The Jarvis Model JR-50 Robotic Hog Head Dropper is a fully automated porcine decapitation machine capable of processing up to 1200 pigs an hour. After being killed, stuck and dehaired, hogs arrive at the JR-50′s 2m x 3.6m stainless steel cage. The six-axis robotic arm uses an industrial-hardened 3D camera to aim the lopping blade which, with 1700kg (1800psi) of cutting force, makes a 9.5-inch incision at the base of the hog’s skull, severing it from the spine and trachea.
It then dunks the blade into a hot water dip tank to clean it, then cuts the next hog in line as it travels past. The entire cut-dip-cut process takes about 1.6 seconds. The JR-50′s vision controller is even able to account for size discrepancies in the hogs and adjust the height, depth, angle and width of the cut to maximise yields.
You can see some highly creepy video of the process right here. [Jarvis Products Corp]
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Samuel Michael Oakmore
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 10:27 AMSo the perfectly non-graphic building-falling-on-man-in-forklift post got “STRONG GRAPHIC CONTENT” plastered onto the title, but The Jarvis JR-50 Super Pig Decapitator? No worries!
Gazman
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 10:58 AMErrm might be worth putting a warning on the link to this page?
olearymo
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11:18 AMYeah I’d have to agree
cheyenne
Friday, October 14, 2011 at 8:37 AMthis is terrible i dont see how people could be so terrible and see this and still eat bacon. who ever does this to pigs are messed up in the head and need help!
Rick
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 1:38 PMHave you ever eaten bacon? It’s not something you can turn your back on.
Nick
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2:26 PMi love you, rick.
Nick
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2:28 PM“an industrial-hardened 3D camera ”
I am interested. Please, tell me more about this camera-hardening process.
Tin
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 9:07 AMWhat’s the problem? If you’re going to eat bacon, then you should understand where it comes from, and how it’s processed. My understanding is that machines like this also minimise wastage, which is important if you’re both a meat-eater, and an animal lover, and want to ensure these beautiful creatures are properly respected.