcass while following an outer profile of the surface of the carcass and simultaneously adapting the angular position of the first device to the shape of the carcass for partial removal of skin or fat.

Skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass when conveyed by a conveyor means

A food processing system and a method, includes: an overhang rail system having a plurality of spaced apart shackles designed for carrying carcass parts such that the carcass parts are at least partly freely hanging, a re-positioning apparatus having an engagement structure selectively moveable by a moving mechanism, and at least one food processing device for performing at least one food processing step on the carcass parts while the carcass parts are conveyed past the at least one food processing device. The plurality of spaced apart shackles and the engagement structure move in a synchronized manner. The engagement structure is configured to engage the carcass parts at a position different from the carrying position of the shackle and adjusting the angular position relative to a vertical axis from an initial angular position to a pre-defined angular processing position.

Food processing system for processing carcass parts

A method and system of removing meat from a bone of a carcass leg part, includes the subsequent steps of: a) holding, by a support device, of the leg part, b) moving a meat removing device: into a pre-cut, c) then away from the support device along the bone to a first end position so that meat is removed from the bone, d) then away from the bone, forcing meat away from the bone and severing further meat from the bone, e) then towards the support device, f) and then towards the bone, g) and then again away from the support device along the bone to a second end position distanced further from the support device than the first end position so that further meat is removed from the bone.

Method and system for deboning of a carcass leg part of a four-legged slaughter animal, for removing meat from a bone of the carcass leg part

A cutting system is provided for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system. A detection device is provided for determining a cutting position of an incoming carcass part. At least one cutting device having an upwardly and downwardly facing surface structure is provided and a moving mechanism is mechanically connected to the at least one cutting device for controlling the position of the at least one cutting device on the basis of the determined cutting position. A carcass displacement device is arranged to initiate displacement of the carcass part away from the at least one cutting position while the carcass part or a resulting sub-part carried by a carrier and is located between the upstream cutting edge and the downstream edge.

Cutting system for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system

A system and a method for automatic transfer of a carcass or carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier where at least one of the carriers is tilted at least during a part of the transfer. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook or a modified Euro Hook. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook, or a modified Euro Hook carrier.

Overhang rail transport system

A system and a method for separating a fore end of a half pig carcass by making a first cut between ribs three and four up to the shoulder blade followed by a second cut through the rest of the carcass. The first cut is made using a regular knife blade, the second cut is made using a scissor blade.

Cutting fore end from hanging half pig carcass

A system and a method for automatic transfer of carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier or a Marel DeboFlex carrier, for example a Euro Carrier. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Carrier, or a Marel DeboFlex carrier.

A system and a method for separating a middle portion of a half pig carcass, hanging from an overhead conveyor in a carrier, by cutting between the hip bone and the chine bone (backbone) and optionally between the tail bone and the hip bone, the cut causing a middle portion of the half pig carcass part to be partly separated from the remaining half pig carcass part via gravity. Further cutting the connection between the middle part of the half pig carcass part along a curve along the muscle defining the ham cut to separate the middle portion from the rest of the half pig carcass part causing the ham part of the half pig carcass part to remain hanging in the carrier.

Method and an apparatus for processing a half pig carcass part hanging from a carrier

A separating device for separating first and second bones or cartilage parts comprises a first structure with a first elongated member and a stationary engaging member at one end of the first elongated member; a second structure with a second elongated member and a separation member at one end of the second elongated member; a moving device for moving the second structure relative to the stationary engaging member from a contracted position to a closed position. An angular position of the first and the second structures are adjusted, so the subsequent movement of the separation member towards the closing position intersects a separation area between the first and second bones or cartilage parts causing an immediate separation between the first and second bones or cartilage parts.

Separating device for separating a first and a second bone or cartilage parts from each other

A system for processing a carcass or carcass part of a porcine, bovine, ovine, or caprine slaughter animal involves a plurality of processing steps. The system includes a primary transport system that includes an overhead conveyor and a plurality of carriers for holding a carcass or carcass part, a plurality of processing stations, which processing stations are arranged along the track, each of the processing stations being adapted to carry out one or more processing steps on a carcass or carcass part, wherein in at least one processing station a step of removing a part of the carcass or carcass part is carried out, a secondary transport system, which secondary transport system is arranged adjacent to the processing station in which said part is removed from the carcass or carcass part, which secondary transport system is adapted to receive said part.

System and method for processing slaughtered animals and/or parts thereof

A skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass has a housing, a manipulation arm extending from the housing, an cutting blade, a motor driven tooth roll mounted on the housing having plurality of tooth wheels arranged in axially spaced apart arrangement such that the space between adjacent tooth wheels has a pre-set distance. The tooth wheels have circumferentially arranged teeth projecting outwardly therefrom adapted to grab the skin with the circumferentially arranged teeth and pull it towards the cutting blade. The skinning device includes a support structure mounted on the housing arranged in proximity to the tooth roll, and is adapted to engage the skin while the skin is simultaneously being pulled off the carcass. Strippers are arranged in the space of pre-set distance and circumferentially surround at least a space portion where the arc-shaped contour essentially follows the tooth roll.

Skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass

A slaughtered pig leg parts conveyor device is provided for conveying individual pig leg parts, wherein an individual pig leg part includes at least a portion of a pig leg and the pig foot. The conveyor device includes a track and one or more pig leg part carriers movable along said track, each carrier being adapted to carry an individual pig leg part. Each carrier has one pig foot retaining assembly adapted to engage on a single pig foot so as to retain the pig leg part in a position suspended from the carrier. The retaining assembly includes a pig foot aperture adapted to receive the pig foot.

A device for separating bone material from meat tissue in a meat piece, such as a spine from a half part of a slaughtered animal, which device is provided with a support for the meat piece for processing and a separating member with a curved separating edge which is movably driven relative to the support and includes plate material, wherein the separating edge is provided with a series of teeth, each of which is embodied with a guide surface directed toward the inner side of the bend such that when bone material is severed it is carried away to the inside and contamination of the meat material is thereby avoided.

Device for separating bone material from a meat piece

Apparatus for making a cut in, and in particular removing the spine from a half, or a pare thereof, of an animal, for instance a pig, said apparatus including a frame with a receiving member supported thereby, for instance a supporting surface for the half, a separating member, for instance a saw, arranged close to the receiving member for applying an incision along the spine, transporting means for effecting a relative movement between the half and the separating member, and a sensor member of mechanical, optical or sonic type for determining the depth of the spinal marrow channel of the spine, so making it possible to determine the cross-dimension of the vertebral-bodies along the length of the spine and thereby to carry out the most effective cut.

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Ravenstein, Netherlands

Jan Johannes Meerdink