METHOD FOR SKINNING TUNA AND OTHER SPECIES FOR THE CANNING INDUSTRY AND DEVICE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF

摘要

The method involves turning the fish (4) around its own axis while a cutting blade is longitudinally displaced along the body of the fish and contacts th e latter in such a way that the blade follows a helicoidal trajectory in relation to the skin of the fish thereby making it possible to fully skin th e fish. To this end, the device has a pair of clamps (7 - 7') to fix the fish in vertical position and preferably with the head facing downward. The clamps a re aided by a rotational actuator (10) delivering said movement to the fish whi le the blade (11) is permanently pressed on the fish by a spring (17) and is moved along the fish by a cylinder (16) or any other appropriate means. The arm (13) is rotated on a support (15) located at mid-height and can be displaced transversally by a cylinder (19) so that the blade can permanently work in an imaginary plane (21) perpendicular to the axis of the fish.