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Polar Systems - Crustaceans
Our machinery offers a superior design solution with a focus on economy, usability, minimising maintenance and improved hygiene. In recent years the Polar Systems Crustacean stunning machine has become an industry standard and is widely considered less stressful than traditional methods, our systems maintain high product yields. All of our systems offer simple, compact and economical designs with easy cleaning, maintenance and reliable use, without a large number of consumable and wearing parts. All of our machines benefit form high quality widely available parts from market leading brands that are often available next day.
Polar Systems offer a complete range of crab processing equipment and processing systems, from live intake and slaughter systems to value additions and meat recovery, including:
- Stunning systems
- Pre and post-processing high-pressure washing
- Pre and post-processing low-pressure washing
- Optical sorting systems
- Cooking
- Cooling
- Crab meat extraction equipment
- Crab meat processing
- Claw crushing
- Scoring tables
- Automated butchering table and conveyor system
- Shell grading and washing
- Waste separation and handling systems
The electrical stunning unit is designed to apply a suitable current through the body of the crustacean, on an earthed belt using only saline spray and an associated array of independent flexible contactors charged with electricity. Users can control all the necessary aspects of dwell and applied current as well as the transition speed through the unit. The system is simple, compact and economically designed, offering users easy cleaning, maintenance and reliable use, without a large number of consumable and wearing parts.
We offer continuous atmospheric cooking solutions tailored to your specific production throughput, with varied heating mediums including immersion and steam. Polar Systems unique cooker design has been developed over three decades to promote simple and effective operation maintenance and cleaning. Plus our systems benefit from either local or remote monitoring.
Our slaughter systems include conveyor-based systems and modular semi-automated machinery that is able to process crabs into parts for further processing or sale. The convenience and simplicity of this process reduces labour and can increase meat yield.
Polar Systems offer a range of meat recovery systems including leg meat extraction machines. These units extracts leg meat with limited damage and reduces airborne spores considerably compared to other machines on the market. Our claw cracking machine with tapered crushing assembly continually cracks and fractures the claws as they pass through the unit. These are just a few examples from our long list of processes available.
Key features:
- Safe and reliable automated and batch cooking systems
- Limited moving parts
- Simple to use and maintain systems
- In operation around the globe
- Batch systems range from 100kg/hr
- Automated systems designed to suit client’s required throughputs
- Robust machine construction giving an extended lifespan
- Easy to clean design