The TACORE tuna processing line is a turnkey solution for tuna canneries covering the whole process: controlled thawing, cooking in static vacuum tuna precookers, cleaning on ergonomic tables, packing in cans or pouches, seaming, retort basket loading and sterilization. Every plant is custom-designed for the species, container format and capacity.
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Frozen tuna is thawed in a controlled way so it reaches the cooker in homogeneous condition, supporting uniform cooking and better meat yield in the following stages.
Fish is cooked in static vacuum cookers with a self-contained vacuum group and hydraulic door closing, taking trolleys of up to 700 kg and precisely controlling every stage of vacuum cooking and cooling.
Cooked tuna travels along continuous multi-tier sanitary tables where operators separate clean loins, recover flakes and remove skin, bones and waste at comfortable ergonomic workstations.
Loins and flakes are packed in cans or pouches and covering liquid, such as oil, brine or sauce, is dosed before the container is hermetically sealed.
Sealed cans pass through a can washer that removes oil and product residue from the outside, with recirculation and active recovery of the detergent solution.
Containers are loaded into baskets by mechanical systems or articulated robots and sterilized in steam or overpressure water spray retorts, with customizable recipes and F0 value calculation.
After basket unloading, cans move to the end of line, while crates, racks and cooking trays are washed and degreased in a continuous tunnel and returned clean to the process.
Suitable for tuna, bonito and other tunas canned in brine, oil or sauce, as solid loins, chunks or flakes. The line handles round and oval tinplate or aluminium cans, large formats such as RO-1000, glass jars and pouches, with retorts able to sterilize metal containers, glass and retort pouches.
THERMAL PROCESSES & RETORTS Custom-built static vacuum cooker for tuna and pelagic fish processing, with self-contained vacuum group and hydraulic sealing.
PROCESSING TABLES Sanitary continuous multi-tier processing tables for cooked tuna handling, clean loins separation, flake recovery, and waste evacuation.
BASKET LOADING & UNLOADING Automatic continuous mechanical systems for autoclave basket loading and unloading of cans and glass jars.
BASKET LOADING & UNLOADING Robotic automation cell featuring articulated industrial robot and magnetic/vacuum head for high-speed autoclave basket handling.
THERMAL PROCESSES & RETORTS Continuous and batch industrial retorts with steam and overpressure water cascade/spray for can and jar sterilization.
CAN & CONTAINER PROCESSING Continuous can washer for sealed food containers featuring active detergent recovery and fluid recirculation.
CAN & CONTAINER PROCESSING Continuous tunnel for washing, degreasing, and rinsing crates, racks, and cooking trays with high-pressure air blowing.
Capacity is sized for each project according to product, container format and number of workstations. Our engineering team calculates the configuration of cookers, cleaning tables and packing required for your plant target output.
Vacuum cooking provides homogeneous heat distribution throughout the trolley and precise control of cooking and cooling, which helps preserve fish weight and texture and keeps steam and water consumption optimized throughout the cycle.
Yes. TACORE supplies basket loading and unloading cells with articulated robots and magnetic or vacuum heads. The number of lines served by each cell is defined by the production rate and the number of retorts.
Our engineering team in Vilagarcía de Arousa (Spain) prepares a preliminary design tailored to your floor space, throughput and automation level.
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