Product
Tempered Trim Blocks
Product Temperature
Ideal: 26°
Lowest: 19°
Throughput
8 Blocks/min
Infeed Height
108″
Infeed Width:
60″
Discharge Height:
56″
Fusion Process
Tempered Block
Breaker
FUSION PROCESS
Tempered Block Breaker
Tempered Meat Block Separating Solution
Suitable for medium to large processors looking to separate trim blocks back into their original pieces.
Equipment Overview
Gently separate tempered trim blocks into their original pieces.
Our innovative and unique Tempered Block Breaker is designed to take tempered and semi-frozen beef trim blocks and separate them back into their natural pieces to avoid USDA relabeling regulations.
This allows for spraying of citric acid (or other agents) onto each side of product muscle to reduce or eliminate bacteria growth.
Many processors are utilizing the Tempered Block Breaker to help prevent e. Coli contamination and subsequent costly recall and lawsuits.
Solid 4” solid shafts with 7” blades are strong enough to handle meat trim blocks semi-frozen at 19° but operates ideally when blocks are tempered to 26°. Gentle processing captures 99% of product purge, retaining product weight, and saving you money.
Safety is key in the meat processing industry. The Tempered Block Breaker boasts a safety switch and actuator on the auger discharge trough that prevents the machine from running if guarding is not in place. Safety guarding runs the length of the top of the machine, preventing operators from falling into the breaker.
Separate tempered trim blocks, save purge, reduce expenses, and treat product to eliminate bacteria with the Tempered Block Breaker!
Construction
- Stainless Steel 304 Construction
- Solid 4” Shaft Auger & Breaker Bars
- Hopper Constructed from 3/8” Side Plates and 5/8” End Plates
- Dual 160 Corrosion Resistant Roller Chains
- 30 HP Baldor Motor
- Low Output RPM Sumitomo Gearbox
- Solid Poly Lube Filled Bearings for a Maintenance Free Application
- Touch Screen Control Panel
Safety
- Motor Amp Overload Protection
- Safety Interlinks
- Combo Sensor and Lid Safety Switch
- Auger Output Door Closes Automatically When No Product is Present
Cleaning / Sanitation
- CIP Mode for Easy Cleaning
- Exceeds All AMI Sanitary Design Requirements
Break Semi-Frozen Product Into Natural State
The USDA requires any product broken down into 1″ or smaller pieces to be labeled as processed. The Tempered Block Breaker breaks up semi-frozen blocks back into the natural pieces — meaning you don’t have to label your product as processed.
Easily Treat Product to Eliminate Bacteria
Bacteria tend to grow on the outside of a muscle. Once the product is ground, the bacteria is spread throughout the entire product batch, causing significantly contaminated and wasted product. The Tempered Block Breaker allows you to spray all sides of the product muscle with citric acid (or other agents) to reduce or eliminate bacteria.
Reduce Your Workforce
The Tempered Block Breaker system only requires 7 employees to operate from the time product leaves your microwave to the time it exits the block breaker. Some customers have reported a reduction in the workforce from 32 employees down to 7. It also allows your plant to prep products days in advance, instead of processing the same day.
Save Purge
Using the Tempered Block Breaker system captures 99% of product purge (blood, water, etc), saving you product weight which saves you money.
Download the brochure to learn more about our Tempered Block Breaker.
Equipment Videos
What our partners said
Fusion Tech worked with us to take our current operation of processing frozen beef trim blocks that took 2 shifts and 22 employees to reach our product goals and reduced it to a 1 shift operation manned by 7 people. They designed a new piece of equipment for us that took our semi-frozen trim blocks and gently broke them up so we could treat each piece to eliminate any bacteria. We told them what we needed the system to do, and they went to work researching options and designing a system that met our needs and saved us time and money. We are able to process the same amount of product in 1 shift that we did in two. I would highly recommend working with the team at Fusion Tech.
Charlie Tamberelli
Read the case study to learn more about the customer’s results.
Technical Specs
Electrical
480VAC / 60 Hz / 50 FLA / 3 Phase
Gearbox / Motor
30 HP
Length
106.97″
Width
53.12″
Height
126.75″
Weight
4,552.72 lbs
Tempered Block Breaker System
The Tempered Block Breaker is part of a larger system to designed to help you remove trim blocks from boxes and bags, and load them into the breaker. A cardboard chute can be added to dispose of empty boxes.
We can custom design the layout, platform, and infeed conveyors to reduce your workforce and save you money.
- Platform
- Product Prep Table
- Box Tipper
- Box Conveyor
- Ergonomic Stand
- Platform Infeed Conveyors