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Page 1: Foodmate Inside Track - IPPE Edition Vol1 2013

Global Market trends

Master project Van den Bor The Netherlands

Market introduction OPTI-LTD Dark meat deboner

New equipment Weighing/transfer system WTS

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4-6

8-9

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INSIDE TRACK

IPPE Edition

Volume 1 | 2013

FOCUS

Dark meat pro

cess

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Welcome to Atlanta …Welcome to Foodmate

We are excited to welcome you to the 2013

International Production and Processing

Expo in Atlanta.

This year’s trade show is integrated with

IPE, IFE and AMI bringing together over

1000 exhibitors and an anticipated 25.000

attendees from and different industries

around the world.

Exhibiting at this show is a great way for

Foodmate to meet with existing and new

customers and friends but also to demon-

strate our latest innovations and technology.

This show marks a special edition because

it is celebrating 65 years of continual

exhibition services to the poultry industry!

But for Foodmate this show also marks a

special edition because during this show we

introduce and unveil our highly anticipated

OPTI -LTD – Total Dark Meat Deboning

System.

The OPTI - LTD Dark Meat Deboning System

is the first machine on the market capable of

deboning anatomical whole legs, thighs and

drumsticks on the same machine. It is our

latest development to help our customers

find ways to efficiently debone dark meat.

And it provides a solution that allows our

customers to invest in flexible automation so

that they can quickly respond to the market.

In addition to the OPTI – LTD Dark Meat

Deboner, we are also introducing the

new series of OPTI Dark Meat Processing

Solutions. This is a series of machines

that is specifically designed

to help our customers

optimize dark meat yields

and reduce labor.

As a young company, we

are proud of the depth of

resources we have invested

in innovation to bring new

solutions to the poultry

industry, helping customers

find ways to solve daily

challenges, maximize yields

and reduce labor.

We hope you enjoy your time

in Atlanta and look forward

to seeing you. Col

umn

David Hazenbroek Scott Hazenbroek

President Foodmate BV President Foodmate

US, Inc.

Welcome to Atlanta

Global Market trends

New Equipment New cut-up modules

Master project Van den Bor The Netherlands

Equipment Eviscerating system

Equipment Dark meat processing

Equipment Combi retail/KFC cut-up system

New Digital machine manuals

Market introduction OPTI-LTD Dark meat deboner

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4-6 12

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Worldwide, the poultry meat industry is constantly on the move. For us as a supplier to this dynamic industry it is very

important to monitor these trends carefully. We would like to share with you our observations from around the world and

maybe it will even give you some new ideas!

Pirzola (mainly Turkey)A very interesting product in our opinion is called Pirzola.

Chicken Pirzola is very popular in Turkey. Pirzola is basically a

skin-on thigh from which the meat is partially stripped down the

bone leaving the bone still attached. This product is perfect on

the barbeque or grill. The bone and the skin give a superior

flavour to the product and the meat stays juicy. The bone can

be used as a handle to make eating easier and it keeps your

hands clean.

In Turkey this is sold as a premium product and is by

comparison the most expensive poultry part. Specially when you

take into consideration that the skin and bone are still attached.

The Foodmate OPTI thigh deboner can be modified to

automatically produce Pirzola .

Fast food poultry partsAround the world and in particular in Asia and Russia we see

that chicken fast food is getting bigger and bigger. When thinking

about fast food we don’t just mean processed poultry meats like

chicken nuggets or burgers, but real bone in chicken parts like

wings, thighs, breast pieces etc.

We see a significant growth around the world in chains like KFC.

But also in the number of local brands that are serving fried or

grilled poultry parts according to the local taste. These parts

can vary from standard 8/9 piece cuts as well as up to 25 pieces

(South Korea) or for example 6 piece breast pieces (USA).

Foodmate is specialized in “special” cut-up and already successfully

installed several cut-up lines around the world for various fast

food purposes.

Market trends from around the World

Boneless dark meat (worldwide)In several parts of the world we see that the demand for deboned dark meat is becoming increasingly popular. In the past it

was mainly Japan that used boneless dark meat but we now see that worldwide boneless dark meat is in greater demand.

More often do we see that boneless leg meat is being sold as whole muscle meat in retail stores but it can also be found

in both restaurants and fast-food outlets. People are starting to realize that dark meat is tastier and more tender then

boneless breast meat. Another application we see for boneless dark meat is the so called Kebab and Gyros production.

Kebab and Gyros is growing rapidly all over Europe and Russia.

Larger birdsAnother growing trend around the

world is processing larger birds.

We see in some markets bird sizes

that go up to +/- 4 to 5 Kg or 8 to

9 lbs. This is of course an interesting

development for many companies

as it allows them to produce more

Kg’s or Lbs. with the same amount

of labour, storage and overhead

cost. But the flip side to this trend

is the challenges it imposes on the

processing equipment since most

equipment is not suited to handle the

increase in bird size.

Foodmate studied the effects

that big bird processing has on

equipment and we have been able

to make positive improvements to

optimize yield, uptime and cost

of ownership.

3 piece leg quarter

4 piece breast

Pirzola

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Van den Bor is a well-known Dutch poultry processing company located in the heart of the Netherlands. The company is family owned

and currently managed by the 3rd generation. Van den Bor is a traditional Dutch company that has grown steadily throughout the

years which has allowed them to become a stable and efficient company that processes 125.000 birds per day. Hard work, great

attention to detail and quality combined with excellent service has allowed Van den Bor to become the successful company it is today.

Currently Van den Bor is in the process of increasing it’s slaughter capacity from 9.000 birds per hour to 12.000 birds per hour. The

slaughter plant in Nijkerkerveen provides both sized whole bird or cut up parts to either their own debone plant in Meppel or to 3rd

party debone companies in both The Netherlands and elsewhere.

Project Scope – Increase capacity from 9.000/bph to 12.000/bphAt the moment Van den Bor is increasing it’s capacity in

phases from 9.000/bph to 12.000/bph. The increase in

capacity has impact on all processes in the plant, but in

particular it has a major impact on the distribution, cut

up and packaging area. The end goal was to increase the

overall capacity by 33% in the same “limited” space with

the same amount of people!

Foodmate projectAfter an intense conceptual and pre-design period,

Foodmate was awarded the order to carry out the entire

project to completely restructure the distribution, cut up

and packaging area.

This involved:

- A weighing transfer machine from the air chill line to a

whole bird distribution line

- Bird sizing, calibration and batching system

- Delivery of 3 OPTI Flex Cut Up Systems

- All product distribution conveyors

- Breast cap weighing, batching and packing system

- Box and crate conveyor system

All this had to be done under the following conditions:

- Very accurate high speed sizing and grading

- High reliability and up-time

- Keep it simple and user friendly

- Increase pounds per man hour

- Increase capacity by 33% in the same space

Complete new high speed distribution and cut-up project in the heart of The NetherlandsAbout Van den Bor

Master project Van den Bor

1. Weighing transfer machine

- Automatic transfer system up to

18.000 bph

- Very accurate sizing (weighing)

batching system for whole birds

- Max + 10 grams/Min – 10 grams

weight difference

- Easy and multifunctional Windows

operated computer system

2. Distribution line

- Drop off stations for whole birds

- Bird collecting stations

- Drop off station to the 3 cut-up

systems

- Based on a 8”centre line

3. Flex cut-up systems

- Wing stretcher

- Wing tipper OPTI cut

- Mid wing cutter

- Wing cutter Supercut

- Breast cap cutter

- Back cutter/front halve cutter

- Saddle cutter

- Leg processor S2

- Thigh & drumstick separator

- Leg unloading station

4. Product distribution system

- Wired belt conveyors with product

tracks

- Product chutes

- Product box/crate weighing system

- Product WPG system

5. Breast cap weighing system

- 3 tiers belt weigher

- Sizing system

- Batching system

6. Box and crate transport system

- Infeed and outfeed area for inline crate

washing

- Crate drip area

- Several crates take-off stations

In total this project can be seen as a

complete and continuous flow process.

All end products are coming together at a

central point with easy access to the end

product storage area.

The Foodmate approachFoodmate approached this request as a great challenge and worked very closely with the

customer during the entire project. By using the latest 3D engineering technology found

a solution to put the pieces together. The total scope of equipment involved the following:

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The Netherlands

Project installationThe available time for installation for this project was very short.

The customer had to run production until the very last minute. And

due to the very tight workspace it was not possible to do any kind of

pre-installation work onsite. This only left 72 hours to dismantle the

existing equipment and construct, install and test the new system.

With a well planned time schedule and a very experienced team of

dedicated technicians, Foodmate completed the project within the

available time, working 24 hours per day.

The start up went very well and all of the 115.000 birds scheduled for

that day were able too be processed and shipped to customers!

3D view

2D view

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System high-lights

For this project Foodmate incorporated it’s latest developments and line of

equipment. All of Foodmate’s latest developments are designed to meet the

high-speed requirements of the customer, meet the latest hygiene standards

and assure the best possible cutting, sizing and grading results.

Some of the key components for high speed processing are:

- All new weighing/transfer system

The all new Foodmate WTS is

designed to efficiently transfer

birds between the air chill and

distribution lines and to accurately

weigh and grade the birds at the

same time. The machine has a

simple but smart design and is

very easy to operate and maintain.

- New cut-up frames

Foodmate saw this project as the

perfect opportunity to also incor-

porate our newly designed cut up

frames. The new frames are

designed to meet the latest hygiene

requirements by having an open

design so that no dirt can drop onto

the support frames underneath.

Furthermore the cut up frames are

electrically controlled making them

easy to adjust and bypass.

- Product and waste handling system

All portioned products are

transported to 3 different final

packing stations.

Breast caps: are conveyed inline

directly to the belt grading and

batching systems. All breast caps

from the 3 lines are following the

same route on multi tier

conveying belts towards the multi

tier grader/batcher.

Leg quarters: from all 3 lines the

legs are presented to the packers

inline. Either box or crate packing is

possible on the same line and once

packed all boxes and crates are

weighed and labelled and are

transported towards a central storage

area by the same conveyor.

Wing products and thighs: these

product are handled via our innovative

WPG system. Please read the article

on page 15.

Cut-up section

Breast cap conveying

Central packing section

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Worldwide there is an increasing trend and need for deboned chicken dark meat.

This meat is often used as a whole muscle product or as a raw material for convenience foods.

Each part of the world has it’s own unique application but in the end it is all about how to maximize yields with the least amount of skilled labor.

Foodmate recognized the growing market trend for deboned dark meat more then 2 years ago and started developing various dark meat deboning solution. As a result,

Foodmate also quickly realized that in order to get the maximum deboned dark meat yields that other parts of the process also had to improve. So rather then only focusing on

a particular part of the process such as thigh deboning – Foodmate decided to focus on the entire process, which we now call Total Dark Meat Processing Solutions.

The result is the development of a series of new dark meat processing machines that all contribute to the highest possible dark meat yields.

Foodmate line of OPTI Dark Meat Processing Solutions.

Introduction to Dark Meat Processing

Front half cuttingTo create a thigh with a nice full oyster it is important to start

with a good front half cut so that the oyster stays on the saddle

rather then the front half. This will help the leg processor to

achieve maximum oyster retention and quality. Further more it is

important to make sure the back is long enough so that the leg

processor does not break the back during processing.

Foodmate OPTI FH – Dual blade Front Half Cutting MachineThe new Foodmate OPTI - FH front half cutting machine

uses two blades instead of one large blade, gives a straight

cut across the hips and gives more control over the number

of ribs that stay on the front half and the length of the back

on the saddle.

Anatomical back removalRemoving the back from the saddle is

one of the most challenging parts of

the process. At the same time it is the

most important part of the process to

help maximize dark meat yields and to

provide an “A” grade thighs for tray

pack operations. Some of the most

common problems found with automated

leg processing include; high bone

content, low oyster retention, dangling

oysters, low yield and damaged knuckles.

OPTI PLUS and OPTI PLUS XL Leg ProcessorsThe new Foodmate OPTI PLUS Leg

Processor is specifically designed to help

maximize either bone in or boneless dark

meat yields. To help ensure maximum

oyster retention and to prevent oysters

from falling of during thigh deboning, the

machine leaves the membrane around

the oyster. In addition the machine is

designed to provide a high percentage of

white knuckles with very low bone

content. The OPTI PLUS XL Leg Processor

is specifically designed to handle so called

“big birds” or large chickens.

Separating the thigh and the drumstickSeparating the thigh and the drumstick

is a very important part of achieving

maximum bone-in and boneless thigh

meat yields. Often due to bird size

variation there are frequent mis-cuts,

which can either give a long or short cut

thigh or drumstick. The length of the

thigh cut can have big impact on the

final thigh meat yield because it

influences the meat to bone ratio.

Foodmate OPTI TDC - Thigh and Drum Stick CutterThe new Foodmate OPTI TDC - Thigh and

Drum Stick Cutter provides a good and

consistent joint cut. Furthermore the

cutting angle of the blade leaves more

drumstick meat with the thigh, which

helps maximize both bone-in and

boneless thigh meat yields. In addition to

increased yield, also special attention

was given to skin coverage. The machine

provides a straight skin cut and covers the

entire drumstick, thus increasing the

amount of “A” grade drumsticks in tray

pack operation.

Foodmate focused on the entire process

OPTI FH

OPTI PLUS XL

OPTI TDC

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OPTI-LTD whole leg, thigh

Tendon Cutting Station

Drum Meat Scraping Station

Drum Bone Separation Station Drum Bone Unloader Thigh Hanging Station

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3

4 5 6

Leg Deboning and flexible Dark Meat Deboning Solutions. In the past whole leg deboning was a labor intensive and inefficient process. It either

required a lot of skilled labor or the automation that was available was slow, capital

intensive and had a high cost of ownership and low yields.

Since the market for deboned dark meat is growing fast, there also is a need to be

flexible to supply various segments of the market with different boneless dark meat

products. To do so, requires flexible automation that does not require change over

time or parts. Therefore, Foodmate deiced to develop a flexible system that can be

used to debone all variations of deboned dark meat such as deboned whole leg meat,

thigh meat and drum stick meat.

Foodmate OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System Foodmate’s new OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System is a flexible, total dark meat

deboning solution that produces high-yield, superior quality meat efficiently and

cost-effectively. Capable of deboning 100 skinless or skin-on anatomical whole legs,

thighs and drumsticks per minute, this system is so flexible that no additional parts

or changes are required when switching between the various dark meat

deboned products.

The OPTI-LTD can process left and right legs at the same time, with no need to

separate the legs. The machine’s exclusive concept and design produces high

quality deboned dark meat with only a few trimmers and inspectors

required. It removes the meat with low bone content left in the meat and leaves the

pin bone on the drumstick. The innovative scraper design gives the meat a hand-cut

appearance and produces extremely high yields.

OPTI-LTD’s all-mechanical design helps keep cost of ownership low. The system

is very user-friendly, which helps continuous peak performance while keeping

downtime to a minimum.

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& drumstick deboner

Whole Leg Loading Station

Thigh Meat Scraping Station

Meat Discharge Station1

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Finished Product

Products that can be deboned at the OPTI-LTD deboner

Whole anatomic leg Drumstick Anatomic thigh

All products can be deboned with and without skin.

Key Benefits:

- Debones 100 whole legs, thighs or drumsticks per minute

- Designed to debone any size bird

- Minimal bone content - less trimming required

- Capable of meeting all boneless leg meat specifications

- Excellent yields

- Can process both left and right legs at the same time

- High output per operator

- Simple all-mechanical design - user-friendly and easy

to maintain

- Low cost of ownership

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OPTI Thigh Deboner

High Yield and Hand-Cut AppearenceThe Foodmate OPTI Thigh Deboner was developed to solve problems commonly found

in both manual and automated thigh deboning operations. The unique concept and

design of this machine will provide high meat quality and optimum yield, and only

requires a few trimmers and inspectors.

The innovative scraper design and tendon cutting system gives the meat a hand-cut

appearance and does not shatter or crush the bones. Unlike other automated thigh

deboners, the OPTI Thigh Deboner does not require a rubber disc to clean the bone,

which significantly reduces operating costs.

There are many benefits with the OPTI Thigh Deboner over hand deboning systems.

Adding this feature will provide more consistent results, requires less operator training

and more importantly, it does not create eronomic issues with your employees due to

repetitive motion.

Unique Features and Benefits of the OPTI Thigh Deboner:

- Improves production speed with easy loading to handle 80 - 100 thighs per minute

- Improves the ability to accommodate various sizes with the self-adjusting

thigh deboner

- Increases yield with minimal manual trimming needed

- Eliminates bone shattering or fragmenting

- Provides a hand-cut meat appearance

- Reduces labor costs

- Accommodates skin on or off thighs

Max yield & Perfect end product

Inline deskinning unitOPTI Thigh Deboner

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Laguillaumie is a very well recognized Halal plant just 150 km South of the

French capital Paris. This company processes according the highest Halal

standard and is approved by the AVS certification authority. At Laguillaumie

they process about 5000 birds per hour.

In order to bring more efficiency into the process the company decided to

add a new building for installation of an automatic dynamic airchill system.

Before Foodmate was involved, they used so called “trolley carts” and drove

them into the cold storage to cool their birds. “This process involved a lot of

manual work and didn’t improve the quality of the birds” says Mr. Moussa

(owner and president of Laguillaumie). “With the new Foodmate airchill

system and automatic transfer from airchill to our cut-up system the bird

quality improved and we are making significant labour savings.”

FranceLaguillaumie France: dynamic airchill system and automaticline transfer

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New cut-up modules

New cut-up framesThe excisting frames have been changed a lot. In our R&D and engineering department

our engineers looked very critical at several key-points on cut-up modules. We found

that besides perfect cutting results the surrounding parts also needed attention and

improvement, so we started on the frame design and functionality.

Foodmate is always on the move when it comes to improve and develop new cut-up

equipment. Recently Foodmate introduced a number of upgrades and novelties on

their cut-up lines.

- Hygiene: the existing frame structure

allowed to give dirt and poultry parts to

stick and stack on several frame

positions. The result of that was that it

gives a dirty look and that at a certain

moment a pile of dirt or “older” product

could fall onto area’s where it was not

planned. For that reason we studied

and tested intensively on how we could

reduce this problem, but still keep a

good functionality of the machine, also

construction stability couldn’t make any

concessions. The new frames are totally

free underneath and cutted product

is allowed to make always a “free drop”.

- Adjustments: a common heard

complaint from machine operators and

plant maintenance people is: “to

adjust height or width we always have

to do a lot of work and this is very time

consuming.” To have an answer to this

problem we can now offer standard

manual height adjustment or electrical

regulated adjustments.

- Cutting: on several cut-up machines

modifications took place in order to give

better yields, handle more weight

ranges and handle higher speeds.

New cut-up frames

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Vent cutter

Opening machine

Eviscerator

Pack releaser

Cropping machine

Neck breaker

Inside & outside washer

Final control

Foodmate offers a full line of high performance evisceration

equipment. The capacities vary from low speed up to high

speeds, without making concessions towards the bird

quality. The Foodmate eviscerating line has been developed

according the “keep it simple” principle. The machines

are requiring a minimum a maintenance and are known for

their low operation cost. The Foodmate eviscerating line

can handle several bird types.

Foodmate eviscerating systemThe Foodmate evisceration line consist of the following machines:

Besides the above mentioned machines Foodmate can supply

additional equipment and systems like gizzard processing and

waste material handling equipment.

The Foodmate design makes it

possible to adept the machine into

lines supplied by other companies.

The machines can be both executed

in pipe and T- track overhead

conveyor.

Cropping machine

Eviscerator

Vent cutter

Opening machine Neck breaker

Final control

Inside/outside washer

800

2000 300

Perfect end

product and

low maintenance

marks the Foodmate

evisceration line

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Er Pilic in Turkey is one of the main poultry processing companies in Turkey and

they have several processing plants around Turkey. The company works accord-

ing the highest possible standards and is well recognized in Turkey and in the

countries they export to. For the Bolu location Foodmate delivered a modified

OPTI Thigh to make Pirzola. The Pirzola product is very popular in Turkey, specially

during the summer season. Pirzola is basically a skin-on thigh from which the

TurkeyErpilic Turkey: OPTI Thighdeboner and Pirzola processing

meat is partially stripped down the bone leaving the bone still attached to the

meat. This product is the perfect BBQ product as the bone and the skin give a

wonderful taste and the meat stays tender.

“We are more than satisfied with the Foodmate OPTI Thigh deboner. The

thigh deboning results are perfect and are even better in terms of yield and

presentation then manual deboning. But for us in particular having the

Pirzola functionality is very helpful, says Mr. Mete (General production

manager at Er Pilic). The Pirzola

product is really a big product in Turkey and

before we only could do it manually which

was very labour intensive. This machine

significantly reduced our labour cost and

for us it is one of the best investments we

have made in years.”

Pirzola & Thigh deboning machine in one

The CP group is one of the largest poultry processing groups Worldwide.

With processing plants all over Asia and in Turkey the CP group became a

major player over the last decades. In Turkey CP also have several plants.

TurkeyCP Turkey: Automatic breast cap deboning

For one of the Turkish main plants

CP invested in a Foodmate automatic

breast cap deboning system FM 7.50.

This machine is capable of deboning

breast cap at high capacities. The

key benefits of the FM 7.50 are:

compact design, minimum amount of

operators required, low maintenance

cost, high yield and a perfect ready

to pack end product. The machine

can debone butterfly fillets as well

as single fillets.

“At CP we looked at several solutions

to debone our breast caps efficient

in all possible ways. The Foodmate

solution was by far the best option:

good yields, low maintenance cost

and a very compact footprint required”,

says Mr. Mustafa of CP Turkey.

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OPTI-TD with Pirzola option

FM 7.50 breast cap deboner

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The Heijs company is located in the North of The Netherlands and has

become a key player in the fast food markets such as KFC. In 2010

Foodmate installed the first KFC cut-up line in The Netherlands at the Heijs

TheNetherlandsGebr. Heijs: combi retail/KFC cut-up line

It took a long time to become a

preferred and respected KFC supplier.

For a long time we doubted if using

automation to cut according to KFC

specifications would not affect our

reputation. But since we decided to

install a 9 piece cut up system from

Foodmate our KFC business has only

grown. “One of the main contributing

parts to our success with KFC is the

Foodmate 9 piece cut up system”,

says Mr. Jan Jaap Hamming of the

Heijs company. We never expected

the KFC market to grow this fast and

that we would need a second 9 piece

cut up system within two years.

The new cut up system at Heijs in

Leek is a so called “Combi Line”,

which means that in addition to

producing KFC 9 piece, the line can

also cut anatomical whole legs. This

allows Heijs to produce more

products in the same space at minimal

additional investment.

Cust

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from around the w

orld Hauwlerwijk location and in the middle of 2012 Heijs decided to purchase a

second machine for their Leek location.

9 piece fast food cut-up system

Typical 8/9 piece chicken parts

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Weighing/transfer system WTSFoodmate has launched an all new weighing & transfer machine to her product range. This machine is a new top notch Foodmate product and ensures astonishing results.

The all new WTS is designed to run at high speeds (12.000 bph +) and assures the best possible weighing accuracy (less than 10 grams up/down). Besides this

Foodmate intended to develop a simple and reliable machine with a minimum of maintenance time and cost. Together with our partner on weighing, ChickSort from

the United Kingdom we have the 1st machine running in a + 12.000 bph processing plant and is performing above imagination.

The weighing system has the following

functions:

- Whole bird weighing/sizing

- Whole bird batching

- Bird counting

The machine can be installed in

several configurations like for

instance:

- From airchill to distribution

- Distribution to cut-up

- Between 2 airchill lines in order

to make a pre-selection on whole

birds for wrapping

- The WTS has a unique compact

design and requires a minimum of

floorspace

The system and set-up configuration

is fully flexible, please contact your

local Foodmate sales representative

for more information or contact

Foodmate directly.

WPG systemEasy “weigh-pack & go”Foodmate introduced a system that makes the packing and weighing of crates and

carton boxes easier and more user friendly than on standard packing stations. Also the

output per workers becomes significantly higher.

The WPG system is the perfect system for bulk production packaging. The WPG system

is a packing system that weighs every box while the box is being loaded automatically

and when the box is filled according the desired weight, a buffering hopper system stops

loading the box. After this the operator can dispatch the box or crate and has the time to

place a new box or crate on the scale deck/packing station, by one touch on the button

the system will start loading again.

The system is ideal on a central box or crate packing station. The stations can be

supplied in several configurations, from a single

station to multiple stations.

The benefits of this system is:

- Better working conditions for the operators

- Less operators required

- Accurate weighing and packing

- A simple, easy and reliable system that can

be adapted in every type of operation

The simple and effective bulk packaging system

The most

accurate

whole bird

weighing/transfer

system available

WPG system

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2013 12-14 March CFIA Rennes, France

2013 13-15 March VIV Asia Bangkok, Thailand

2013 04-09 May IFFA Frankfurt, Germany

2013 22-24 May VIV Russia Moscow, Russia

2013 07-11 October Agroprodmash Moscow, Russia

2014 20-22 May VIV Europe Utrecht, The Netherlands

Worldwide

Foodmate B.V.

Röntgenstraat 18, Oud-Beijerland

P.O. Box 1405, 3260 AK Oud-Beijerland

The Netherlands

Phone: +31 (0)186 630 240

www.foodmate.nl

North America

Foodmate US Inc.

300 Wilbank Drive

Ball Ground, GA 30107

United States of America

Phone: +1 678 819 5270

www.foodmateusa.com

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New Digital machines manual @ FoodmateFoodmate is introducing a revolutionary new user manual for selected Foodmate

equipment. The new manuals are fully digital and are very user friendly. They can be

used on PC, I-Pad and Android operated tablets.

The digital manuals are showing an extremely good visible illustration of all parts that

are used in your machines by just a click.

The manuals are giving all essential

information that you need to know and

it makes ordering parts easier than ever.

Also the manuals consist of a trouble-

shooting part. Another section has the

possibility to organize a machine log

book and report manager.

Due to the fact that manuals have online

accessibility, upgrades and updates can

be integrated easily.

The new digital manual gives all information needed and helps you to keep your machines running optimal.