Nimo-KG in new cooperation with Norway’s largest meat producer

35 production plants, 5800 employees and more than 3 billion US dollars in turnover makes Nortura Norway’s leading producer of meat and eggs. At the factory in Forus (which produce a number of different salted and smoked meats, sausages and toppings) the goal is to be just as great a workplace. Therefore Nortura invested in a specially designed add-on part to the production line in 2010 in order to protect the staff from heavy and repetitive lifting. And now comes the next reinforcement. Also produced by Nimo-KG.

In the first step of production large parts of meat arrive in big containers. Previously it had to be picked up and placed on the workstation manually. An exhausting and recurring back lift – which is about to become history. The machine now installed is similar to the one delivered last summer, but will instead be used to produce vacuum packed serving trays,” says Stefan Olsson, chief engineer at Nimo-KG.

The SK 800 HA, as the machine is called, is controlled with foot pedals to enable employees to work with their hands free. The large custom made pallet trays are lifted up and tilted, after which the meat is distributed automatically on a conveyor belt that sends the pieces down to the waiting personal. At the same time every drop of valuable meat fluid is saved, for use in other products, through an underlying tray following the first part of the line.

The lifting device makes the workplace more ergonomic and the stainless performance, plus the fact that everything can be rolled away for cleaning, gives an impeccable hygiene. Also, the practical collector tray adds a purely financial aspect,” says Stefan Olsson.