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piece of mass that has a weight almost equal to that the of the entrance gate attached at one end of the cable that acts as operating lever of the vertical entrance gate

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counterweight

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keeps the counterweight in its line of motion

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counterweight guide

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part of the restrainer which can be tilted on one side, known as dumping side, to release hog after stunning

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discharge wall

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flooring of the hog restrainer designed to suspend the hog during disengagement

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drop floor

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lever used to reset drop floor

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drop floor lever

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opens the dumping side wall of the restrainer to release the hog from the restrainer

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dump lever

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opening that allows livestock access into the restrainer

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entrance gate

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solid floor at the bottom of the automatic restrainer for the animals to walk down to the entrance ramp

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false floor

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keeps the drop floor in its locked position

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floor lock

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mechanical device used to give a linear force through a linear stroke using the energy of the hydraulic fluid under pressure

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hydraulic cylinder

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mechanical device which produces force, often in combination with movement, and are powered by compressed gas (typically air)

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pneumatic cylinder

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slaughterhouse equipment used to secure and restrict the body movements of the animal in upright position prior to stunning

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restrainer

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length of displacement of the cylinder rod which is equivalent to the length of the rod in the cylinder in its extended position less the length once retracted

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stroke

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device that is used to make an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding

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stunner

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process of rendering an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding

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stunning

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Type of hog restrainer that has a dump lever

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Manually operated

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Type of hog restrainer that uses compressed fluid to actuate movements of discharge wall by cylinder actuation

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Semi-automatic

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Makes use of pressurized hydraulic fluid such as oil or water as source of power to actuate movements

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Hydraulic type

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Makes use of compressed gas such as air as source of power to actuate movements

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Pneumatic

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Type of hog restrainer that uses conveyor system for moving, restraining, stunning and dumping the animal to the sticking and bleeding area

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Automatic

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diameter of the piston inside the cylinder

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bore

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species of hog used as test material

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breed

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physical damages or wounds on the skin of the test hog caused by the restraining equipment

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bruises

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optimum angle that the discharge wall can tilt measured from its initial position up to its dumping position

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dumping angle

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position of the discharge wall that allows discharge of stunned hog from the restrainer
dumping position
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time it takes the semi-automatic restrainer to tilt the discharge wall
dumping time
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measurement around the hog’s body just behind the forelegs that is used to compute for the estimated weight of the hog in the absence of the scale
girth
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weight of hog prior to slaughter
live weight
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measurement from the top of the walls of restraining equipment to its base
overall height
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measurement from the gate of the restrainer to the opposite end of the equipment including all the protruding parts
overall length
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measurement between the side wall of the hog restraining equipment and the discharge wall in its original position
overall width
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blood spots or clots formed on the muscle tissue
blood splash
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type of hog restrainer that uses conveyor system for moving, restraining, stunning and dumping the animal to the sticking and bleeding area
conveyor restrainer
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charging of the electric prods prior to application of stunner
hot wanding
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a series of small ridges or grooves on the surface or edge of the prods to improve contact during application of the electric stunner
knurling
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tip of the electric stunner to which the revolving spur is attached
prod
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slaughterhouse equipment used to secure and restrict the body movements of the animal in upright position prior to stunning
restrainer
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spiked wheel attached to the head-only type electric stunner used to improve contact with the head of the animal to be stunned
revolving spurs
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device that is used to make an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding
stunner
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process of rendering an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding
stunning
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Type of electric stunner that allows current to pass through the brain of the hog rendering the animal unconscious
Head-only Type
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The electrical stunner shall operate at a constant frequency of?
60 Hz
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The stunner shall operate at various settings for different size of hogs (within the limits specified by the fabricator) with a constant current of:
1.25 amps
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ratio of the total number of hogs stunned successfully to the total number of hogs expressed in percent (%)
stunning effectivity
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ratio of the total number of hogs that did not die immediately after stunning to the total number of hogs stunned expressed in percent (%)
stunning performance
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animal sound such as squealing in pigs
vocalization
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a vessel to which water, fuel and air are supplied and in which steam is generated
boiler
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mechanical assembly equipped with rotating flexible paddles used in removing hair from animal carcass after scalding
dehairing machine | dehairer
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part of the scalder that is used to remove hogs from the scalder
release cradle
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slaughterhouse equipment that can contain water which is heated to loosen the animal’s hair from the follicles
scalder | scalding tank
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process of subjecting an animal to heated water to loosen animal’s hair from its follicles
scalding
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refers to the standard wall thickness of the commercially available pipe which is relative to the applied pressure and material strength
schedule
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an electromechanical valve used to automatically shut off or open steam line in hog scalder
solenoid valve
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device used to automatically control and to keep temperature within the required settings
thermostat
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Type of hog scalder wherein water is directly heated by using steam which passes through perforated pipes
Steam heated scalder
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Type of hog scalder wherein water is heated by using a burner
Gas heated scalder
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Type of hog scalder wherein water is heated by using biomass fuels such as coconut shell, saw dust, firewood and rice hull fed into the furnace to be burned
Solid fired scalder
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Type of hog scalder usually integrated in automated slaughterhouses wherein hogs are scalded while being hung on the overhead railing.
Vertical Scalder
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distance measured from the center of one pipe perforation to the center of the adjacent perforation
perforation interval
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distance between the ribs of the release cradle
rib interval
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optimum angle that the release cradle can swing
release angle
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body of any slaughtered animal after bleeding and dressing
carcass
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removal of hair from the skin of an animal after scalding as part of the process of preparing its meat for food
dehairing
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maximum weight of hog a machine is capable of dehairing per loading, expressed in kilograms
dehairing capability
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ratio of amount of hair removed and the total amount of hair, expressed in percent
dehairing efficiency
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mechanical assembly equipped with rotating flexible paddles used in removing hair from animal carcass after scalding
dehairing machine | dehairer
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high-grade solid steel shaft where scraper paddles are rigidly fastened
dehairing shaft
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circular bar with radial arms where scraper paddles are attached
dehairing wheel | star wheels
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table used to receive and prepare dehaired carcass before suspending
gambrelling table
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ribbed mechanism that resembles a “J”- shaped structure that serves as support of the carcass during dehairing and also used in unloading dehaired hog
“J” - bar
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subjecting animal into steam or hot water to prepare skin for dehairing
scalding
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slightly bent steel material attach to the scraper paddle that is used to directly remove the hair
scraper blade
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resilient flexible rectangular block-shaped rubber which serves as a base material for the scraper blade
scraper paddle
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assembly composed of three (3) or more paddles with blades attached altogether
scraper paddle
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Star wheels are present in the dehairing shaft where three to ten scraper paddles can be mounted
With dehairing wheel
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Dehairing paddles are directly mounted to the dehairing shaft
Without dehairing wheel
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Dehairing shaft is oriented horizontally where dehairing paddles are attached radially
Horizontal
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Dehairing shaft is oriented vertically where suspended hogs enter the dehairing chamber
Vertical

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