SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART

Fecha de publicación: 01/01/2020
Fuente: WIPO "meat"
The invention pertains to a system for processing a carcass part of a slaughtered porcine, bovine, ovine, or caprine animal, which carcass part comprises a holding zone, which holding zone comprises bone with soft tissue thereon, which system comprises at least one carrier for carrying said carcass part, and which carrier comprises a retaining assembly for retaining the carcass part by the holding zone, the retaining assembly being adapted to engage on the exterior of the soft tissue, wherein the system comprises a plurality of carriers, and wherein the system further comprises a conveyor device which comprises a track and a plurality of trolleys that are moveable along said track, wherein the retaining assembly is pivotable about at least one axis with respect to the carrier, wherein the retaining assembly is pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis with respect to the one or more trolleys, and wherein said pivot axis is or can be oriented parallel to the track, wherein said system is further comprising a loading station for arranging a carcass part into a carrier, wherein the loading station is comprising a conveyor belt, wherein the top of the moving surface of the conveyor belt is adapted to move in the same direction as the direction of transport of the carriers and at substantially the same speed, and wherein the holding zone of the carcass part can be arranged in the retaining assembly while the carcass part is supported by the conveyor belt, and wherein the system is arranged so that when the carcass part reaches the end of the conveyor belt the carrier hinges downwardly around the horizontal pivot axis