PAES 502

Question 1

diameter of the piston inside the cylinder

Answer 1

bore

Question 2

species of hog used as test material

Answer 2

breed

Question 3

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

Answer 3

bruises

Question 4

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

Answer 4

dumping angle

Question 5

position of the discharge wall that allows discharge of stunned hog from the restrainer

Answer 5

dumping position

Question 6

time it takes the semi-automatic restrainer to tilt the discharge wall

Answer 6

dumping time

Question 7

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

Answer 7

girth

Question 8

weight of hog prior to slaughter

Answer 8

live weight

Question 9

measurement from the top of the walls of restraining equipment to its base

Answer 9

overall height

Question 10

measurement from the gate of the restrainer to the opposite end of the equipment including all the protruding parts

Answer 10

overall length

Question 11

measurement between the side wall of the hog restraining equipment and the discharge wall
in its original position

Answer 11

overall width

Question 12

shall submit the operator’s manual for hog restrainer and shall abide with the terms and conditions set forth by an official testing agency.

Answer 12

Role of fabricator/dealer

Question 13

shall be skilled and shall be able to demonstrate, operate, adjust and repair as the case may be related to the operation of the equipment.

Answer 13

Role of the operator

Question 14

The hog restrainer shall be tested as installed in the slaughterhouse. The site should have ample provisions for material handling, temporary storage and workspace conforming to
PAES 407.

Answer 14

Test site conditions

Question 15

The suggested list of minimum test instruments needed to carry out the hog restrainer test is
shown in Annex A.

Answer 15

text instruments

Question 16

The hogs that shall be used for testing of the equipment shall have a body length of 1.2 m to
1.5 m and shall have a live weight of at least 75 kg to 250 kg depending on the capacity of the machine as specified by the fabricator.

Answer 16

test material

Question 17

The live weight of hogs that shall be used in performing the test shall depend on the
fabricator’s specified minimum and maximum weight capacity of the hog restrainer. At least three (3) hogs with live weight that falls in the minimum limit and at least three (3) with live weight falling under the maximum limit shall be used. The operators shall be skilled to perform the test.

Answer 17

Quantity to be supplied

Question 18

If during the test run, the hog restrainer encounters major component breakdown or malfunctions, the test engineer shall terminate the test.

Answer 18

termination of test

Question 19

This is carried out to obtain actual data on overall machine performance.

Answer 19

performance test