QUALITY HAM SYSTEM INOX MECCANICA TECHNOLOGY

Inox Meccanica was founded more than 40 years ago in the area that could be defined as the ‘triangle of taste’, between Mantova, Bologna and Parma. Today it has more than 50 employees in the production, administrative, sales, purchasing, warehouse and marketing departments. The activity takes place on an area of about 20,000 square metres, of which over 3,000 are covered. The growth over the years has been constant, following the expansion of the reference markets; the products have been refined step by step, offering absolutely reliable and very high quality equipment. In addition to more traditional...

INTRODUCTION Inox Meccanica unveils its new cooked ham production plant, designed and developed on the basis of the following guidelines: • High production capacity High flexibility High level of automation Enhancement of Inox Meccanica’s production technology process

HIGH PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOR “HQ” PRODUCTS 3 bars/minute, with the following characteristics: • Hourly production: 3,800 kg/hour Shift production: 30,000

LIMITS OF THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM High-quality Italian-style cooked ham produced with traditional systems requires hand-formed aluminium moulds, which create various problems in production and in the automation of operations such as: • handling of the mould when loading and unloading from trolleys or scales due to the high weight; problems in automating the closing and opening of moulds; problems in washing and sanitising moulds being mainly made of aluminium; considerable energy consumption. The French-style production system requires a thermoforming machine, the products are zero drop, they...

Compact bar of constant length and diameter Suitable for both water and steam cooking PRODUCTIVITY ADVANTAGES OF OUR SYSTEM A ‘High Quality’ cooked ham is produced respecting the anatomy of the whole muscle You can get a product with weight loss or a product without weight loss Better slicing yield thanks to long, uniformly sized bars Thanks to the absence of moulds we have much faster baking and cooling times Does not require pasteurisation proces

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF OUR SYSTEM No need to buy and handle stainless steel moulds Elimination of consumption materials for pasteurisation Reduction in personnel used thanks to the high level of plant automation Energy saving thanks to the cooking and cooling cycle in water More compact production departmen layout

01. SALT PREPARATION AND MIXING PLANT

02. INJECTION AND TENDERIZING LINE

03. TUMBLERS WITH OR WITHOUT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM

04. PIC 99 DRW COMPLETE AUTOMATIC STUFFING LINE Production of cooked ham bars filled into casing plus elastic net and vacuum packed.

PIC 99 DRW Details of the stuffing machine for whole muscle WEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM ELECTRIC PUSHER

PIC 99 DRW Images of the line and the finished product PRODUCT VACUUM

PIC 99 DRW Example of product bar before the cooking

PIC 99 DRW Example of product bar after the cooking

PIC 99 DRW Example of some product shapes that can be obtained

PIC 99 DRW Example of an installation realised at one of our customers

05. PRODUCT BARS ON AUTOMATIC LOADING STATION

Inox Meccanica S.p.A. Strada Solarolo, 20/B-C-D 46044 Solarolo di Goito Mantova - Italy web. inoxmeccanica.com email. [email protected] tel. +390376608282