Free-enterprise examination of use of packing machines in the meat trade

A contribution for the determination of optimal solutions for the packing o f meat and sausages will be presented. For that purpose interviews regardin g the consumer behaviour were conducted within the proximity of a meat fact ory. Furthermore an estimation of costs for packing depending on the packin g method employed and the degree of automation will be given. For a quick v isual assessment of costs for packing without the usual technical devices d epending on wages, new technical solutions or of the number of packings pro duced per year, a nomogram is provided and recommended for the use in actio n. It is assumed that the functional working of deep-drawing machines which is employed in this case to generate a vacuum or inert gas atmosphere are known [see (1), (2)].