Case Study
Cow & Bull
Processing Floor
American Foods Group
The challenge.
American Foods Group needed a way to automate the process of separating whole muscle and trim from carcasses to make ground beef.
The system needed to include a way to load trim into combos, automate the weighing of the trim, and remove CO2 gas through an exhaust system.
A pack-off area for empty and full boxes was also needed.
Requirements
- Separating whole muscle and trim from bones
- Automate the weighing and filling of trim into combos
- Remove CO2 gas through exhaust system
- Pack finished product
Key solutions.
Our team designed, fabricated, and installed a complete system to separate cow and bull parts, automate the trim weighing and filling into combos, and pack-off the finished product.
The project included a trim combo loading system.
- Layout and SolidWorks 3D modeling
- Conveyor design and fabrication
- Combo dumper design and fabrication
- Mezzanines and catwalks
- Pack-off area (empty and full box)
- Utilities
- Load combos while full combos were being removed
- Report the weights of trim going into each combo
- Automate the weighing of trim
- Remove CO2 gas through the exhaust system
The results.
The results speak for themselves. The system we designed for American Foods Group resulted in a 30% increase in production, making their process more efficient.
30%
production increase