Automatic brine injector for craft and Smbs

Elevate your meat, fish, and poultry processing with precise brine injection to enhance flavor and texture, ensuring your products consistently meet quality standards while optimizing operational efficiency.

Injects Brine for Uniform Flavor Distribution

The PI 21 V from VAKONA GmbH is a versatile brine injection machine catering to the nuanced requirements of small and medium-sized food businesses focused on meat, fish, and poultry processing. This machine stands out with its precision needle heads and quick-change needle bridge system, ensuring high injection accuracy for optimal flavor distribution. It employs a direct mechanical drive for seamless operation and uses a standard stainless steel centrifugal pump, enhancing durability and reliability in various industrial settings.

Applications range from marinated beef steaks and smoked salmon fillets to pre-seasoned pork chops and duck breasts. The machine is equipped to handle both solid and liquid products, maximizing throughput with its variable conveyor belt feed settings for customized injection patterns. Semi-automatic filter systems and a steaker knife device are available for enhanced functionality, particularly beneficial for fish and poultry processing.

The PI 21 V integrates effortlessly with existing production lines and offers a compact design for facilities with spatial constraints. Its energy-efficient mechanical systems and easy-to-clean polyethylene conveyor belt further reduce operational downtime and maintenance costs. This machine is an ideal fit for companies seeking consistency, efficiency, and high-quality end-product results in their brine injection processes.

Benefits

  • Ensures consistent flavor distribution, enhancing product quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Reduces downtime with easy-to-maintain design and quick-change needle system.
  • Optimizes production efficiency by accommodating a range of product types and sizes.
  • Integrates seamlessly into existing lines, minimizing installation disruption and adaptation time.
  • Supports versatile processing needs with customizable injection patterns for diverse applications.

General


Applications
Brine injection systems,Meat processing,Fish processing,Food processing,Poultry processing,Small and medium businesses (smbs)
End products
Chicken breast fillets,Pre-seasoned pork chops,Corned beef,Turkey slices,Smoked salmon fillets,Brined herring,Marinated beef steaks,Duck breasts,Roast beef,Flavored chicken wings
Steps before
Preparation of brine solution,Pre-filtering brine solution,Product placement on conveyor
Steps after
Further marination,Packaging,Cooking or curing process
Input ingredients
brine,products with bones,products without bones,fish,poultry
Output ingredients
injected products,pickled meat,brined fish,brined poultry
Market info
Vakona Germany is known for manufacturing engineered-to-order industrial equipment, specializing in high-quality machines for food processing, particularly marinating and tumbling equipment, with a strong reputation for reliability and innovation in the market.

Technical Specifications


Injection needles
21
Length
1400 mm
Width
700 mm
Height
1760 mm
Length of conveyor belt
1100 mm
Max. product clearance
210 mm (optional 240 mm)
Working height
780 mm
Connected load
1.5 kW
Weight
320 kg
Material
Stainless steel
Automation
Semi-automatic

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Mechanical drive for needle head and belt
Automation level
Automated with optional manual injection
Batch vs. continuous operation
Batch
Cleaning method
Easy to clean
Process control
Infinitely variable control with 20 program locations
Injection accuracy
High

Material Compatibility


Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
High
Density/particle size
Varies

Physical Characteristics


Machine length
1400 mm
Machine width
560 mm
Machine height
1750 mm
Conveyor belt length
1150 mm
Conveyor belt width
265 mm
Max. product clearance
180 mm
Working height
820 mm
Machine weight
290 kg

Custom Options


Control panel type
Infinitely variable control
Needle head design
Quick-change needle bridge system
Conveyor belt material
Polyethylene,easy to remove
Injection pattern variability
Mechanically changing conveyor belt feed settings
Optional equipment
Semi-automatic filter system,steaker knife device,manual injection connection