KANSAS CITY, MO. – TVI, a leading manufacturer of portioning machines and complete portioning lines as part of the MULTIVAC Group, will feature its universal GMS 400 portioning machine for smaller output quantities at Process Expo in Chicago Oct. 23-25, 2023.

The GMS 400 is aimed primarily at medium-size butcher shops and industrial-scale meat processors with smaller lines, as well as wholesale businesses, which supply restaurants, caterers, canteens, schools and hospitals with portioned meat products, according to the company. The GMS 400 is a compact portioning machine that can process practically any type of meat and fulfill a wide range of portioning tasks – from medallions to cutlets and roulades, from carpaccio to large joints, and either with or without bone for pork, lamb, or calf meat. 

The highlight feature of the GMS 400 portioning machine, when compared with the previous GMS 520 model, is its flexible 3D forming of the product, TVI said, meaning the system is even better suited to different sizes and shapes of meat primals. The machine produces a very even cross section throughout the whole length of the product, so that consistently even slices in both size and thickness can be cut with maximum product yield over the entire piece of meat. 

“Depending on the desired shape and required quality expectations, it may even be possible to virtually eliminate the first and final end cuts completely,” the company said.

“When it comes to the international markets, we expect a high demand from the foodservice sector, as well as those industrial-scale companies, which use smaller or more flexible lines, and those that are looking to get into fresh meat portioning,” said Florian Helfrich, product manager at TVI. “Our target group also of course includes large supermarkets with their own butchery sections.”