Chicken defeathering solution
Optimize your poultry processing line with an advanced picker that ensures precise defeathering while maintaining high yields and superior product appearance.
The RF-6 Chicken Picker from Prime Equipment Group is designed to streamline your poultry processing lines with its effective and versatile approach to defeathering and hock cutting. Featuring counter-rotating drums, this machine ensures thorough removal of feathers by alternating the picking direction, which enhances precision and reduces the need for tight scalding conditions. Its ability to process various poultry cuts, from whole chickens to duck legs, makes it a valuable tool in food, poultry, meat, and seafood industries. Running continuously at high speed, it integrates seamlessly into automated production lines, reducing energy costs thanks to its capacity for lower scald water temperatures. Built for durability, it offers a reliable, low-maintenance solution with proven design. Configurations for different operational needs are supported, along with options for parts and maintenance through PRoCARE®.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by keeping skin intact, leading to higher-grade output.
- Lowers operational costs with reduced scald water heating requirements.
- Increases processing efficiency with hock-specific picking drums.
- Minimizes maintenance expenses through a durable and proven design.
- Enables high-speed, continuous operation for optimized production capacity.
- Applications
- Seafood,Meat,Poultry
- End products
- Processed poultry cuts,Chicken thighs,Chicken breasts,Duck legs,Game bird breasts,Chicken drumsticks,Turkey drumsticks,Turkey breasts,Whole chicken,Duck breasts,Chicken wings
- Steps before
- Scalding
- Steps after
- Evisceration,Chilling,Portioning,Packing
- Input ingredients
- live chicken,poultry with feathers,poultry with hocks
- Output ingredients
- defeathered chicken,poultry with skin attached,poultry ready for further processing
- Defeathering Method
- Counter-Rotating Picker
- Picking Direction
- Downward and Upward
- Scalding Temperature
- Lower than standard
- Working mechanism
- Counter-rotating drums
- Integrated steps
- Defeathering with hock focusing
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- Energy efficiency
- Lower scald temperatures
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Changeover time
- Minimal due to efficient design
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Abrasion resistance
- Durable against feather abrasion
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Resistant to cleaning agents
- Biological compatibility
- Safe for use with food products
- Poultry type
- Chicken
- Picking mechanism
- Alternating rotation
- Picker drum configuration
- Counter-rotating
- Footprint size
- Compact
- Machine design
- Proven durable design
- Drum type
- Hock picking drums
- Rotation method
- Alternating rotation
- Control panel type
- PLC / Touchscreen
- Picker drum configuration
- Counter-Rotating
- Hock picking drum feature
- Yes / No
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.