MflCHENDORFF Automation GmbH & Co. KG • Lower wastage rate as a result of precise material positioning and cut control • Increased throughput quantities • Reduced downtimes • Encoders are food-grade and resistant to salt water • Totally reliable, even in frosty conditions Rugged & Tough

Wachendorff encoders ensure accurate cutting and trimming Tons of fish fillets pass daily over shop counters, yet hardly anyone spares a thought to how the contents of the nets out there at sea end up being the ready-to-eat pieces that we can toss into a pan with no skin or bones to trouble us. Somebody, who has made a business out of the intermediate steps, is the Baader company, based in Lübeck, North Germany. Here machines for the food industry are designed and manufactured; these carve meat of all types into portions suitable for sale – the main focus however is on machines that process fish...

Image 1 Cutting up fish is a precision job - every millimetre counts when removing the dorsal fins. Image 4 A wheel, mounted via a spring arm, measures - with the help of an encoder from Wachendorff - the length of each individual fish and then transmits the values on to the controller for the cutter motor. Image 2 Here the skin is removed. Image 5 The encoder bearing simultaneously assumes the function of the counterbearing, saving on the need for an additional mounting bracket. Image 3 The final stage - the processed fillets drop off the conveyor belt. Image 6 Wachendorff encoders measure with...

MflCHENDORFF Automation GmbH & Co. KG Encoders Image 7 A view of the inside of the machine, showing in the foreground where initially the length is measured. In the background the knives can be seen, which are waiting to remove the head, fins, skin and bones. Questions? Just call Dieter Schomel +49 (0) 6722/9965-10, send him an E-Mail at [email protected] or call your local distributor. MflCHENDORFF Please contact your local distributor: E-Mail: [email protected] www.wachendorff-automation.de