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Status: Exhibitors of IFFA 2025

JBT Marel

Description

The RoboPacker automates the manual task of packing and styling catch-weight products into trays. It minimizes labor and can increase throughput, improve yield and deliver consistent performance over an entire day. By reducing the number of people involved in the packing process, the RoboPacker also contributes to higher of food safety standards.

Full control over the packing process:With its vision unit, the RoboPacker detects the dimensions and position of each product, while also estimating its weight. It processes this data to place the product in trays accurately.

The RoboPacker will style the products in every single tray, offering a range of styling patterns such as yin-yang, fishbone, woven, as well as customer specific. This ensures flexibility and visual appeal, adapting to various product presentation needs. All defined and adjusted easily on the HMI that sets new standards controlling and adapting the machine to fit our customers' needs.

Perfect companion:With the capacity to handle up to 180 pieces and 80 catch-weight trays per minute, the RoboPacker is the perfect companion for a packing machine, feeding it with PE, polystyrene, flatboards and more. The RoboPacker has a small footprint, thus optimizing the workspace while enhancing performance. Depending on production size, either a single-cell or dual-cell RoboPacker will be required.Gripper technology

Any request to pick, pack and style specific poultry products can easily be met with RoboPacker’s extensive portfolio of grippers. Product changeovers are easy and quick; exchanging the gripper takes just minutes. This allows for seamless adaptation to various products, from chicken breast fillets over drumsticks to tenders.
The supreme gripper technology is optimized to handle poultry products and contribute to the immaculate styling of the trays, which reduces labor dependency.

Minimum target weight:In principle, the RoboPacker produces count-job trays, all with the same number of pieces in each tray. However, the system can ‘weigh’ too; the vision unit can estimate the weight of each piece by a volumetric calculation. Therefore, the RoboPacker can also pack on “minimum target weight”. If a tray job that involves packing three pieces has already reached its minimum target weight with only two pieces, the RoboPacker will finalize that tray with those two pieces.

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AuraVBS – Beef Carcass Grading

Elevate your production with the AuraVBS, the industry's leading full-carcass side-vision grading system. Unlike traditional methods, it automates and streamlines beef carcass grading, giving you unparalleled levels of speed and efficiency.

Optimize beef carcass grading

What really sets the AuraVBS apart is its patented camera technology. Using high-speed imaging, it measures carcass conformation and fat class while providing weight and saleable meat predictions, all with unmatched accuracy and speed. Its objective assessments drastically reduce variations, so you can always expect a highly consistent, top-quality output of beef products.

Fat Class certification and EUROP approved

The AuraVBS is approved for use in numerous countries worldwide, including Germany, Belgium, France, Ireland, the UK, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Australia. It is EUROP-approved by the European Union and is the only system approved for video imaging analysis (VIA) Fat Class certification in the UK.

Monitor and benchmark suppliers

Unlike any other beef carcass grading system, the AuraVBS gives you an efficient way to monitor and benchmark your suppliers. Its highly accurate predictions mean you can ensure incoming cattle always meet your specifications, giving you the means to confirm carcass prices more precisely.

Make data-driven decisions

The AuraVBS collects data during the high-speed grading process, giving you valuable insight into the slaughter process. It lets you make informed decisions to optimize profitability and meet product specifications easily and efficiently. Continuous data collection also guarantees traceability.

Open up global markets

Installing the AuraVBS at the end of your slaughter line gives you reliable predictions that help you monitor quality and meet all required food safety standards. This is vital when expanding market reach and offering international customers objective proof that all local standards are met.

Versions

Two variants are available:

  • Continuous - for slaughter lines processing up to 450 animals per hour
  • Stop and go - for slaughter lines processing up to 120 animals per hour

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