31-08-2006
F-line mark II was specially designed to improve hygienic performance even further. In this latest modification the movement by pneumatic cylinder will be replaced by a servo driven belt.
Research has shown a consisted contamination reduction (improving shelf life), yield improvements (more saleable meat) and labour reduction (lower production costs) which would under normal commercial circumstances result in a short payback period (
The MPS F-line: automate pre-cutting, belly opening, rectum drilling, neck cutting, leaflard removal, splitting and marking. These robots take over the hard tasks in the evisceration line. Those are employable from 200 to 1,250 pigs per hour. At this moment more than 200 F-line tools are installed world-wide, including Europe, North America, China and Japan.
MPS designed and built F-line for kill floor use so it is NOT a modified industrial robot.