Automated meat slicer

Inter-Coastal International Technologies Corporation provides specialized machineries for the industry. ICITC in cooperation with Manufacturing Engineering and Management Department, College of Engineering, De La Salle University Manila, joint their efforts in answering an industry need. The industry uses large automated meat slicers known as herpo motors. The problem about these machines is that it leaves several inches of meat that it can no longer cut. This restriction is caused by the clamping device which defers the machine to cut this small region. When all these uncut meat are summed up, it makes up a significant amount of raw materials. These meats are cut manually. This practice forces laborers to use special techniques in order to come up with uniform cuts. The group automated this process with the use of pneumatic cylinders, stepper motors and a mycom controller. The pneumatic cylinders contribute to the machine\u27s speed while the stepper motors ensure the machines accuracy. These facilitate the slicing process of the group\u27s meat slicer. The group designed a clamping device that will keep the meat in place considering the forces that may act upon it. The group implemented an automated meat slicer that can accommodate the meat that is uncut by industry herpo motors. The group\u27s automated meat slicer compliments the herpo motors of the industry since it cuts at a comparable accuracy. The automated meat slicer also eliminated the special techniques implemented by laborers if they were to cut the meat manually. Lastly, the partnership of these two parties resulted in an automated meat slicer that is acceptable under industry standards in terms of the quality of the cut and safety