PAES-Slaughterhouse Flashcards
piece of mass that has a weight almost equal to that the of the entrance gate attached at one end of the cable that acts as operating lever of the vertical entrance gate
counterweight
keeps the counterweight in its line of motion
counterweight guide
part of the restrainer which can be tilted on one side, known as dumping side, to release hog after stunning
discharge wall
flooring of the hog restrainer designed to suspend the hog during disengagement
drop floor
lever used to reset drop floor
drop floor lever
opens the dumping side wall of the restrainer to release the hog from the restrainer
dump lever
opening that allows livestock access into the restrainer
entrance gate
solid floor at the bottom of the automatic restrainer for the animals to walk down to the entrance ramp
false floor
keeps the drop floor in its locked position
floor lock
mechanical device used to give a linear force through a linear stroke using the energy of the hydraulic fluid under pressure
hydraulic cylinder
mechanical device which produces force, often in combination with movement, and are powered by compressed gas (typically air)
pneumatic cylinder
slaughterhouse equipment used to secure and restrict the body movements of the animal in upright position prior to stunning
restrainer
length of displacement of the cylinder rod which is equivalent to the length of the rod in the cylinder in its extended position less the length once retracted
stroke
device that is used to make an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding
stunner
process of rendering an animal unconscious prior to sticking and bleeding
stunning
Type of hog restrainer that has a dump lever
Manually operated
Type of hog restrainer that uses compressed fluid to actuate movements of discharge wall by cylinder actuation
Semi-automatic
Makes use of pressurized hydraulic fluid such as oil or water as source of power to actuate movements
Hydraulic type
Makes use of compressed gas such as air as source of power to actuate movements
Pneumatic
Type of hog restrainer that uses conveyor system for moving, restraining, stunning and dumping the animal to the sticking and bleeding area
Automatic
diameter of the piston inside the cylinder
bore
species of hog used as test material
breed
physical damages or wounds on the skin of the test hog caused by the restraining equipment
bruises
optimum angle that the discharge wall can tilt measured from its initial position up to its dumping position
dumping angle
position of the discharge wall that allows discharge of stunned hog from the restrainer
dumping position
time it takes the semi-automatic restrainer to tilt the discharge wall
dumping time
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
girth
weight of hog prior to slaughter
live weight
measurement from the top of the walls of restraining equipment to its base
overall height
measurement from the gate of the restrainer to the opposite end of the equipment including all the protruding parts
overall length
measurement between the side wall of the hog restraining equipment and the discharge wall in its original position
overall width