Another machine for removal of the interior bones – shank
bones, humerus and shoulder blade – is currently being developed
by DMRI also in cooperation with Townsend.
At this stage a prototype is being tested at a Danish slaughterhouse
(Fig. 5). The machine is designed for flow boning, i.e. the
fore-end is moved through the machine without stops at a rate
of 500 fore-ends per hour.
The fore-end arrives at the machine with the shank end first and
the rind downwards. After boning the fore-ends will leave the machine
in one piece and continue for trimming, defattening and
skinning.