O.K. Foods Sees Great Results with Switch to Cantrell Wing Segmenter

Cantrell’s Wing Segmenter

is designed to make all wing

cuts in one place and do it

more accurately, at high line

speeds, on birds of various

sizes and with less labor.

It is capable of processing

up to 170 wings per minute

per processing

line and can run

with a cone line

or in an off-line

application.

The Wing

Segmenter

properly orients

the wing at any line

speed for accuracy

on each individual cut.

The shackle transfer

eliminates misfeeds.

The O.K. Foods, Inc. plant in Heavener, OK was not

satisfied with the wing cuts obtained from their wing

segmenting process.

So in late August, the company installed the Cantrell CWCS-8400 Wing

Segmenter and began seeing a marked difference. O.K. Foods, headquartered

in Fort Smith, AR, is one of the world’s largest fully-integrated chicken

producers. Operating for more than 70 years, the company employs more

than 3,000 workers in the U.S.

“We have been running the

Cantrell Wing Segmenter for

over four months,” says Stan

Sharp, O.K. Foods Director

of Operations for Heavener.

“We’ve seen a difference. The

cuts are 97 percent plus.”

O.K. Foods runs a double cone

line at a rate of 36 birds per

minute. This produces 144 cut

wings per minute or 8,640

wings per hour.

Sharp notes several features

of the CWCS-8400 Wing

Segmenter have improved

production at his plant.

“The shackle line allows the wing rounder to easily place the wing in the

shackle without any trouble at all,” Sharp says. “Also, slipping the one blade

out for sharpening is easy and sharpening the blade once during a shift is all

that has to be done. And the labor reduction and the upgrade of cuts made it

an easy decision (to use the Cantrell Wing Segmenter).”

Moving Forward

News from Cantrell Vol. 2 2014

The CWCS-8400 Wing Segmenter

makes all wing cuts in one place

and does it more accurately, at high

line speeds, on birds of various sizes

and with less labor.

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Cantrell offers spare parts not only for our own equipment but also other OEM spare parts.

Our Parts Department team of Parts Manager Jeff Saunders and Sales Representatives Mark Boswell and Mike

Ellis have decades of experience in the poultry equipment parts industry.

“Our Parts Department is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable teams in the industry,” Cantrell

General Manager Sales/Service/Engineering Dane Woods says. “They will work with you to find a solution to

your parts needs. They understand that you can’t afford down time and will process your order and get the part

shipped quickly.”

Cantrell’s quality, flexibility, dependability and pricing are unsurpassed in the spare parts market.

We carry many hard-to-find replacement parts, along with parts for older processing equipment. Custom-built

parts and rush orders are no problem; our flexible production schedule allows us to accommodate both. We fill 95

percent of our parts orders on the same day.

Employee Spotlight: Meet our Parts Sales Team

Jeff Saunders Mark Boswell Mike Ellis

Cantrell’s Wing Segmenter is designed to make all wing

cuts in one place and do it more accurately, at high line

speeds, on birds of various sizes and with less labor.

It is capable of

processing up

to 170 wings

per minute per

processing line

and can run

with a cone line

or in an off-line

application. The

Wing Segmenter properly orients the wing at any line

speed for accuracy on each individual cut. The shackle

transfer eliminates misfeeds.

Wing Segmenter, continued from p. 1

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Model No. CWCS-8400Wing Segmenter

The Cantrell Wing Segmenter offers fl exibility, accuracy and ease of use to your operation.

The machine is capable of processing up to 170 wings per minute on a processing line or as

a standalone application. The Wing Segmenter properly orients the wing at any line speed for

accuracy on each individual cut.

The Segmenter is designed to allow simple adjustments during operation, as well as easy

access for blade replacement. The shackle transfer eliminates misfeeds.

The CWCS-8400 greatly reduces energy consumption and water usage, providing optimal

operating effi ciency. In addition, the open design of the machine makes cleaning and access

easy. The Cantrell Wing Segmenter CWCS-8400 is patent pending.

U.S. Patent No. 8,517,805

When run in cone line operations, the only person

who touches the wing is the “wing rounder” who cuts

it off the bird; a labor savings for processors. When

configured with a cone line, the track and shackles run

in front of the wing rounders who hang the wings in

the shackle. The shackle line is routed overhead to the

cutting head of the machine which is usually placed

on one side of the room, solving the problem

of transporting the wings away from the cone line.

At Cantrell, we have had great results with our Wing

Segmenter and would like the opportunity to show

you how the CWCS-8400 can improve your wing

processing operation.

Cantrell offers over 2,600 parts to our customers. Contact us at parts@cantrell.com for additional information.

Cantrell has developed a Lined Empty Box

Delivery System, adding to its line of product

handling systems.

The Lined Empty Box Delivery System

manages box accumulation, distribution

of empty boxes to multiple lines, box

accumulation to consumption point and box

separation to scaling system. Each system

is engineered to meet a customer’s specifi c

needs, while providing optimal box fl ow and

meeting quality standards.

The Lined Empty Box Delivery System also

controls spacing and indexing of the boxes to

scaling systems. The system also manages

box accumulation and stores boxes along the

conveyor system at the point where product is

placed in the boxes.

Cantrell Develops Lined Empty Box Delivery System

Cantrell CWCS-8400 Wing Segmenter

Maintenance Schedule:

• Each Shift Change: -Check Blades for Obstructions

• Daily: - Check All Safety Devices for Proper Operation

-Check Blades for Sharpness

• Weekly: -Check Chain Tension -Check All Bolts for Tightness

• Monthly: -Grease Idler Hub Bearings

• Every 6 Months: -Check Idler Bearings

Employee News Cantrell Staff Visits Tyson Foods Headquarters

Some of our team made a visit to Tyson Foods

headquarters in Springdale, AR. Kurt Danzy, National

Account Manager for Tyson, and Kyle Chambers, Engineer,

are pictured with the original Tyson Foods delivery truck.

Ray Tatum, Cantrell Regional

Account Manager, was elected

as Vice Chairman for Louisiana

Poultry Federation during

October 2013 Annual Meeting.

Vice ChairmanTatum Named Louisiana Poultry Federation

• Participated in the annual Mar-Jac Poultry Vendor Golf Tournament in Gainesville, Ga.

• Provided door prizes to the Koch Foods Gadsden, AL plant for its “2,000,000 hours worked without an accident” celebration luncheon

• Attended Process Expo in Chicago, IL.

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See how Cantrell can help meet your processing needs at the

IPPE 2014 in Atlanta.

Cantrell supports industry and customer events

We will be featuring:

• Vacuum Transport System

• Wing Processing Equipment

• Line Monitoring System

• Parts

• Overhead Components

• Picking Room Equipment

• Viscera Harvester

• Murzan Pump

• Lonza Water Chlorination System

• Niverplast Box Bagging System