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Optimizing Beef Trim Management and Sorting Accuracy
Auckland Meat Processors partnered with JBT Marel to deploy X-ray trim management and operational consultancy for yield optimization.
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Application Area: Meat Inspection and Trim Sorting
Industry Sector: Food Processing and Meat Production
JBT Marel provides automated food processing solutions and technical consulting services designed to optimize line efficiency and product recovery for primary meat processors. New Zealand beef processor Auckland Meat Processors, a division of Wilson Hellaby, integrated the SensorX Accuro trim management system alongside JBT Marel Process Consultancy services. The combined program aimed to stabilize chemical lean targets, improve boning room throughput, and reduce giveaway on export-grade beef trim.
Operational Challenges in Beef Trimming
In beef boning operations, accurate chemical lean determination represents a critical parameter for quality control and revenue management. Manual visual inspection of meat trim often causes variations in fat-to-lean ratios, exposing processors to customer claims or financial loss from excessive lean giveaway. Auckland Meat Processors faced the challenge of standardizing these ratios across high-volume production lines running from chilled beef intake to final packing while maintaining process stability amid shifting labor conditions.
X-ray Inspection and Continuous Line Optimization
To overcome these constraints, the company installed the SensorX Accuro system in 2018. The equipment utilizes X-ray inspection technology to scan meat trim after initial manual sorting, simultaneously measuring total weight, determining exact fat-to-lean composition, and detecting foreign contaminants such as bone fragments. Batches pass directly from the scanning unit to an automated grader that sorts meat to precise customer specifications.
To maintain machine accuracy and line performance, the processor paired the equipment with regular process consultancy visits. The technical advisory service audits operational workflows, evaluates equipment calibration, and analyzes operator practices to eliminate mechanical inefficiencies and bottleneck formations across the boning room floor.
Measurable Process and Yield Enhancements
Ongoing technical assessments enabled Auckland Meat Processors to systematically resolve workflow restrictions around the scanning and grading units. Addressing mechanical settings and labor allocation improved production flow, enhanced yield consistency, and minimized customer claim rates related to off-specification fat levels.
Direct feedback sessions with floor supervisors helped sustain optimal machinery settings, ensuring that daily output targets and chemical lean specifications are consistently achieved without product giveaway.
Edited by Natania Lyngdoh, Induportals editor, with AI assistance.
www.jbtmarel.com
Industry Sector: Food Processing and Meat Production
JBT Marel provides automated food processing solutions and technical consulting services designed to optimize line efficiency and product recovery for primary meat processors. New Zealand beef processor Auckland Meat Processors, a division of Wilson Hellaby, integrated the SensorX Accuro trim management system alongside JBT Marel Process Consultancy services. The combined program aimed to stabilize chemical lean targets, improve boning room throughput, and reduce giveaway on export-grade beef trim.
Operational Challenges in Beef Trimming
In beef boning operations, accurate chemical lean determination represents a critical parameter for quality control and revenue management. Manual visual inspection of meat trim often causes variations in fat-to-lean ratios, exposing processors to customer claims or financial loss from excessive lean giveaway. Auckland Meat Processors faced the challenge of standardizing these ratios across high-volume production lines running from chilled beef intake to final packing while maintaining process stability amid shifting labor conditions.
X-ray Inspection and Continuous Line Optimization
To overcome these constraints, the company installed the SensorX Accuro system in 2018. The equipment utilizes X-ray inspection technology to scan meat trim after initial manual sorting, simultaneously measuring total weight, determining exact fat-to-lean composition, and detecting foreign contaminants such as bone fragments. Batches pass directly from the scanning unit to an automated grader that sorts meat to precise customer specifications.
To maintain machine accuracy and line performance, the processor paired the equipment with regular process consultancy visits. The technical advisory service audits operational workflows, evaluates equipment calibration, and analyzes operator practices to eliminate mechanical inefficiencies and bottleneck formations across the boning room floor.
Measurable Process and Yield Enhancements
Ongoing technical assessments enabled Auckland Meat Processors to systematically resolve workflow restrictions around the scanning and grading units. Addressing mechanical settings and labor allocation improved production flow, enhanced yield consistency, and minimized customer claim rates related to off-specification fat levels.
Direct feedback sessions with floor supervisors helped sustain optimal machinery settings, ensuring that daily output targets and chemical lean specifications are consistently achieved without product giveaway.
Edited by Natania Lyngdoh, Induportals editor, with AI assistance.
www.jbtmarel.com
