Foodmate | InsideTrack Jan 2016 IPPE | Page 4

4 5 Drum Meat Scraping Station Drum Bone Unloader Tendon Cutting Station Thigh Meat Scraping Station Drum Bone Separation Station Meat Discharge Station Whole Leg and/or Drumstick Loading Station Thigh Hanging Station AUTOMATED J-CUTTING Station Leg Deboning and Flexible Dark Meat Deboning Solutions Foodmate OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System In the past, whole leg, thigh and drumstick deboning, was a labor intensive The newly updated OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System is a flexible, to- and inefficient process. It either required a lot of skilled labor or the auto- tal dark meat deboning solution that produces high-yield, superior quality mation that was available was slow, capital intensive and had a high cost meat efficiently and cost effectively. of ownership and low yields due to rework. Capable of deboning 100 skinless or skin-on anatomical whole legs, thighs Since the market for deboned dark meat is growing fast, there also is a and drumsticks per minute, this system is so flexible that no additional need to be flexible in order to supply various segments of the market with parts or changes are required when switching between the various dark different boneless dark meat products. Therefore, Foodmate developed a meat deboned products. flexible system that can be used to debone all variations of deboned dark meat, such as deboned whole leg meat, thigh meat and drumstick meat. In addition, the new system now has an added automated J-Cutting Station, which makes a pre-cut along the drumstick bone, knee joint and thigh bone. Key Benefits OPTI-LTD Whole Leg, Thigh and Drumstick Deboning System Exceptional yields. No bones about it. · Excellent yields · Low cost of ownership · High output per operator · Optional Knee-Cap Remover · Designed to debone any size bird · Optional Automated J-Cutting Station · Minimal bone content - less trimming required · Can process both left and right legs at the same time · Capable of meeting all boneless leg meat specifications · Debones 100 whole legs, thighs or drumsticks per minute · Simple all-mechanical design, user friendly and easy to maintain Finished Product