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Streamline: monitor, measure, maximise
As consumer demand for convenient, easy to cook food increases, so does food processing companies’ need for machinery that increases efficiency and allows for custom made meat products. The market for top price products, such as pret a decoupé (PAD – or ready to slice) products has seen continued growth in European countries over the past few years.
In order to meet the changing demands of the market, Marel has recently introduced StreamLine, a new intelligent trimming and deboning line. Continuous innovation Food processing companies have approached Marel with the need for a line that will not only enable them to maximize selection of cuts into highest price products, but also minimize red meat
loss. They have also emphasized the need to monitor and measure individual and overall performance factors.
Additional research has shown that food processing companies in general look for more efficient ways to reduce yield loss, increase production flow per operator and improve production logistics. Marel new trimming and deboning line takes all of these aspects into consideration. StreamLine is specifically designed to maximise yield, throughput and quality. It achieves this by automatically monitoring the various stages that the product raw material goes through during processing. These include splitting, deboning, trimming, skinning and touch up.
Intelligent production control StreamLine is controlled by Marel production control software, Innova – which operates seamlessly together with the line control system to ensure successful operation and data collection.
Innova controls and monitors every step of the production process on the factory floor. This includes reception of raw material through to dispatch of the finished product.
Innova ensures that real-time data are at hand at any given point in time during the production cycle. The built-in traceability mechanism ensures that all product information is registered throughout the whole production process, making recall easier if needed.
Highlights
- Real-time performance monitoring
- Increased yield and better quality
- Flexible production to customer specifications
- Compact and easy to clean