22 Oct 2024

Elevate your lobster and crab processing with Marel graders

Marel’s advanced grading solutions ensure size and weight uniformity while minimizing physical damage, helping you meet the highest standards

Precision and care are crucial for processing high-value products like lobster and crab in the competitive seafood industry. As demand for these delicate items grows, you need advanced hardware and software solutions that ensure quality and raise your operational efficiency. Marel graders are designed to help you achieve these goals, offering automated grading solutions that enhance product quality, increase market value, and streamline your operations. Integrating AXIN Software with your grading system takes your processing to the next level by providing real-time monitoring and control.

Increasing market value and demand

Consistency in product quality is key to driving market value, especially for delicate items like lobster and crab, which vary in size and quality. With Marel’s advanced grading solutions, you can achieve size and weight uniformity while minimizing physical damage, allowing you to meet the highest standards. This consistency satisfies customer expectations and leads to higher market prices in a rapidly growing market with rising demand for fresh lobster and crab. By offering uniformly graded products, you can effectively tap into the growing market and increase your sales.

Maximizing operational efficiency

At the core of Marel’s grading solutions is automation designed to reduce your manual labor needs and minimize errors. Our systems offer optimal sorting capabilities to enhance your productivity while real-time data integration supports better decision-making and traceability across your processing line. Additionally, our gentle handling systems are specifically tailored to protect the delicate nature of lobster and crab, ensuring your products maintain their quality throughout the process.

Our M1100 scales offer a simple solution for reverse grading, while our Compact Grader provides a more automated setup with 6 or 8 gates, efficiently handling up to 120 lobster tails or 80 crab sections per minute. For live lobster grading, we recommend the Smartline Grader in single or dual lane options with a belt width of 350mm (15”) or 450mm (18”), available in single or dual lane options, processing up to 70 lobsters per minute for maximum capacity.

Next-level grading with software

With AXIN Software, you can track key performance indicators such as weight distribution, giveaway, and throughput through live dashboards, giving you a clear, up-to-the-minute overview of your operations. This visibility allows you to quickly identify areas for improvement and take corrective action if necessary, ensuring optimal production efficiency. The software also enables remote program management, so that you can adjust grader settings directly from your office.

AXIN goes beyond just monitoring; it offers valuable insights into your operational performance. By collecting and storing data on every batch produced, the software allows you to generate detailed reports that help you make informed, data-driven decisions. By leveraging these insights, you can maximize your operational efficiency and ensure consistent, high-quality grading results.

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