Processing Technologies
How can we innovate better as an industry?
Australian manufacturing produces some of the worlds best meat. This will continue. Our commitment to innovation – in product, operations, business systems, communications, export, industry collaboration, environment, etc, is the epicentre of the Australian red meat industry
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Dec 12, 2017
Robotic automation and hybrid processes for bandsawing have a wide array of advantages for the red meat industry, including lower production costs, reduced worker fatigue, increased workplace safety...
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Dec 12, 2017
The project investigated the detail design challenges and conditions to integrate a CO2 capture plant into an existing abattoir process system.
The project also outlined high risk components and ...
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Dec 12, 2017
Beef carcase splitting is currently undertaken by trained and experienced saw men, often using splitting saw operated on hydraulic platforms.
Due to recent progress in automating other aspects of...
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Dec 12, 2017
The objective of this project was to evaluate the benefits and possibilities of adapting the existing automatic pork bung handling equipment, which is in use in Denmark, to slaughter lines for lamb ...
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![Caprine and ovine "cubing" characterisation and automation feasibility](https://www.ampc2.webtactics.com.au/uploads/_CGSmartImage/img-1c183fe1c35e73ea478e76ec244e1e78.jpg "Caprine and ovine "cubing" characterisation and automation feasibility")
Dec 11, 2017
In Australia, primal cut meat is generally compacted into frozen blocks and cut into “cubes” for bulk packaging or in bags of fixed weight for export. Tests conducted indicate that cutti...
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Dec 11, 2017
The main objective of this research project was to investigate the potential for self-cleaning or low fouling membranes in the Red Meat industry for tallow recovery.
The philosophy behind the pro...
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Dec 11, 2017
Red meat processors can generate large volumes of wastewater rich in both organic contaminants and nutrients and can therefore be strong candidates for treatment processes aimed at recovery of energ...
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Dec 11, 2017
Barriers exist at all stages in the supply chain for the development of new, bovine derived value added products. By speaking with stakeholders at all stages in the supply chain, we developed an und...
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Dec 7, 2017
Meat processing plants suffer significant labour costs and workplace health and safety risks associated with the manual picking and packing of primal cuts after processing.
As such, the successfu...
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Nov 30, 2017
Spinal cord removal and splitting have remained manual processes in slaughter houses around the world, due to the variability of the carcasses and the processes themselves posing significant challen...
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Nov 30, 2017
In order to understand industry considerations for transitioning an existing plant into a cellular format, four high volume Australian red meat processors participated in a series of surveys and int...
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Jun 20, 2017
The innovation devised from Primo Scone focuses om the operation of bandsaws in a processing environment. Two key problems face processors with regards to the operation of this machinery.
Anecdot...
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Jun 14, 2017
The meat industry has a major requirement to automate its processes of slaughtering and meat preparation including primal cutting, sub-primal breakup and de-boning.
This project was proposed in 2...
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May 19, 2017
This project was a pilot study undertaken to verify whether or not meat (lamb) can be safely maintained in a hypobaric (vacuum) environment for 35 days without appreciable loss of weight or spoilage...
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Dec 23, 2016
Scott shall utilize its technology and intellectual property from the Leap II hindquarter boning robot along with lessons learnt in the manual-assist Beef Boning Unit to develop a manual assist devi...
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Nov 16, 2016
Primal cut picking and packing is currently a labour intensive meat packing process which is completely manual. As a result of the technical complexities involved in this task, there is currently no...
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Oct 7, 2016
First Stage To Research & Develop A User Requirement Specification & Present A Prototype Build Cost & Timeline.
A year ago, Applied Robotics was contracted by the AMPC (under AMPC Pro...
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Jun 20, 2016
This report documents the results of an investigation to determine if red meat processing facilities would benefit from the use of wearable technologies.
Wearable technologies offer the abil...
