METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR REMOVING BACKBONE OF CARCASS

摘要

In order to automate a process for removing the backbone of half of the body carcass produced by halving the carcass of fat stocks such as a pig, a cow or a sheep and to protect sirloin near a mamillary process, the method for removing backbone of carcass comprises a step for inserting a bone removing unit between a pair of right and left halves of the body carcass (P) suspended with the halved sides (w) opposing by using a bone removing unit (11) integrally equipped with a planar spinous process guide (12), a halving plate (13) having a U-shaped recess forming portion (131), and a turn blade (14) for cutting backbone and then applying the haiving plate against the halved sides and positioning the halving plate, a step for securing half of the body carcass by grasping the backbone (B1) of the carcass with the U-shaped recess forming portion and inserting the spinous process guide into the separating portion (12c) of spinous process formed in previous step and a meat portion adhering to the spinous process until it abuts against the mamillary process (B4), and a step for cutting the backbone by inserting the turn blade obliquely from the rib side.