Gobal processing equipment supplier, Marel, has designed an ITM2 trimming robot to help improve high value salmon trimming.
The new ITM2 robot, which features highly advanced vision technology, calculates the most profitable cut configuration of salmon based on weight, shape and/or colour grade parameters, before trimming loins, belly sides and fillet surfaces at high speed.
It has been designed for seamless integration into pre or post rigor fillet processing lines and can be tailored to individual specifications, offering quicker, more efficient and consistent results than a master trimmer.
Per Kristian Bjånesöy, production and technical manager of Norway’s Austevoll Seafood which uses the tool, said: “We’re packing more with fewer people. And because of increased output, and because now we also have more by-products to pack, we haven’t had to lay anyone off.”
Marel says that an integrated fillet processing line becomes even more powerful when used with its Innova yield monitoring software which monitors each process, improving productivity and traceability.
Stian Otterlei, manager, filleting department, Austevoll, added: “If I see that the weight percentage trend for any trim category is increasing, then we just make corrections to reduce trim and increase yield.”
