A machine for automatic carcass cutting was developed several
years ago by DMRI. The machine separates the half carcass into
fore-end, middle and hind leg. The equipment consists of a conveyor,
a laying-down station, a measuring station and a sawing
station. At the laying-down station the two half carcasses are positioned
horizontally on a conveyor. Simultaneously the gambrel is
removed and the hind feet are sawn off. The conveyor brings the
half carcass to the measuring station that determines the position
of the cuts. Afterwards the half carcass is moved to the sawing station
and divided into the three primal cuts.
Some years ago the DMRI finished the development of a machine
for automatic cutting of the middle (Fig. 2). The machine cuts
off the rib tops and separates the loin and the belly.