Overview of Technology
Fish fillets are a major fish product, and are often chilled or frozen after fish-cutting operations. After removing the products from storage, the product can be difficult to seperate manually, whereby these extensive manual efforts can increase labor costs for fish processing. Typically, each facility needs 6-1o labors for this manual process.
There is currently a lack of automated singulation systems that are designed and optimized for fish fillets. This technology can significantly contribute to US food industries and help to increase the US economic growth.
Technology Description
The Automated Singulation Technology for Fish Fillets is a novel concept developed by MSU researchers that separates the fish products automatically. This system seperates fish fillets by utilizing the water buoyancy and underwater streams. Currently available singulation systems are not able to be readily adapted for fish fillets. Additionally, they are unable to be as effective in seperating the products as this proposed model. This seperation process is necessary for breading and individual quick-freezing.
Benefits
- Allows fish to be seperated
- reduces labor costs
-reduces time
Applications
This technology has practical applications in fish industries.
Opportunity
Given the novelty of this system, there is also an opportunity for further development regarding the orientation of the product for this system. The fish products need to be oriented correctly to optimize freezing quality.