One of the most important benefits from automation is the improved
working environment. Pig slaughtering, cutting and boning
is traditionally very labour intensive and requires hard and repetitive
work. For many people a job in a slaughterhouse is therefore
not their first choice. This situation can be changed by automation,
which will not only reduce arduous and repetitive work but in
addition will introduce more motivating jobs in terms of planning,
supervision and control of the new technology.
Automation will also improve the hygiene and thereby the food
safety. This applies in particular to the clean slaughter line where
cross contamination between carcasses is reduced because of less
manual handling and because the tools in the machines can be
sterilised more effectively between each carcass.