CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED STRIP FROM MEAT PRODUCTS FED IN A TRANSPORT DIRECTION T AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED STRIP FROM MEAT PRODUCTS FED IN A TRANSPORT DIRECTION T HAVING SUCH A CUTTING APPARATUS

摘要

The invention relates to a cutting apparatus (10), designed and configured to cut a substantially V-shaped strip (50) from meat products (11) fed in a transport direction T, having a knife carrier (12), with which two knife units (13, 14) are associated, wherein each knife unit (13, 14) comprises a circular knife (15, 16) and a drive (17, 18) for rotatingly driving the circular knife (15, 16) about a central rotation axis Mi, M2, the two circular knives (15, 16) being positioned substantially in a V-shape relative to each other in a position encompassing an angle a, and the size of the angle a being adjustable by means of an adjustable arrangement of the knife units (13, 14) on the knife carrier (12), said arrangement being characterized in that the offset V of the two central rotation axes Mi, M2 from each other in the transport direction T is equal to zero, and the two knife units (13, 14) are designed and configured to be adjustable only synchronously to each other. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding apparatus and a method for cutting a substantially V-shaped strip (50) from meat products (11) fed in the transport direction T.