Poultry Processing Guide Members for Wing-Safe Breast Cutting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing poultry processing apparatuses face challenges in separating breast meat with wings from gara without interference from triangular bones, which often adhere to the breast meat and require manual trimming, increasing workload and reducing yield.
Innovation Solution
A poultry processing apparatus with a fixing jig and guide members that support and guide wing parts, allowing cutters to access the body part without interference, and cutters that make precise cuts between the triangular bones and meat parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If cuts are made around triangular bones to prevent adhering to breast meat, then the triangular bones can be separated from breast meat, but the cutter may interfere with surrounding parts such as wings and cut extra parts
Solution Approach 1:
The guide members extend along the conveyance path from below the wing parts, creating a three-dimensional guiding structure that lifts and positions the wings away from the cutting zone. This spatial arrangement allows the cutters to access the body part side portions without interfering with the wings, resolving the contradiction between cutting precision and cutter interference.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide members act as intermediary elements between the wings and the cutters. By guiding the wing parts from below and maintaining their position, the guide members prevent direct contact between the cutters and wings, allowing precise cutting of the body part without harmful interference with the wings.
2Productivity
If the cutter accesses the body part to make cuts, then triangular bones can be separated from breast meat, but the wing parts may obstruct the cutter's path
Solution Approach 1:
The guide members create a spatial arrangement where the wing parts are positioned above and guided from below, while the cutters operate at a lower level accessing the body part side portions. This dimensional separation allows both the wings to remain in place and the cutters to access the cutting zone without obstruction.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus separates the functions of wing guidance and body part cutting into distinct components operating in different spatial zones. The guide members handle wing positioning while the cutters independently perform cutting operations on the body part, allowing both operations to proceed simultaneously without interference.
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AI summary
In a poultry processing apparatus, a workpiece which is poultry with a body part and a pair of wing parts is conveyed while being supported by a fixing jig. A pair of cutters is disposed respectively on both sides of a conveyance path of the fixing jig. Further, a pair of guide members extends along the conveyance path, and the pair of wing parts of the workpiece supported by the fixing jig is guided from below by the pair of guide members to allow the pair of cutters to access side portions of the body part between the body part and the pair of wing parts.