Fish Meat Picker YCR150

After the fillets are off, a frame still carries meat. So does the trim from portioning and the off-cuts from size grading. Left where they are, all of it goes out as waste. Recovered, the same material becomes the raw input for surimi, fish balls and formed products.

What the YCR150 does

The machine presses the incoming material against a rotating perforated drum. Soft meat passes through the openings; bone, skin and connective tissue stay on the outside and are carried away.

The drum is the specification. Changing it changes both the fineness of the recovered paste and the throughput the machine can hold, which is how one unit covers different species and different output targets.

Material that goes through the picker normally includes:

• Frames left after bone removal

• Trimmings from portioning and slicing

• Off-cuts from size grading

• Shrimp and crab processing residue

The output is a fine paste used for surimi, fish balls, fish sausage, formed products and fish tofu.

Choosing the drum

A finer drum gives a smoother paste with fewer inclusions, at a lower throughput. A coarser drum runs faster and is used earlier in the process, where the material still contains more connective tissue.

Most plants that run more than one product keep two drums rather than two machines.

Specifications

Where it sits in the line

The picker is the last stage of the fish processing line. Material arrives from the bone removal stage and from any trimming station upstream, and leaves as paste for the forming or packing area.

Because the machine handles residue rather than whole fish, it is usually the most direct way to lift the yield of a line that is already running — the material it processes was previously being thrown away.

FAQ

What can the YCR150 process?

Fish frames, trimmings and off-cuts, plus shrimp and crab processing residue. The output is a fine meat paste.

Do I need a different machine for different species?

Usually not. The drum is the part that is matched to the product, and drums are interchangeable.

How fine is the recovered paste?

Fineness is set by the drum diameter. Finer drums give a smoother paste at lower throughput.

What products can be made from the output?

Surimi, fish balls, fish sausage, formed fish products and fish tofu are the common uses.

Is it worth adding to an existing line?

It processes material that is otherwise discarded, so it typically pays back without changing anything upstream. Where a plant already sells fish frames, the recovered meat is usually worth more than the frames.