Compact grader for poultry and meat processing
Streamline your production line with this precise grading solution, designed to optimize weight accuracy and minimize giveaway in high-speed food processing operations.
The Compact Grader series from Marel, which includes the CG450, CG600, and CG900 models, offers a streamlined solution for food processors focused on efficiency and precision. This grader excels in batch and continuous operations, integrating seamlessly into current lines with its plug-and-play capability and being operable across diverse sectors like poultry, meat, and fish processing.
Utilizing a dynamic weighing platform, it automatically adjusts to minimize disturbance, ensuring accurate grading and batching. The system offers optional automatic batching bins, maximizing throughput without unnecessary giveaway, while maintaining gentle product handling.
Designed to meet stringent hygiene requirements, the Compact Grader features a robust construction with smooth, rounded edges for easy cleaning and resilience against high-pressure washdowns. Its telescopic legs provide ergonomic working conditions by allowing height adjustments.
With the ability to manage up to 160 pieces per minute, depending on the chosen model, it offers three different versions to cater to various product size requirements. These versions can handle product lengths ranging from 250mm to 700mm and weights up to 6,000g.
Integration with Marel’s Innova Food Processing Software allows for comprehensive data collection and real-time monitoring, providing users with performance insights necessary for optimizing operations. Adjustable through more than 50 grading programs, the system’s configurability is complemented by Marel’s engineering support for tailored solutions.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by minimizing product giveaway with precise weighing and batching.
- Reduces labor costs through easy setup and integration with plug-and-play functionality.
- Boosts operational insight with real-time data monitoring via Innova software, enabling informed decision-making.
- Facilitates stringent hygiene compliance with smooth, easy-to-clean surfaces and robust construction.
- Adapts to varying production needs with configurable setups, adjustable height, and multiple program options.
- Applications
- Pet food,Meat,Cheese,Fruit and vegetables,Poultry,Prepared foods,Fish
- End products
- Chicken breast fillets,Frozen fish portions,Salmon fillets,Pork chops,Pet food kibbles,Sliced apples,Diced cheese,Breaded chicken nuggets
- Steps before
- Receiving,Primary processing,Secondary processing,Weighing,Grading
- Steps after
- Batching,Packaging,Labeling,Quality Assurance,Data Collection
- Input ingredients
- fresh food products,frozen food products
- Output ingredients
- graded products,batched products,processed food products
- Capacity
- 80-160 pcs/min
- Max product length
- 250-700 mm
- Max product width
- 250 mm
- Weight range
- 40-6,000 g
- Gate division
- 475-650 mm
- Automation
- Plug and play
- Version
- CG450,CG600,CG900
- Gates
- 2x3 or 2x4
- Hygienic Design
- Yes
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Hand Wash
- Changeover time
- Short / Mid / Long
- Batching capability
- Best-fit batching
- Max product length
- 250mm / 10” to 700mm / 28”
- Max product width
- 250mm / 10”
- Compact footprint
- Adjustable height with telescopic legs
- Discharge method
- Dynamic weighing and optional grading and batching
- Gates
- 2x3 or 2x4 gates
- Model
- CG450,CG600,CG900
- Control panel type
- M2400 easy-to-operate indicator
- Discharge method
- 2x3 or 2x4 gates
- Integration possibilities
- Connects with Innova Food Processing Software
- Design type
- Compact and hygienic design with telescopic legs
- Grading Programs
- More than 50 grading programs
- Market info
- Marel is known for its advanced food processing equipment, specializing in systems and services for poultry, meat, and fish industries. It is recognized for innovation, quality, and improving processing efficiency and sustainability.