Fresh meat (trimmings) belt inspection system
| Project start date: | 01 August 2003 |
| Project end date: | 30 June 2007 |
| Publication date: | 01 August 2006 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
A novel x-ray inspection system has been developed to assist the Australian red meat industry reduce the incidence of bone fragments occurring in trimmings product.
The resulting pilot machine has been tested in the boning room of an Australian red meat processing plant, and has demonstrated capacity to detect hard bone down to a thickness of around 2mm. This performance is believed to be significantly better than machines currently on the market.
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| Project manager: | David Doral |
| Primary researcher: | Applied Sorting Technologies |
