Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page

3. FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS

3.1 Water and Drainage

All public slaughter premises must have a dependable source of clean water or what is normally referred
to as potable water, preferably pipe-borne, to maintain hygienic and sanitary services in the plant. The
water must be well distributed in terms of point-location inside the premises and must be hot, if
possible, for hygienic washing of products and facilities.

In the absence of pipe-borne water, surface or underground water from rivers and wells can be used but
must be pre-treated. It would be useful, however, to instal a reservoir or tank on the premises as a
security against shortages and breakdown of pumps.

Side by side with water is the question of drainage. All washings or wet cleaning must course over the
slaughter floor into a collecting drainage and empty eventually outside the building. The floor should be
designed to slope toward the main collecting drain, the latter in turn to slope toward exterior connecting
pipes. While the walls must have a hard smooth surface to prevent staining with blood and fat and hence
facilitate cleaning, the floor must be rough or grooved to forestall slipping.

3.2 Lighting and Ventilation

Lighting is another important requirement. In the cities and towns, connection with the main municipal
electricity supply should be possible, but failing that a diesel generator can be installed. Transparent
insets can also be made in the roofing at vantage points to provide natural lighting or sky-lighting. Wide
lintel windows or bay openings, covered with gauze to exclude insects, also serve the same purpose, as
well as provide ventilation.

3.3 Basic Equipment

The standard installation and equipment required in modern slaughter premises are those necessary to
effect a rapid and hygienic conversion of livestock into meat in what might be called the dressing
operations, and those required to prepare the offal for further use or disposal into waste, otherwise
referred to loosely as cleaning and rendering operations. The facilities required for these services must
be carefully selected and kept separate.
For dressing (including immobilization) the following are important:

Stunning Pen: A small or narrow enclosure into which the animal is led from the Lairage to be rendered
unconscious (in conventional slaughter) after which it is bled; also referred to as the knocking pen;

The Hoise: A device for lifting up the stunned animal for bleeding; it can be operated manually,
mechanically or electrically. The hoisting system is often built into an overhead rail-system to facilitate
movement of the animal for dressing and the carcass for inspection;

Skinning Cradle: A metal or plastic rest with a trestle arrangement onto which the bled animal is placed
for skinning and evisceration, often used where a hoist system is unavailable;

The offal gear comprises the following as major equipment:

Collecting Troughs: These are containers for receiving blood or collecting gut material and are also
utilizable for disposal of non-carcass components such as shanks and hoofs;

Offal Cleaning Tables: Often built into the offal chamber wall, they may be of concrete, galvanized metal
or stainless steel and provided with high pressure water points for cleaning offal.

3.4 Orientation of Slaughter Floor Activities

As far as possible, the carcass dressing and offal cleaning operations should be kept separate. In large
slaughterhouses, this is achieved by physical demarcation of the slaughter premises into distinct
operational zones or by the disposition of the working gear as a whole.

Where this is not possible, as in a slaughterslab which may operate on a single “all-purpose” floor, the
separation of dressing and cleaning operations can be effected by orientation of the activities in such a
way that they follow in one direction only. Care must be exercised however, in dressing operations as
skinning and evisceration have contaminating influences. Blood collection and the initial handling of
condemned meat must also be done carefully and away from the carcass. The practice of slaughtering
animals in any available space within the premises is negative to this concept and should be discouraged.

3.5 Slaughtering Tools

Relatively fewer tools are required for the slaughter of small ruminants, and some can be made by local
metal workshops or blacksmiths. They include the following (see also Fig. 2).

Sticking Knife: A knife with a six-inch blade (15.2 cm) and a v-shaped end used in severing the blood
vessels of the neck to bleed the animal;

Skinning Knife: As the name implies, this knife is used for the removal of the animal's skin. Also with a
six-inch blade and characteristically curved backwards to allow for ease of operation, it can be used to
scrape off burned hair from carcasses being dressed with the skin-on;

Meat Saw: A replaceable blade handsaw which is used in sawing through bone;

Meat Chop: Also called the cleaver, the mea chop is a heavy axe used for separating heavy structures,
e.g. the head from the neck or the shanks from the leg;

Spreader: A metal device for suspending the animal body and spreading out the legs for dressing and
inspection;

Grinding and Honing Stones: Grinding stones are coarse grained and used for the initial sharpening of
knives into thin edges, then finished with the honer which is of fine-grain to provide extra thinness.
Either oil or water may be used in sharpening knives to prevent the stone from heating the knives;

Steel: A long, tapering rounded and smooth metal rod on which knives are smoothened from time to
time to improve keenness;
Meat Tree/Hooks: Metal devices with bent ot curved ends for holding or displaying parts of the
slaughtered meat and offal for washing and inspection.

FIG.2 SHEEP AND GOAT SLAUGHTERING TOOLS

Fig 2

The above list constitutes the most important tools required in the slaughter of small ruminants. At the
end of the slaughter operation, they must be washed with detergents or disinfectants before being
stored. Blade-edged tools must be sterilized while those liable to corrode should be oiled.

Previous Page Top of Page Next Page

Get Verified Sellers for Your Requirement

Search for a product / service

Foodtech Equipments Company

Dilshad Garden, Delhi

Verified SellerResponse Rate: 84%

Call Now Contact Seller

PRODUCTSCATEGORIES ABOUT US

Slaughter Tool (14)

Butcher Knives (Commercial purpose )

Butcher Knives (Commercial purpose )

Butcher knife
Call Now Get Best Price

Slaughter Cutting Tools

Kentmaster model HC-7. Hock and horn cutter Hydraulic with power pack and hose pipe ...

Call Now Get Best Price

Carcass Splitter

Kentmaster Model BM-V-SB Bull Splitting Bandsaw. 3 H.P Electric motor, 4...

Call Now Get Best Price

Slaughterhouse Electric Elevator

Features:

Fine quality

Easy to maintain

Top quality

Call Now Get Best Price

Brisket Opening

Brisket Opening

Call Now Get Best Price

Front Hock Cutting

Call Now Get Best Price

Quartering & Loin Dropping

Quartering & Loin Dropping

Call Now Get Best Price

Sheeps Restrainer

Sheeps Restrainer

Call Now Get Best Price

Preskinning Pigs Electric Conveyor

Preskinning Pigs Electric Conveyor

Call Now Get Best Price

Pigs Stunning Cage

Pigs Stunning Cage

Call Now Get Best Price

Chicken Cropper

Call Now Get Best Price

Chicken Inside & Outside Washer

Chicken Inside & Outside Washer

Call Now Get Best Price

Knives Sterilizer

Knives Sterilizer

Call Now Get Best Price

Automatic Hooks Wash

Features:

Automatic

Rust free

Easy fixture

Call Now Get Best Price

Contact Foodtech Equipments Company

Your country is

Philippines
Enter Email Address

Enter product

Butcher Knives (Commercial purpose )

Slaughter Cutting Tools

Carcass Splitter

Slaughterhouse Electric Elevator

Brisket Opening

Front Hock Cutting

Quartering & Loin Dropping

Sheeps Restrainer

I agree to terms and privacy policy

More categories by this seller

Meat processing (15)

Vacuum Tumbler

Vacuum Tumbler

Call Now

Get Best Price

Meat Mancer

Meat Mancer

Call Now

Get Best Price

Meat Mincer

Call Now

Get Best Price

Buffalo Skinning Machine

Buffalo Skinning Machine

Call Now

Get Best Price

Rendering Plant (Cooker)

Rendering Plant (Cooker)

Call Now

Get Best Price

View All

Hygienic Equipments (6)

Ecoline- & Highline Hygieneschleusen

Ecoline- & Highline Hygie...

Call Now

Get Best Price

Chainmail Glove

Chainmail Glove
Call Now

Get Best Price

Knives, Meat Hooks & Tools

Knives, Meat Hooks & Tool...

Call Now

Get Best Price

Hygienic Station

Hygienic Station

Call Now

Get Best Price

Grinding Tools

Grinding Tools

Call Now

Get Best Price

View All

Knife Sheaths (2)

Knife Sheaths

Knife Sheaths
Call Now

Get Best Price

Used Meat Processing Equipment

Used Meat Processing Equi...

Call Now

Get Best Price

View All

Meat Machine (2)

Dicer Machine

Dicer Machine

Call Now

Get Best Price

Frozen Meat Block Cutter

Frozen Meat Block Cutter

Call Now

Get Best Price

View All
Rendering Plant (2)

Fat Cleaning & Storage Section

Fat Cleaning & Storage Se...

Call Now

Get Best Price

Pressing Section

Pressing Section

Call Now

Get Best Price

View All

View More Categories

Let IndiaMART find

sellers near you!

Your Country is Philippines

Enter Email Address

I agree to terms and privacy policy

Or

Login with Google

Get Verified Sellers

Similar products from other sellers

Profile Cutting Torch

Mediline Engineers

Jhilmil Colony, Delhi

Call Now Get Best Price

Buffer Tube Cutters

Buffer Tube Cutters

Star Technologies

Janakpuri, New Delhi

1,500 / Piece

Call Now Get Best Price

Head Seat Cutter Set Carbide Tipped

Head Seat Cutter Set Carbide Tipped

Sahney Tools

Mori Gate, Delhi

Call Now Get Best Price

Cutting Tools

Cutting Tools

Shyam Sales Corporation

Chandni Chowk, Delhi

500 / Piece

Call Now Get Best Price

SA-78NCE Tube Cutting Machine

SA-78NCE Tube Cutting Machine

Ravik Engineers Private Limited

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Call Now Get Best Price

Electric Cutter GBT 450

Electric Cutter GBT 450

G B Tech India
Dariya Ganj, Delhi

Call Now Get Best Price

Premium Products

Bosch GCO 200 Cut-Off Saw 355 mm, 2000 W, 3800 RPM

Bosch GCO 200 Cut-Off Saw 355 mm, 2000 W, 3800 RPM

Get Quotes

Hitachi CM12Y Disc Cutter 305mm, 2400W, 5000 rpm

Hitachi CM12Y Disc Cutter 305mm, 2400W, 5000 rpm

Get Quotes

Dewalt DW862 Wood Cutter Machine 110 mm, 1270 W, 13500 RPM

Dewalt DW862 Wood Cutter Machine 110 mm, 1270 W, 13500 RPM

Get Quotes

Eastman ECM-355A Cut off Machine 355mm

Eastman ECM-355A Cut off Machine 355mm

Get Quotes

Maktec (By Makita) MT410 Marble Cutter, 110 mm, 1200 W, 13000 RPM

Maktec (By Makita) MT410 Marble Cutter, 110 mm, 1200 W, 13000 RPM

Get Quotes

Kobalt AG-801 Angle Grinder 4 inch, 850 W, 11000 RPM

Kobalt AG-801 Angle Grinder 4 inch, 850 W, 11000 RPM

Get Quotes

❯
Let IndiaMART find

sellers near you!

Your Country is Philippines

Enter Email Address

I agree to terms and privacy policy

Or

Login with Google

Get Verified Sellers

You may also be interested in

Cutting Wheels

Cutting Wheels

Get Quotes

Metal Cutting Tools

Metal Cutting Tools

Get Quotes

Carbide Cutting Tools

Carbide Cutting Tools

Get Quotes

Milling Cutters

Milling Cutters

Get Quotes

HSS Cutting Tools

HSS Cutting Tools

CNC Cutting Tools

CNC Cutting Tools

Get Quotes

View More >

Download IndiaMART App

Home About Us Customer Care Desktop Site

096-9696-9696©1996-2019 IndiaMART.com

Home

BUYER

Post Your Requirement

Search

Business Directory

Messages

Manage Requirements

Pay With IndiaMART

Sell on IndiaMART

Download App Now

About Us Customer Care