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POULTRY

MEYN RELEASES THE NEXT-GENERATION FLEXIBLE AND

LABOR-SAVING BREAST DEBONING SOLUTION

separate platforms. These platforms
can be adjusted in height individually
to ensure an ergonomic work position.
Fully customized with an
eye for flexibility

Meyn’s well-known Rapid series of-
fers full flexibility. Being the only solu-
tion available that can harvest all fil-
let and tender products automatically
from both breast caps and front halves
Labor and fluctuating market de- at a high speed of 7,000 BPH. Giving the available floor space. The individ-
mands have never been so challenging the processor the opportunity to har- ual processing sections each having
in poultry processing. The strenuous vest different end products: their own drive and gear belt to move
effects of COVID-19 forced various the product carriers. The product car-
processors to take measures like im- rier can be rotated in the best position
plementing social distancing and part- for each individual processing step.
ly shift to other output products. The Furthermore, the speed of the product
pressure on poultry processors to be carriers is varied across the system,
flexible with both their input and out- slower at the place of manual opera-
put has never been so apparent. To- tion, and fast in automatic operation.
gether with decreased dependency on
labor and increased requirements on Training
health and safety, processors are fac-
ing demanding times. Meyn answers Knowledge is the key to achieve the
these challenges with the release of best result with processing solutions.
their new Meyn Rapid Plus Deboner Therefore, Meyn offers default train-
M4.2 featuring the new Semi-automatic ing. The Meyn Rapid Plus M4.2 train-
loading carousel. This upgraded modu- End products ing program ensures that technicians
lar, the configurable deboning solution understand the relation between input
takes the next step to meet the need for • Half fillet with tenders attached product characteristics, adjustments,
flexibility and laborsaving. • Half fillet with tenders separated and the required end-product quality.
• Whole fillet with tenders attached For both production and maintenance.
The Meyn Rapid Plus Deboner M4.2
reduces the need for (skilled) labor • Whole fillet with tenders separated
and increases health & safety Tender products
• Non clipped tenders, normal quality
• Non clipped tenders, high quality
• Clipped tenders, high quality
By-products
• Back meat
• Carcass
• High-quality undamaged skin
• Keel bone cartilage
• Skin derived from the backside of With hundreds of Rapid deboning
front halves solutions sold worldwide, the Rapid
• Scraped meat from the keel bone breast deboning concept has been
Together with the Semi-automatic • Tendons (clipped part from a tender) globally praised by processors and
loading carousel, the Meyn Rapid Plus their customers and proven to be very
M4.2 with improved ergonomics en- • Wishbones successful. All customers truly see the
ables processors to save up to 34 FTE Both input and output can be adapted benefits of Meyn’s unrivaled deboning
per shift. Making the loading perfor- to changes in market demands. Three solution. Its flexibility, significant re-
mance less dependent on the experi- preset touch-buttons enable to adjust duction of labor costs, and a minimized
ence and skills of operators, leading to critical settings during production dependency on labor (skills) and input
a more consistent input. Which results when product weight ranges change. variety make it a true deboning ga-
in higher quality output. mechanger.
Additionally, the modular design of
Throughout the Rapid Plus solution, Rapid Plus M4.2 provides poultry pro-
all required operators are standing on cessors great flexibility to customize to Circle 39 on enquiry card
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