Feasibility and pre-production development of integrated data capture/management and product handling in beef processing (Phase 1)

Summary

​The automation of the load out area at KPC has seen a streamlined approach to the back end of the abattoir. The system is a flexible way to move product through the loading area and can adapt to periods of chilled, frozen or mixed out feed. The system is currently being operated by the staff at KPC and is handling the entirety of the product that is being sent to the room. The product flow to the room has been changed since the projects beginning with the line being fed frozen and chilled product in separate shifts rather than at the same time. This limits the system throughput. Data seamlessly flows from the KPC sortation system to the Handling system and is handed back to the warehousing system at the end of the process.