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S-15 Drawing (New)
This East Coast plant processes 25 cattle and 50 pigs per week. The cattle are held in the two central pens and staged in the alley.
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S-16 Drawing (New)
Mobile Harvest Units are filling the gaps in available places for small producers to take their cattle. This plan suits a mobile slaughter trailer but is also ideal for a small packer with a brick-and-mortar plant. The drive-through stock trailer alley enclosed within the building provides privacy and reduces the waiting time between loads.
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S-17 Drawing (New)
This multi-species slaughter facility processes cattle, pigs, and sheep through the three-way split in the single-file chute. The drive-thru stock trailer saves time, and local producers appreciate the ease of dropping off livestock. In some instances, producers want live weights on their cattle. A diversion gate in the unloading area provides access to the scale.
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S-18 Drawing (New)
This narrowed site was the only area where this plant could expand its holding capacity. Cattle and pigs arrive from the drive-thru stock trailer chute. One designated pig pen with square wire mesh prevents the pigs from escaping. Cattle and pigs go in and out the same gate.
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S-2 Drawing
The short single file chute in this Canadian slaughter plant is ideal for bison. Small pens allow for the separation of animals in the holding pens. The drive-thru stock trailer chutes makes drop off easy. Each pen has access to a water trough and non-slip concrete floors. This facility is ideal for a small neighborhood plant.
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S-3 Drawing
This plant is designed to accommodate a high speed conveyor restrainer that handles 240 cattle+ per hour. The system construction is all concrete and steel gates. The primary chute is used unless an animal goes down, then they can switch to the secondary chute to prevent slowing the line speed. A diagram for the conveyor restrainer is on www.grandin.com.
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S-4 Drawing
Cattle unload at the large truck ramp, or in stock trailers backed up to the alley. About 25 cattle can be held in pens before slaughter. Steel fence and gates in the holding pens, and concrete wall starting at the crowd pen and extending to the knock box. A broom finish concrete walkway surrounds the single file chute. Water is provided in the pens.
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S-5 Drawing
The cold weather in Montana made the small building over this system necessary. The drive-thru stock trailer chute is inside the building and has doors to close at each end after unloading. Steel posts, pipe and rail fence, and grooved concrete floors makes this the most popular of the small plant designs.
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S-6 Drawing
This high capacity, high speed multi-species slaughter plant is flexible and all the pens can be used for any species. On a large sheep kill day, the cattle pens can be used for holding. This system can be adapted to a large truck unloading ramp in addition to the stock trailer drive-thru.
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S-7 Drawing
Concrete wall construction was used throughout this medium sized plant in Northern California. A raised concrete walkway around the outside radius of the curved lane and crowd pen, and on the inside radius of the single file chute. The walkway is 42″ down from the top of the fence, and reduces walking distance for handlers.
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S-8 Drawing
Most of the cattle slaughtered in this facility were walked to the plant from the adjacent feed yard. Some cattle arrive on large trucks from the feed yard across the highway. The fence is 66″ high, and the handler walkway and raised concrete platform is 42 inches down from the top of the 66 inch high solid fence.
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S-9 Drawing
Cattle, bison, pigs, sheep, and goats all go through this multi-species slaughter plant. The owner wanted the fence height raised for bison, and all fences are solid to prevent the escape of small animals. The flooring is deeply grooved concrete, and the fence steel posts, top rail, and 10 ga. Solid steel sides.