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| Herding
Pen |
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The herding pen is used to steer sheep into the restrainer
· The pen is usually semicircular in shape with a radius
of 2m-3m
· The sheep are herded in then the operator pulls a gate
around behind them encouraging them towards the restrainer
· As one batch of sheep is going into the restrainer more
sheep are fed in behind the gate.
· When all the sheep are gone up the restrainer the gate
is slid back through its hinge bringing it out behind the following
group of sheep and they can then be encouraged foreword.
· A raised floor can be supplied as part of this pen
· The standard construction is mild steel with a hot dip
galvanize finish
· No power or services are required.
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| Restrainer |
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The restrainer is used to feed the live sheep to the stun position.
· This machine consists of two parallel belts between which
the sheep are wedged.
· The belts are driven by two drum motors and are controlled
by the stunner via an electrical foot pedal
· The use of belts rather than conventional steel slats insures
minimal discomfort or stress to the animal prior to stunning
· The chassis of the machine is mild steel with a hot dip galvanized
finish.
· The restrainer delivers the carcass onto a stainless steel
shackling table after stunning
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| Bleed
Conveyor |
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The bleed conveyor picks up the carcasses from the shackling table
and conveys them via the bleeding area to the breasting area allowing
adequate time for them to bleed fully.
· This bleed time dictates how long the line must be. The higher
the throughput the longer the bleed line must be.
· This conveyor is an overhead system. The sheep are suspended
directly from the conveyor by a fixed height stainless steel rear
foot attachment.
· "Powered and free systems" can still be used but
they require loose shackles and therefore a shackle return system.
· The head and back feet are usually removed by the time the
carcass leaves this conveyor
· This conveyor is synchronized with the breasting and dressing
conveyors.
· The conveyor is constructed in mild steel with a hot dip
galvanize finish
· It is electrically powered and driven via a Reduction Gearbox.
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| Automatic
leg cutter |
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This machine is as its name suggests automatically removes the fore
or hind legs,
· It can be used at the end of the bleed line for hind leg
removal or at the end of the breasting line for fore leg removal.
· The carcass must be suspended from both legs for automatic
hind leg removal.
· The cutting is done by revolving stainless steel blades enclosed
with stainless steel guards
· As an added safety precaution a floor mounted barrier is
also mounted to ensure nobody can physically reach the guards or blades
· This machine is manufactured completely in stainless steel
· It is electrically powered and driven via a Reduction Gearbox.
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| Breasting
Conveyor |
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This conveyor is used for the preparation and ultimately removal of
the pelt
· It initially runs parallel to the bleed conveyor with the
carcass suspended between both conveyors.
· It then passes via the punching station, optional shoulder
puller and then to the final puller
· This conveyor is an overhead system. The sheep are suspended
directly from the conveyor by a fixed height stainless steel foreleg
attachment
· This conveyor is synchronized with the bleed and dressing
conveyors.
· The conveyor is constructed in mild steel with a hot dip
galvanize finish
· It is electrically powered and driven via a Reduction Gearbox.
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| Punching
Tool |
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Punching tools are used to separate the pelt from the side of the
carcass whilst it is suspended from the breasting conveyor
· A single operator can punch both sides of every carcass at
300 lambs per hour
· The tool is manufactured entirely from stainless steel with
an aluminium handle
· The tool is powered by a pneumatic cylinder suspended from
overhead
· It comes complete with a control panel. It only requires
an air and water supply from the customer
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| Shoulder
Puller |
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The shoulder puller pulls the pelt from the shoulders down along the
back of the carcass. The pelt is not fully removed by this machine.
· This machine is manufactured by Millers Mechanical from New
Zealand for whom we represent in Europe
· The operator positions the section of pelt removed from the
forelegs into two respective clamps. Two switches are then hit and
the machine goes through its pulling cycle.
· The machine moves parallel to the line as it pulls to ensure
maximum smoothness during the pull.
· The machine is of galvanised construction and is powered
with a combination of hydraulics and pneumatics.
· It comes complete with its own power unit and P.L.C. control
panel
· It can handle 600 crcasses per hour after which a second
machine must be put working in tandem.
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| Final
Puller |
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The final puller pulls the pelt from the rear legs of the carcass.
· GM Steel can offer a choice of different machines to cope
with different throughputs. The two main machines are the 3-drum pelter
and the Millers Mechanical final puller
· Both machines are automatic and do not require full time
operator assistance
· The 3-drum pelter consists of three vulcanized drum motors
mounted on a galvanized mild steel frame with pneumatic height adjustment.
It comes complete with an electrical control panel.
· The Millers Mechanical final puller consists of a galvanized
arm and clamp mechanism that grips the pelt and pulls it down. It
has a galvanized mild steel frame and is hydraulically operated, it
comes complete with its own power unit and P.L.C. control panel
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| Dressing
Conveyor |
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The dressing conveyor moves carcasses from the transfer after the
final puller to the weigh/wash area before the chills.
· This conveyor is synchronized with the bleed and breasting
conveyors.
· The offal is removed from the carcass while on this conveyor.
Trimming, inspection, weighing and washing are also carried out.
· This is normally a "powered and free system" allowing
carcasses to be manually pushed along the rail in the event of a loss
of power on the conveyor.
· Twin rail is our preferred rail type though any rail type
can normally be accommodated.
· The conveyor is constructed in mild steel with a hot dip
galvanize finish
· It is electrically powered and driven via a Reduction Gearbox.
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| Green
Offal conveyor |
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This conveyor is used to convey full green offal's from their removal
point via an inspection point to a blower or direct to the green offal
processing room.
· Our standard construction is a modular belt on a stainless
steel frame although we can still supply pans suspended from an overhead
conveyor which are still the most suitable for some installations
· The system is electrically powered and driven via a reduction
gearbox.
· The belt can swan neck up and down to different levels to
ensure ideal work heights for each job.
· Conveyors are custom built for every installation
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| Red
Offal conveyor |
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This conveyor is an overhead conveyor used to suspend full red offal's
and convey them from their removal point via an inspection point to
the red offal processing area.
· This conveyor is synchronized with the main dressing conveyor
to ensure carcass and by-product correlation.
· The conveyor used is our clean-track system from which the
product is directly suspended by special attachments
· The conveyor is constructed predominantly in stainless steel
with all other parts being plastic
· It is electrically powered and driven via a Reduction Gearbox.
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| Gut
Blower |
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Gut blowers are used when direct access from green offal conveyor
to the green offal room is not available
· The offal is fed into the vessel via a stainless steel hopper.
· After a preset length of time a pneumatic knife gate valve
closes the pot and the product is blown to its destination via a Æ150mm
stainless steel pipe.
· System consists of a hopper, a blow pot, a knife gate valve,
a control panel and a volume of Æ150mm stainless steel pipe.
· The pot is available in a variety of sizes. It is normally
constructed from stainless steel for edible product and galvanized
mild steel for non-food products.
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| High
Voltage Electrical Stimulation/Pre-Chill |
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