SensorX System - Poultry

Overview

Marel introduces the new SensorX Bone detection System that automatically finds bones in poultry meat. It was designed to tackle the chicken bone problem that, until now, has been an unavoidable part of chicken processing.

Main benefits:

• Uses advanced X-ray technology for best results in poultry bone detection
• Provides a safer, more valuable product
• Reduces labour costs
• Offers better data, fewer bones, less rework and no claims

Can you spot a bone?  We can!

SensorX Bone Scanning

The SensorX poultry bone detector automatically identifies bones and other foreign objects in poultry meat. It scans the product using advanced X-ray technology. Although it was designed for automatic bone inspection, the SensorX can easily detect other contaminants such as metal, stone and glass.

Detected contaminants can be highlighted on a high-resolution color display for easy removal. (Non-detectable contaminants are soft cartilage, wood and most types of plastics.)

The SensorX commonly achieves a 99% detection rate on calcified bones larger than 2mm, with false positives below 3%.

Where in the process?

The SensorX bone scanner was designed to be used in the wet environment of the deboning area. All common deboning methods unavoidably leave bones in a substantial percentage of the meat. Marel recommends that the bone issue is tackled at the source, right after deboning.

This saves resources that would otherwise be spent on processing product not properly deboned. It also ensures that valuable realtime information is provided for optimal deboning performance.

They use SensorX:

„ We are extremely pleased with the Marel SensorX machines. They pick up bones of just about any size bone, as long as they still have calcium in them. They´ve made our lives a lot easier and I like to think of them as our insurance policy for truly bone-free boneless“

- Greg West, Plant Manager, Alatrade Foods LLC, Phenix City, AL, United States.

„It was really the demands of our customers for lower bone content that led us to buy SensorX. We tested some X-ray machines and Marel´s was the best. It was the only one that could find the small bones and the deltabones“

- Hans Van Norden, Production Manager from Dutch Poultry producer Storteboom

Features

Improved Deboning Process

This sophisticated and efficient solution increases the knowledge of the deboning process and delivers safer and more valuable product. Real-time feedback on the rate of bone-in fillets, and analysis of the nature of bone defects, provides a tool for deboning process consistency and improvement.  Results are bone-free chicken, with optimal yield and throughput.

X-Ray Computer Vision

The SensorX chicken bone detection automatically identifies bones and other foreign objects in chicken meat. The SensorX scans the product for bone content using X-ray detection. Detected bones are highlighted on a high-resolution display terminal for easy removal.

Accurate Bone Detection

The SensorX detects bones of various types and sends a signal to a reject or a QC station which directs the fillets to different gates or workstations, based on the bone content. Compact and easy to operate, the SensorX bone scan system fits into most current processing lines without major changes.

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