Development and Study of Universal Fish Cutting Apparatus

Abstract

Fish cutting and grading is considered as one of the most important operation during pre-processing of fish. Generally descaled fishes are cut in to a piece which is suitable for cooking. This process is carried out traditionally using knives and it is also a tedious task which requires excess time and also causes harm and wound to the hands of person involved. The machine has been developed with the concept and combination of detecting the quality, cutting and cleaning the fish. Designing of fish cutting is the best way for reducing the human work and also hygienic handling of fish. The feed adjuster is used to maintain the pieces in an even thickness. In order to obtain higher production rate multiple work centers can be installed using single drive, in our setup we have implemented dual drive centers for performing fish cutting operation, handling efficiency of is high when compared with existing systems available in markets.