The manual-assist mechanical arm is directed at making "aitchbone" and "knuckle" removal less physically demanding. The arm provides the additional pulling force an operator requires for rail-boning.

Independent evaluation has identified the following proven benefits:

• Yield gain per carcass
• Occupational health and safety improvements
• Staff retention and recruitment
• Reduced work load that facilitates sustainable performance
• Operational simplicity
• Adaptable to most boning rails
• Increased boning efficiency
• Minimal footprint

Highly innovatory products currently being developed are:

Heavy Bone Slicing: Developing new products to assist with heavy labour intensive beef boning tasks that provide meat processors with a competitive advantage through improved yields, safety and flexible options is ongoing. Additional development work on heavy bone slicing is in progress.