Buy Specs Marel Plucker 6-22-23.pdf
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- Picking Machine, “Plucker”, USDA, ARS, Athens, GA Federal contract opportunity
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- 12405B23Q0627
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This document outlines specifications for a picking machine, or "plucker", to be provided to the USDA Agricultural Research Service at their National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia. The specifications require a machine suitable for broilers with a shackle pitch of 152mm and centers spaced 6 inches apart. It must include two stainless steel plucker boxes with three banks of 20 plucker discs each containing 6 plucking fingers. The machine should have low noise, stainless steel spray pipes, feather discharge curtains, and frame with a total installed power of 12x22KW and effective length of 4680mm. Water temperature must be maintained between 20-45 degrees Celsius at a flow rate of 100-300kPa or 0.7-2m3/h. Delivery is required to the USDA research facility by the period of performance date. The related federal contract opportunity provides further details on the solicitation number, name, and issuing agency for this requirement.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
USNPRC
SPECIFICATIONS
1. Introduction: Scientists in the Poultry Microbiological Safety and Processing Unit, at the US National Poultry Research Center are researching intervention strategies to control pathogens using a pilot poultry processing plant onsite with equipment specialized for research needs simulating commercial broiler poultry processing. In the US, retail chicken is sold to the public defeathered, a process accomplished with mechanical means through a specialized piece of equipment called a picking machine or “plucker”.
2. Scope: The contractor shall provide the picker machinery in the description.
3. Technical Requirements: Picking machine, “plucker”, suitable for broilers with an allowance of 7.5lbs for shackle pitch 152mm (6”) centers, with 2 stainless steel plucker boxes, each fitted with three banks of 20 plucker discs, each with 6 plucking fingers. Both plucker boxes can be adjusted in any direction allowing for easy cleaning, maintenance. Machine should have low noise level, spray pipes and feather discharge curtains made of stainless steel with stainless steel frame and shackle guides. A total installed power of 12x22KW with effective length of 4680 mm and water temp +/- 20-45 C at 100-300kPa or 0.7-2m3/h
4. Place of performance: USDA/ARS/USNPRC 950 College Station Road Athens, GA 30605
5. Point of Contact: Nicole Josselson [706-546-3592; nicole.josselson@usda.gov] 6.
7. Government Furnished:
1) Access to the facility during normal business operations (Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm)
2) Location for delivery.
8. Performance Requirement Measures: The picker machine, “poultry carcass plucker”, in the specifications required within the listed period of performance.
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