Marel Food Systems at SPE 2009

Product launches at SPE 09:

I-Cut 10 – A clear cut

Live demonstrations of the new compact I-Cut 10 will be given at the Marel stand. The single-lane portioncutter is designed to optimise fixed-weight production and its accuracy at high speeds boosts yield and minimizes giveaway, resulting in increased productivity and profitability. The small footprint makes it easy to fit it into most production facilities and its robust construction and advanced technology ensures that maintenance costs are kept at a minimum. The competitive price combined with the savings in labour costs virtually guarantees a rapid payback.

High quality slicing at high speed

Marel introduces the fastest slicer for fresh smoked salmon on the market – the new D-cut slicer, which produces 250 slices per minute while retaining all the other excellent features of GEBA and CP slicers.

No more difficult bones

The new Carnitech Vacuum Pinbone Remover removes both bones and surplus water from the fillets, thereby ensuring a high level of hygiene and maximum yield. The new pinboner has a unique optional feature. It is available with an extra set of heads that can remove some of the difficult bones in the neck that other pinboners cannot handle.

Precision weighing and labelling

At speeds up to 60 packs/min, the new WPL 9060 provides reliable, accurate, high resolution weigh price labelling for all popular tray sizes across a wide range of packaging applications. It features all new software and a touch screen with Windows embedded operating system for easy control and programming.

All-purpose checkweighing

Marel's M-Check RF8 provides 100% weight control, preventing underweight and/or overweight packages. The unit is specifically designed for both wet and dry food products.

New compact trimming flowline

The new StreamLine is extremely flexible and can be used for most filleting and trimming processes. Adjustable in size and number of stations to fit every processor's needs. Yield and throughput of individual operators is monitored in real-time.

New top-of-the-line processing concepts:

Cut 'n Batch for fresh fish products – from fillet to tray

At the Marel stand, demonstrations will be given of the top-of-the-line 'Cut'n Batch' concept for fresh products. This fully automated processing line is designed to minimise labour costs and giveaway. The concept includes high precision portioning followed by robot batching of the fresh fish product according to shape, size or weight and loading into trays. On top of and throughout the entire process, Innova ensures full traceability and production control.

From catch to batch with full automation in loading and batching

A new concept that features full automation in the loading and batching processes. A pick-and-place robot picks up the fish portions in a fraction of a second, placing them on the IQF loading belt in a predetermined, organised pattern. This labour reducing concept allows for optimal belt utilisation and less human contact with the products, resulting in enhanced hygiene. After multihead batching of the frozen product into fixed weight packs, the final control is provided by the M-Check RF8 to prevent under- and/or overweight.

Improved yield and extended shelf-life of whitefish

Marel introduces a revolutionary processing system that utilises the latest technology of 'contact chilling' to greatly improve raw material yields. The principal of contact chilling centres on cooling the fillets down to -1.5°C, just above freezing point, before they are skinned and trimmed. This makes the skin firmer and, as a result, there is very little damage to the fillets when they pass through the skinning machines. The outcome is a much more attractive product and greatly improved raw material yield, not to mention the extended shelf-life due to the low temperature of the product, which also contributes to improved conditions during transport.