PAES 523:2008 Slaughterhouse Equipment - Platform

Question 1

process of removing the skin of animal

Answer 1

dehiding

Question 2

process of removing the internal organs in the abdominal and thoracic cavities

Answer 2

evisceration

Question 3

part of the platform that serves as the flooring for the operator to stand on

Answer 3

floor plate

Question 4

distance measured vertically from the floor plate to the finish floor line

Answer 4

floor plate height

Question 5

part of the platform designed to provide safety for the operator

Answer 5

guard rail

Question 6

part of the guard rail designed to be grasped by the operator when ascending, descending or moving horizontally

Answer 6

hand rail

Question 7

equipment used by the operator to reach the required height to perform slaughtering process

Answer 7

platform

Question 8

auxiliary part of the mechanical platform that regulates the speed and controls the vertical – horizontal movement of the platform

Answer 8

platform control

switch

Question 9

sideward or horizontal movement of the platform

Answer 9

side travel

Question 10

cutting or dividing the carcass into half through its backbone

Answer 10

splitting

Question 11

Type of platform that has a fixed height for a specific application such as bleeding, dehiding, evisceration and splitting.

Answer 11

Stationary Platform

Question 12

Type of platform that is capable of moving vertically and horizontally

Answer 12

Mechanized Platform

Question 13

Mechanized platform that can move vertically and horizontally

Answer 13

Vertical and Horizontal

Question 14

Guard rails and hand rails shall be made of hot dipped or stainless steel galvanized iron pipe with diameter of______.

Answer 14

25.4 mm (1 inch).

Question 15

The platform shall support a maximum load of ______

Answer 15

350 kg (770 lbs.).

Question 16

force per unit area in contact like compressive and tensile stress

Answer 16

bearing stress

Question 17

stress that is caused by the bending moment at a given point in the beam supporting the platform

Answer 17

bending

flexural stress

Question 18

force per unit area, that tends to compress or shorten the material

Answer 18

compressive stress

Question 19

time required to remove the skin of one (1) carcass, expressed in seconds

Answer 19

dehiding time

Question 20

defect caused by the bending moment at a given point in the material under stress

Answer 20

fracture

Question 21

instrument used for checking whether a plane structure is flat and horizontally leveled

Answer 21

leveling bubble

Question 22

time required to split one (1) carcass expressed in seconds

Answer 22

splitting time

Question 23

force per unit area that tends to elongate or create tension on the material submitted to it.

Answer 23

tensile stress