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In
view of the development of boiler industry the automatic small
boiler processing plants to meet the local need and exports
norms may be the need of the new millennium. It includes
quality of factory- dressed chicken, cut-up parts, deboned
chicken, alongwith cold storage rooms, refrigerated food
display counters and other grocery materials.
Roller
Track Conveyer
40
days old chicks arrive from the broiler house. The broilers
are moved off the trucks on to a roller track conveyer, which
takes them to the hanging area and hung by the legs on special
shackles of the overhead conveyor.
Electrical
Water Bath Stunner
Fists
the birds are taken to the killing area where stunning,
killing and bleeding are carried out. Stunning is done
automatically in an electrical water bath stunner.
Subsequently the killing can be done manually using a knife on
the side of the nect. Prior to defeating the birds are
immerced in a scalding tank which features strong agitation
pumps, which ensures the birds are always drawn downwords. The
feathers are then removed in a plucking machine. Prior to
evisceration the heads are removed by a head puller.
Eviscerating
Fork
After
applying the neck skin slit manually, the vent is cut out,
using the vent-cutting piston connected to a compressed air
unit. The opening cut is applied manually with a knife.
Evisceration can be done by hand or using a special implement,
eg. eviscerating fork. The gizzard, skin, lungs and hocks are
all around by automatic instruments. Now the birds are ready
for chilling. This can be done by air or water. Generally
speaking, air chilling is used for the carcass which is to be
sold fresh and water chilling mainly for the frozen carcass.
Screw
Water Chiller
After
being dropped by the hock cutter into the screw water chiller
the birds are washed and chilled in approximately 30 minutes.
During this process the temperature of the birds is lowered
from approximately 350 C to 6-80 C and
the process also allows for a substantial water pick-up.
excess water is separated from the birds by means of an excess
water separator.
Automatic
Cut up Line
There
is an automatic cut up line. Packets are prepared according to
customer demand, whole, parts or boneless. These are then
individually packed in air removed polythene bags. All the
sealed packets are stored at –20 degree for minimum 12 hrs.
Rendering
plant and feed mill
All
the cut parts of the chickens like feathers, legs and blood
are converted into poultry feed in the rending plant. |
