An apparatus and a method for automatic cutting of organs from a plucks set from a carcass

摘要

An apparatus for automatic cutting of organs (15,16) from a plucks set (6) from a carcass by means of cutting means (410,411,413), said plucks set comprising larynx (7), gullet and windpipe (11), lungs (16) and heart (15). The apparatus comprises a suspension means (5) for holding the pipes (11), moving means (8) for moving the plucks set relative to the cutting means, while the pipes are held in the suspension means, and a guiding means (400) adapted to guide the plucks set to the cutting means and to keep lungs and heart separated from each other. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for automatic separation of organs from a plucks set from a carcass.