DARK MEAT DEBONING SOLUTION
NEW
OPTI THIGH DEBONER
WITH KNEECAP SEPARATOR (KCS)
Foodmate developed the Kneecap Separator (KCS) feature
for the OPTI Thigh Deboner, as a solution to address staffing
issues with the trimming of cartilage that stays on the meat
after deboning. Due to an increasingly tight labor market, it is
becoming more and more difficult to staff the trim tables and
control trimmers’ performance; which can ultimately, in turn,
represent a loss in product quality and yield.
The OPTI Thigh Deboner has been a very successful machine,
with over 200 satisfied customers reporting significant yield
improvement. The OPTI TD’s innovative scraper design and
tendon cutting system give the meat a hand-cut appearance
without shattering the bones. Adding the automated KCS
does not impact meat quality and yields are very similar or
sometimes even better then operations that manually trim.
The KCS can be installed on existing machines, or it can be
integrated into a new thigh deboner. It is located underneath
the meat scrapers and is cam and gear operated. Each meat
scraper has a circular blade that comes from underneath the
thigh bone to cut the tendons around the knee joint. After
the tendons are cut, the meat scraper pulls the meat off the
bone while leaving the kneecap attached to the bone.
KNEECAP?
WHAT
KNEECAP?!
“FOODMATE IS VERY PROUD TO BE AWARDED
THIS MAJOR PROJECT IN THIS REGION.”
DAVID HAZENBROEK, PRESIDENT FOODMATE B.V.
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OPTI THIGH DEBONERS
SOLD WORLDWIDE
Since the official introduction of the OPTI Thigh Deboner
in 2011, Foodmate has successfully installed over 200
machines worldwide. Customers in the US, Canada, Ko-
rea, Australia, France, Poland, Turkey, Russia, Brazil and
several other countries are profiting from significant yield
improvements and labor savings as well as seeing im-
proved thigh meat quality and increased shelf life.
FINAL PRODUCT
High yield, hand cut appearance
without shattering the bones.
100 thighs per minute
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Due to the continued high growth of TFG in the frozen and
cooked poultry markets, TFG is investing in a highly automated
poultry processing line to be supplied by Foodmate. Foodmate
has been selected to provide the latest technology on eviscera-
tion, portioning, grading and deboning. Further, the systems to
be supplied include the latest innovations such as the MAX6000
breast deboning system and the ULTIMATE whole leg deboning
system.
“We need to supply superior quality products to high-
ly demanding export markets such as Japan and Eu-
rope. We have been considering several suppliers
and concluded that Foodmate systems are the best
to fit our high quality and high efficiency demand.”
MR. KUKIATTINUN, COO OF THAI FOODS GROUP.
“As TFG is one of the major players in the South Eastern Asian mar-
ket, we have to deal with rising labor shortage and higher labor
costs”, says Mr. Chirdsak Kukiattinun, COO of Thai Foods Group.
“As a result, we decided to invest in the latest automation tech-
nology by Foodmate. We also need to supply superior quality
products to highly demanding export markets such as Japan and
Europe. We have been considering several suppliers and finally
concluded that Foodmate systems are the best to fit our high
quality and high efficiency demand”, concluded Mr. Kukiattinun.
Optimal Yields. Delivered.
Worldwide!
ThaiFoods Group (TFG) is one of the top three leading companies
in poultry, swine and the animal feed industry in Thailand. TFG
produces fresh and frozen chicken as well as further processed
chicken products, live swine, pork parts and animal feed. The
company supplies fresh and frozen chicken parts to their domes-
tic market and export markets including Europe, Japan and Ma-
laysia. TFG’s total revenue in 2017 is estimated to exceed 25,000
million Baht or $780 million USD. TFG is publicly listed on the
Thailand Stock Exchange and currently supplies 500,000 birds per
day at four processing plants located in Thailand.
THAIFOODS GROUP PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (TFG)
“As a company, we have been concentrating a lot of attention to
the Asian market over the last five years. The current consump-
tion of poultry meat is already huge and still growing. In Asia, the
requirements on portion control, quality of cuts and type of cuts
are so much different than in other parts of the World. The overall
quality requirements are so much more s tringent as well. Being
rewarded with this huge project at TFG shows that Foodmate is
ready to serve this growing and sophisticated market. The Food-
mate reputation is widely known around Asia.”, says Mr. David Ha-
zenbroek