A brine injection machine for injecting brine to meat pieces is provided. The machine comprises an auxiliary frame (10) configured to carry a pre-filtering unit (6), and a pre-filtered brine tank (7), the auxiliary frame being detachable with regard to the main frame (1). At least one level sensors (32) is configured for detecting an amount of pre-filtered brine in the pre-filtered brine tank (7), and an electronic control device is configured for controlling the brine injection operation as a function of the amount of pre-filtered brine in the pre-filtered brine tank (7) that can be recycled, as detected by the at least one level sensor (32) at the end of a brine injection cycle. It is also disclosed a method for operating a brine injection machine according to the invention.
Compact orienting and transferring device for unitary elongated food products (1) comprising a circular conveyor (10) surrounded by a limitative wall (11) with an extraction opening (12); an extractor device including an extraction path (31, 32, 33) defined on a first conveyor (21) and with an intake end connected to the extraction opening (12), and a circular wheel (40) including a circular groove (50) on the wheel periphery, the first conveyor (21) being a conveyor belt wider than the circular groove entrance (53), a circular portion of the first conveyor (21) being directly supported on the wheel periphery covering the circular groove entrance (53) on a portion of that wheel periphery, defining a circular portion (32) of the extraction path (31, 32, 33) within the circular groove (50).
B65G 15/16 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts the load being conveyed between the belts between an auxiliary belt and a main belt
A22C 17/00 - Other devices for processing meat or bones
B07C 5/02 - Measures preceding sorting, e.g. arranging articles in a stream, orientating
B07C 5/36 - Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
B65G 29/02 - Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones for inclined or vertical transit
B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
B65G 47/248 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning over or inverting them
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
B65G 47/252 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning over or inverting them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction
The present invention relates to a food product processing plant including a loading unit (10), one or more processing units (20), and a food product unloading unit (30) that are connected via a rail (41) supporting a plurality of carriages (61) with a hook (62) which are clustered together forming multiple independent trains of carriages (60) which are independently actuated by means of multiple actuating units (51).
A22C 15/00 - Apparatus for hanging-up meat or sausages
B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
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THAWING PLANT AND THAWING METHOD OF RAW FROZEN MEAT PRODUCTS IN A DRUM TUMBLER
Thawing plant comprising a drum tumbler (10) hermetically sealable; a vacuum pump (11) connected to said drum tumbler (10) to create a partial vacuum defined below 125 mbars; a water steam injector (12) connected to said drum tumbler (10); a rotating device (13) connected to the drum tumbler (10) to produce its continuous or intermittent rotation; wherein it further comprises a deep diathermy heating applicator (20) including multiple directional emitter antennas (21) configured to apply radiofrequency waves in a medium frequency range configured and focused to produce an uneven heating of the meat product (30) maximizing the heating of an inner volume (33) of the meat product (30) at a predefined depth below an external surface (31) of said meat product (30).
The proposed invention includes an extruder apparatus (1) for a minced meat product with a distribution chamber (10) provided with an inlet opening (11) and with multiple outlet openings (12) of identical section, each one in communication with an extruder head (50) through a distribution duct (40) to produce the extrusion on a conveyor surface (2) movable through an air treatment unit (60), The outlet openings (12) are arranged equidistant to the inlet opening (11) and in radial symmetry in an annular arrangement, and all the distribution ducts (40) have the same length.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHTWEIGHT SNACKS WITH A CRUNCHY TEXTURE, DEHYDRATED PORTIONS FOR OBTAINING SAID LIGHTWEIGHT SNACK AND THE LIGHTWEIGHT SNACK OBTAINED
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing lightweight snacks with a crunchy texture, dehydrated portions for obtaining said lightweight snack and the lightweight snack obtained. Said invention proposes mixing a starch-free gelatinous coagulating product with thermoreversible coagulation properties that can melt at a threshold temperature with at least one flavoring product, inducing coagulation of the gelatinous coagulating product and shaping portions of said coagulated product that is less than 4 mm thick, drying said portions by means of treated air at a temperature lower than the threshold temperature, provided by a treatment unit for treating by means of treated air, obtaining dehydrated portions and frying the dehydrated portions, obtaining a lightweight snack with a crunchy texture.
The invention relates to a plant and method for the treatment of whole muscle meat, wherein the proposed plant includes a brine injection apparatus (1) with a conveyor device (10); three successive injector heads (20), each provided with a plurality of injector needles (21) connected to pressurized brine supply devices (30); one of said injector heads being connected to a first pressurized brine supply device (31), being independent from the remaining injector heads (20); and said plant also including at least one massage application apparatus (2) including a rotary drum (40) of between 140 cm and 210 cm for loading the whole muscle meat after injection thereof, operated at between 14 and 20 revolutions per minute, obtaining an increase in weight of the whole muscle meat greater than 220%.
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