Fish cutting apparatus and method for cutting fillets of fish

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fish cutting apparatus and a method for cutting fish fillets from the bones of the fish, wherein the fish cutting apparatus may reduce the initial costs and maintenance costs, but still be easy to operate and provide a substantially satisfactory filleting result. The present invention addresses this by providing a fish cutting apparatus for cutting fillets of fish, wherein the fish cutting apparatus comprises a conveying system for conveying at least one fish through the cutting apparatus, in a conveying direction through a cutting zone. At least one set of two cutting blades is arranged adjacent to each other in said cutting zone, wherein a blade distance is provided between the cutting blades. Each of the cutting blades are arranged on a first and second side of the conveying system. At least one adjustable arrangement is configured to adjust said blade distance by displacing said cutting blades relative to each other according to a pre-set cutting program configured to perform a cutting task. A user interface is configured to receive a batch information related to a batch of fish to be cut. A control unit configured to retrieve said batch information from said user interface, wherein the control unit is configured to control said adjustable arrangement when executing the pre-set program based on said batch information, such that each fish in the batch is cut according to a predetermined cutting pattern, when each fish in the batch of fish in continuation of each other is being conveyed through the cutting zone.