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Drum Meat Scraping Station
Drum Bone
Unloader
Tendon Cutting Station
Thigh Meat Scraping Station
Drum Bone Separation Station
Meat Discharge
Station
Whole Leg and/or Drumstick
Loading Station
Thigh Hanging Station
AUTOMATED J-CUTTING Station
Leg Deboning and Flexible Dark Meat Deboning Solutions
Foodmate OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System
In the past, whole leg, thigh and drumstick deboning, was a labor intensive
The newly updated OPTI-LTD Dark Meat Deboning System is a flexible, to-
and inefficient process. It either required a lot of skilled labor or the auto-
tal dark meat deboning solution that produces high-yield, superior quality
mation that was available was slow, capital intensive and had a high cost
meat efficiently and cost effectively.
of ownership and low yields due to rework.
Capable of deboning 100 skinless or skin-on anatomical whole legs, thighs
Since the market for deboned dark meat is growing fast, there also is a
and drumsticks per minute, this system is so flexible that no additional
need to be flexible in order to supply various segments of the market with
parts or changes are required when switching between the various dark
different boneless dark meat products. Therefore, Foodmate developed a
meat deboned products.
flexible system that can be used to debone all variations of deboned dark
meat, such as deboned whole leg meat, thigh meat and drumstick meat.
In addition, the new system now has an added automated J-Cutting Station, which makes a pre-cut along the drumstick bone, knee joint and thigh
bone.
Key Benefits
OPTI-LTD Whole Leg, Thigh and Drumstick Deboning System Exceptional yields. No bones about it.
· Excellent yields
· Low cost of ownership
· High output per operator
· Optional Knee-Cap Remover
· Designed to debone any size bird
· Optional Automated J-Cutting Station
· Minimal bone content - less trimming required
· Can process both left and right legs at the same time
· Capable of meeting all boneless leg meat specifications
· Debones 100 whole legs, thighs or drumsticks per minute
· Simple all-mechanical design, user friendly and easy to maintain
Finished Product