| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus (10) for scalding and plucking slaughtered poultry, by way of example chickens, hens, turkeys, ducks or geese, where the poultry is transported via a sluice device through a scalding tunnel (10) after slaughtering, preferably suspended at the feet, where the poultry in the scalding runnel is conveyed successively between rows of nozzles (36) that are adapted to apply scalding agent to the poultry, where a plurality of different scalding agents are applied, where in a first scalding zone hot water is used as scalding agent, where in succeeding scalding zones scalding agents with mutually differing temperatures are applied, where in the said succeeding scalding zones warm humid air is used as scalding agent which is at least blown onto specific sub areas of the poultry, which after passing through the first-mentioned scalding zones, is passed through a primary plucking station (20), where feathers are plucked from the mentioned specific sub-areas of the poultry, after which the poultry, after passing through additional rows of nozzles, is passed through a secondary plucking station where the remaining feathers are plucked from the poultry. In a simple way is hereby achieved possibility of further optimising the scalding, so that optimal plucking may occur subsequently without the poultry subjected to unnecessary heat action, and so that a considerable reduction of the required energy consumption is simultaneously attained.</p> |
