Loading breast caps onto a breast filleting line demands accuracy and concentration. In practice, it appears that production staff has difficulty in maintaining concentration for longer periods when loading breast caps. Inaccurately loaded breast caps can, however, lower fillet yields. This prompted Stork Food Systems to develop the semi-automatic breast caploading module. We reported on this development in the last edition of SPPN. Stork Food Systems tested the module at Storteboom Nijkerk bv and Veenhuizen Pluimveeverwerking Nederland. These companies were that pleased that meanwhile all filleting lines have been equipped with the semi-automatic loading module.
Process critical
Veenhuizen Pluimveeverwerking Nederland specialises in broiler filleting and de-boning and has a number of production sites in the Netherlands. Storteboom has several processing and production plants in the Netherlands and Poland, where broilers are processed. Both companies look at all processes critically, so too at the loading of breast caps to their existing AMF-BX breast filleting lines.
Module does the hard work
The semi-automatic loading module places breast caps extremely accurately onto the V-shaped product holder, thereby making work easier and at the same time increasing yield. An operativ
e puts breast caps into the loading system, which then places them centrally on the holder, onto which they are then pressed automatically. In this way, the module does all the hard work. Accurate placing of the breast cap means that less trimming is needed than when caps are loaded manually. The machine performs better. Compared to manual loading, the loading module requires one person less.
Even more convenient
The module is equipped with an adjustable platform, which improves the ergonomics of the manual loading of breast caps into the module and the working conditions of the person doing this job. This unit is particularly useful for shorter operatives. Each operative can therefore choose the work height most convenient for him or her.
To summarise the benefits:
- Places breast caps onto product holders extremely accurately
- By placing breast caps centrally less trimming is needed than when caps are loaded by hand
- Fewer operatives needed for a better result.
Wingsticks! In France in particular, these are tremendously popular as a snack to accompany drinks. To enable the demand for wingsticks to be met using a mechanical process, Stork Food Systems started the development of the Wingstick module. This module turns chicken wings into tasty cocktail snacks.
Chicken on a stick
The wingstick module prepares chicken wings, which are then harvested on a wing cutter. In the short term it will also be possible to harvest the wingstick by means of the FHF-XB. The meat on the first wing joint is rolled up the bone resulting in "meat on a stick". By placing ValueDrum in-line, wingsticks can then, if required, be marinated to give that extra taste.
Producing high yields in-line
The wingstick module can be installed into ACM-MX and ACM-NT cut-up lines. Stork Food Systems is therefore the first and only supplier in the market with an in-line solution. LDC in France, Emsland Frischgeflügel in Germany and Pingo Poultry Maasmechelen in Belgium are now using the module to make a very trendy product.
Adding value in-line
ValueDrum from Stork Food Systems is a very interesting option for marinating wingsticks. The machine marinates in-line ensuring that additives are distributed uniformly over the product. ValueDrum is equipped with a number of segments coupled together. Supply of product to the machine is done in batches directly from the cut-up line. Batches are collated by placing receiving bins under the cutting modules or with the help of a batch weigher.
A unique transfer system moves batches from segment to segment during mixing. A dosing unit per segment can add dry and/or wet additives as required. Rotating elements provide the mixing action, which distributes additives uniformly. The end result is an excellent wingstick!
Stork Food Systems
Handelstraat 3
5831 AV Boxmeer
P.O. Box 118
5830 AC Boxmeer
