DeboFlex – Transforming pork cutting and deboning

Automation and vertical deboning designed to improve yield, reduce labor dependency, and enhance product quality.

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Shaping the future of pork processing

Pork processors face increasing pressure from rising labor costs, limited availability of skilled workers, and the need for consistent, high-quality products. Conventional table-top or pace-line deboning makes it difficult to maintain yield, ergonomics, and process stability at scale.

The DeboFlex offers a new approach: a modular, vertical deboning platform that provides structure, control, and efficiency. Each primal is suspended and securely positioned, creating a stable and continuous flow. By combining secure positioning, vertical orientation, and ergonomic workstations, DeboFlex reduces manual handling, increases knife-in-meat time, avoids product repositioning, and supports higher yield, improved safety, and scalable automation across pork secondary processing.

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Overview – From carcass to precision cutting

DeboFlex is part of a complete pork processing flow, transforming each half-carcass into high-quality deboned products. During primal cutting, the half-carcass is divided into fore-end, middle, and hind-leg, each processed in its own DeboFlex line. Precise positioning, gravity-supported separation, and stable product flow increase yield, reduce knife-in-meat time, and create ideal conditions for ergonomic manual work and automation.

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Primal-cut – Accuracy and yield

In the primal-cut stage, each half-carcass is scanned and aligned before cutting. Automated modules perform accurate outside-in cuts that cleanly separate fore-end, middle, and hind-leg with minimal waste and almost smear-free surfaces. This vertical, structured approach ensures clean separation, higher yield, consistent presentation, better ergonomics, less rework, and maximum raw-material utilization.

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Fore-end – Ergonomics and control

The DeboFlex fore-end line enables ergonomic deboning of the shoulder and neck/jowl. Secure positioning gives operators a stable, repeatable working setup with no need to manually reposition products. This reduces physical strain, increases knife-in-meat time, improves supervision and quality control, and allows flexible switching between bone-in end products and individual muscles.

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Hind-leg – Precision and yield

The hind-leg line supports accurate seam butchery of valuable ham muscles. Stable positioning allows operators to follow natural membranes for maximum yield and minimal trimming loss. Automation assists where needed, while operators retain full control over value-critical cuts, resulting in consistent, high-quality ham production.

Key components of DeboFlex

DeboFlex combines automation, ergonomics, and modular design. Its three core building blocks create a streamlined, efficient, and safe deboning process.

Conveyor system

Automatically positions each carcass in front of operators and automation modules. This ensures a continuous flow, reduces waiting times, and enables accurate cutting.

Workstations

Ergonomic, height-adjustable workstations that make tasks easier and safer. Operators no longer need to perform heavy lifting or rely on advanced knife skills.

Automation equipment

State-of-the-art modules that separate meat from bone with accuracy and consistency. From trimming to precise cuts, automation increases yield and ensures quality.

Deboflex Benefits

The benefits of DeboFlex

DeboFlex brings together automation, efficiency, and ergonomics to deliver measurable results throughout the deboning process.

By streamlining product flow and reducing manual handling, processors achieve:

  • Higher yield and consistent product quality
  • Reduced labor dependency and improved operator safety
  • Greater line efficiency and profitability

The DeboFlex: your complete deboning platform

Each DeboFlex line combines vertical processing, precise product positioning, and ergonomic workstations to deliver higher yield, greater accuracy, and safer, more efficient operations. 

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Seeing the DeboFlex system in direct combination with the StreamLine made us realize that there is a possibility for ‘really doing it right’.

Darren Andrew, Operations Director

Cranswick

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