Counter-rotating chicken picker
Achieve efficient, high-speed defeathering with counter-rotating technology designed to optimize picking performance while maintaining skin integrity, ensuring a higher yield and superior product appearance.

Efficiently Defeathers Poultry and Cuts Hocks
The RP-3000 Counter-Rotating Picker by Prime Equipment Group revolutionizes poultry defeathering with its innovative drum technology. It employs alternating opposing drums for optimal feather removal, allowing lower scalding temperatures while maintaining skin integrity for higher-grade products. Ideal for processing chicken and turkey, it supports various operations, from chicken breast fillets to whole birds. With a production rate adaptable to your needs, the RP-3000 operates continuously at high speeds, integrating seamlessly into your processing line. Its robust design reduces maintenance requirements, while energy efficiency is enhanced by optimized water usage. Available with multiple configurations, it offers tailored engineering support to fit specific operational demands.
Benefits
- Enhances product yield and quality with adjustable scalding temperatures.
- Decreases energy costs through efficient water heating control.
- Minimizes maintenance downtime due to durable, proven design.
- Supports high-speed, continuous operations for increased processing throughput.
- Customizable configurations ensure optimal integration into existing lines.
- Applications
- Seafood,Meat,Poultry
- End products
- Chicken breast fillets,Poultry nuggets,Chicken thighs,Whole chickens,Turkey breast cutlets,Turkey drumsticks,Broiler chickens,Chicken leg quarters,Duck breasts,Chicken wings
- Steps before
- Scalding
- Steps after
- Evisceration,Portioning,Packaging,Freezing,Chilling,Cooking
- Input ingredients
- poultry,birds,chickens,turkeys
- Output ingredients
- defeathered poultry,clean poultry,high-grade product,poultry ready for further processing
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.
- Electrical Requirements
- 230-460V,60 Hz,3 ph
- Motor Specs (24-brush)
- (12) – 3 HP,1750 RPM
- Water Requirements
- (2) – 1” Pipelines
- Net Weight
- 4200 lbs. (1905 kg)
- Production Rate
- Variable
- Rotation mechanism
- Counter-rotating drums
- Picking orientation
- Alternating downward and upward picking
- Scalding temperature compatibility
- Lower temperatures for energy efficiency
- Operation flexibility
- Multiple lengths and banks available
- Control panel type
- HMI/PLC interface
- Integration possibilities
- Compatible with existing systems
- Drum configuration
- Multiple lengths and banks available
- Rotation type
- Counter-rotating
- Motor configuration
- 24-brush (12) – 3 HP,1750 RPM