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As livestock carcasses are broken down and ultimately turned into fresh cuts or further-processed items, the right cutting tools are essential. Butchery is an art, and the professionals who are able to turn a beef quarter into steaks or get every usable piece of meat off a chicken carcass are masters of the craft. Increasingly, automation is a necessary part of these operations, as the labor shortage in the meat industry has made good help very hard to find. Cutting and boning equipment refers to the traditional hand tools like knives, saws and trimmers used in breaking down both red meat and poultry carcasses. It also includes machinery such as bandsaws, skinning equipment, carcass splitters and bone cutting equipment. Accessories like cutting boards, tables and knife sharpening systems are also found in this category.
Cutting & Boning Equipment
One of the ways that meat processors can be more sustainable is to get as much use out of the carcasses as possible. To that end, rendering equipment is needed to help take meat-processing byproducts and turn them into stable, usable items like oil, feed supplement or tallow.
Equipment used in this process could include bone crushers, cookers, grinders, fat recovery systems and washers. Necessary supplies like pails, filters, pumps and conveyor systems are also included.
rendering equipment
Plants that slaughter and process livestock have a number of additional regulations and responsibilities. Humane stunning is a constant worry, as inhumane treatment or mis-stuns can lead to both negative publicity and additional regulatory oversight.
The equipment needed for slaughter and first processing depends on the species being processed. However the stunning equipment needs to be effective on that particular species, and the equipment that moves the carcasses further into the plant for washing and breaking down must be ergonomically effective for the plant employees. Whether it is large cattle and pig carcasses or a long line of chicken or turkey carcasses, care must be taken to prevent employee injury through strains or repetitive motion injuries.
slaughtering equipment
