High-speed portion cutter with preforming option

Achieve precision and efficiency in portioning with high-speed cutting and preforming capabilities, ensuring consistent and market-ready meat and cheese products across your production line.

Cuts and Forms Meat, Poultry, and Cheese

The TREIF FALCON evolution and evolution preformer from Marel revolutionize portion cutting and forming tasks for meat, poultry, and cheese processors. This equipment uses advanced scanning and calibration techniques to ensure high-speed, precise cuts, adapting to both bone-in and boneless materials. Ideal for producing beef steaks, chicken breast fillets, pork chops, and sliced cheese, it scans raw materials in four dimensions, calibrates cuts to desired specifications, and stabilizes products for consistent precision. Capable of handling up to 500 cuts per minute, it integrates into production lines with minimal manual oversight, reducing labor demands. Available with options for automated shaping, the preformer enhances product uniformity and marketability. The TREIF FALCON’s construction supports continuous, automatic operation, making it a robust solution for large-scale food processing facilities.

Benefits

  • Enhances yield and product consistency with precise portion cutting.
  • Reduces reliance on manual labor through seamless production line integration.
  • Increases market value with automated forming for uniform product shapes.
  • Enables high-speed operation with up to 500 cuts per minute.
  • Optimizes process control with advanced scanning and calibration features.

General


Applications
Red meat,Pork,Cheese,Poultry
End products
Chicken breast fillets,Diced meat portions,Pork chops,Boneless chicken pieces,Pork tenderloin slices,Beef steaks,Sliced cheese,Cheese blocks
Steps before
Material Scanning,Gripping and Stabilization
Steps after
Sorting,Weighing,Packing,Labeling,Quality Checking
Input ingredients
bone-in red meat,boneless red meat,poultry,pork,cheese,raw material
Output ingredients
portion cut products,uniform thickness products,improved market value products,bone-in cuts,boneless cuts,shaped products
Market info
Marel is known for its advanced food processing equipment, specializing in systems and services for poultry, meat, and fish industries. It is recognized for innovation, quality, and improving processing efficiency and sustainability.

Technical Specifications


Max. cuts per minute
500
Product cross section (Width)
260 mm (10") / 350 mm (14")
Product cross section (Height)
180 mm (7")
Max. infeed length (gripped)
800 mm (32") / 700 mm (28")
Housing dimensions (Length)
4,422 mm (174") with pre-belt / 6,100 mm (240") with check weigher and sorting stations
Housing dimensions (Width)
1,767 mm (70") with pre-belt / 1,353 mm (53") with check weigher and sorting stations
Housing dimensions (Height)
2,522 mm (99") with pre-belt / 2,600 mm (102") with check weigher and sorting stations
Connecting load
10.3 kW (without check weigher) / 11.3 kW,17 kW (with check weigher)
Application temperature
Down to -4°C (24.5°F)
Compatible materials
Beef,pork,veal
Weight
Approx. 1,598 kg (3,503 lbs) / Approx. 2,200 kg (4,850 lbs)

Operating Characteristics


Automation level
High-speed precision,automatic cut calibration
Batch vs. continuous operation
Continuous
Integration
Seamless integration into processing lines
Cleaning method
Manual or on request

Material Compatibility


Density/particle size
0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm

Physical Characteristics


Machine footprint
Length
Machine dimensions with check weigher and sorting stations
Length
Max. infeed length gripped
800 mm (32")
Max. product cross section without check weigher
W
Max. product cross section with check weigher
W
Discharge method
Automatic cut calibration
Control panel type
Touchscreen interface

Custom Options


Integration possibilities
Seamless processing line integration
Cut adjustment
Automatic cut calibration
Gripper adjustment
Adjustable gripper and down-holder