Automatic brine injector for meat processing
Streamline your meat and seafood processing with a robust brine injector that enhances flavor consistency while reducing manual labor, ensuring precise brine distribution for superior product quality.
Injects Brine into Meat and Seafood
The PI 26 V from VAKONA GmbH is an automatic pickle injector tailored for the demanding environments of meat and seafood processing. Featuring a rugged and compact design, it delivers high injection accuracy, making it ideal for various applications such as ham, turkey breast, smoked salmon, and more. The precision needle heads with a quick-change needle bridge system ensure seamless operation, even with products containing bones. Equipped with a direct mechanical drive and a stainless steel centrifugal pump, the system maintains a complete separation of the pump cycle from electromechanical components, enhancing reliability and reducing maintenance.
The PI 26 V supports up to 26 needles, providing flexibility in injection patterns via adjustable conveyor belt feed settings. Its versatile control system includes up to 20 program locations for precise recipe management. Optional features such as a semi-automatic filter system and steaker knife device enhance functionality for specific product needs. Constructed from stainless steel, it’s easy to clean and maintain, ensuring continuous operation and reduced downtime. Ideal for craft businesses and SMBs aiming to streamline their pre-processing and processing tasks in food industries.
Benefits
- Enhances product consistency and flavor with precise brine injection.
- Minimizes maintenance and downtime with durable construction and easy-access components.
- Adapts to diverse product types and bone structures, ensuring operational flexibility.
- Streamlines cleaning processes with stainless steel and easily removable belt components.
- Supports recipe management with programmable control system for tailored production.
- Applications
- Meat products,Food processing,Poultry,Delicatessen,Fish
- End products
- Turkey breast,Corned beef,Brined fish fillets,Marinated chicken breast,Ham,Bratwurst,Sausages,Smoked salmon,Pastrami,Roast beef
- Steps before
- Brine preparation,Meat slicing,Brine mixing,Meat selection
- Steps after
- Meat curing,Packaging,Chilling,Storage
- Input ingredients
- brine,meat products,fish,poultry
- Output ingredients
- brine-injected meat products,brine-injected fish,brine-injected 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.
- Injection needles
- 26
- Length
- 1600 mm
- Width
- 800 mm
- Height
- 1850 mm
- Length of conveyor belt
- 1250 mm
- Max. product clearance
- 210 mm (optional 240 mm)
- Working height
- 930 mm
- Connected load
- 2.2 kW
- Weight
- 450 kg
- Automation
- Infinitely variable control
- Cleaning method
- Easy to clean
- Drive Type
- Direct mechanical drive
- Automation level
- Automatic with manual options
- Cleaning method
- Easy to clean
- Injection accuracy
- High
- Flexibility
- High flexibility with optional equipment
- Changeover time
- Quick-change needle bridge system
- Energy efficiency
- Standard stainless steel centrifugal pump
- Recipe management
- 20 program locations
- Injection pattern variability
- Mechanically adjustable
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes,stainless steel construction
- Machine footprint (Length x Width x Height)
- 1600 mm x 800 mm x 1850 mm
- Conveyor belt length
- 1250 mm
- Conveyor belt width
- 345 mm
- Max product clearance
- 210 mm (optional 240 mm)
- Working height
- 930 mm
- Weight
- 450 kg
- Needle count
- 26
- Needle bridge system
- Quick-change needle bridge system
- Belt drive
- Independent belt drive