MARELEC Food Technologies: Fixed-weight portioning, grading and weighing for meat, poultry and fish

FIXED-WEIGHT PORTIONING

The smart way of fixed-weight cutting with 1 or 3 cameras for minimum giveaway and maximum accuracy.

MARELEC PORTIO cuts fresh poultry, meat and fish products into portions of programmed fixed weight, thickness or a combination of the two, using high-technology laser and camera scanning.

As a result, it offers a high-accuracy cutting machine at a competitive price.

It can also cut fresh boneless or bone-in meat products into portions of programmed fixed weight, thickness or a combination of the two.

Grading & Batching

MARELEC Grading Solutions technology uses state-of-the-art weighing technology and advanced software for accurate and fast product grading.

This can be for whole fish or fillets, fresh, frozen or vacuum-packed. For meat, whole, portions or cuts, fresh or frozen.

Finally, for poultry, whole birds or portions, fresh or frozen.

MARELEC graders can sort different sizes into fixed-weight trays or into production groups (Batching).

All equipment is built with robustness and high hygiene standards in mind.

Monitor your yield and capacity

Factors such as yield and capacity are vital to the profitability of a poultry, meat or fish processor.

Trimming lines are systems that help you monitor the capacity and giveaway of a cutting process.

They are used in many sectors (meat, poultry, fish, etc.). They are usually configured for specific needs, so they come in many different shapes.

MARELEC has now developed a smart cutting line that can monitor yield, capacity and cutting quality per operator.

Static scale, batch scale and flow scale

MARELEC offers several types of weighing solutions.

With a background in the fishing industry, the equipment is produced to high quality standards with an emphasis on speed and accuracy.

The batch weigher is designed to create fixed-weight batches made up of several products and to fill bags, boxes and cartons.

The flow scale is designed to accurately weigh a flow of products, e.g. meat pieces or trimmings, over a given period of time.

They have an accuracy of <1%, a capacity of 2-100 tonnes/hour and a conveyor belt width from 300mm to 800mm.

Using a flow scale removes the need to collect raw material in trays or tubs for weighing and provides continuous throughput.

Flow scales are always equipped with a Z2 indicator that records the weights and communicates with your network system.

The MATRIX software can determine and display the yield percentage when using several flow scales, or a combination of a flow scale and a grader. This yield is a direct KPI (Key Performance Indicator) that can be used to determine whether a process (machine / operator) is working under the best conditions.

Fixed-weight cutting with waterjet – Waterjet

The MARELEC PORTIO JET is a state-of-the-art waterjet cutter based on more than 15 years of successful experience in fixed-weight cutting.

The waterjet system is designed to cut boneless poultry products, such as chicken breast and boneless thigh, into predefined custom shapes while maintaining fixed weights.

Key benefits:

• Outstanding accuracy
• Optimised yields
• Smart cutting algorithms
• Ability to design for maximum capacity
• Extremely easy to clean
• User-friendly software
• Touch screen
• Separate high-pressure pump

The PORTIO JET has been developed to maximise yields when cutting predefined shapes from poultry fillets or boneless thigh meat into fixed weights.

The camera and laser combination scans with the highest accuracy, and the smart cutting algorithm calculates the optimum cutting pattern.

Typical applications include cutting chicken fillets into portions, cubes or strips of fixed weight.

Boneless thigh meat can be cut and divided into fixed-weight portions.

Strips or cubes, such as karaage, kakugiri or BLK, are extremely popular.

Fixed-weight – fixed-length cutting.
The PORTIO 3 is also used in meat applications such as steaks, fillet, rib eye, cubes for stewing meat, pork fillet, etc., with vertical cutting at a programmed fixed weight or length.
The PORTIO 3 uses the technology of 3 camera/laser combinations to scan all the meat accurately around its perimeter.
The Portio 3 is also available for fish and poultry.

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