Device for classifying carcasses of large cattle, calves, hogs or sheep

A device for classifying carcasses of large cattle, calves, hogs or sheep, comprising:

• a system, against which a side of meat suspended from a conveyor of a slaughterhouse line bears, for orientating the side of meat about a hanging point of the meat;
• a system, located on one side of the conveyor, for recording images of the side of meat, a contrasting background situated facing the system for recording images, on the opposite side of the conveyor;
• a system for processing the images;
• and a control system, wherein the system against which each side of meat bears comprises a vertical post, the axis of which passes through the axis of a hook of the conveyor, the post being rotatably driven by a gear motor unit and associated with a mechanism for indexing the angular position of the post;
• the post having two series of bearing limit stops for the side of meat diametrically opposite each other, each limit stop including a support fixed to the post used for mounting a horizontal bar forming the limit stop.