Getting A Good Push: Improving the Baader 212’s Head Pusher for Increased Recovery and Quality

Abstract

The American fish processing industry occupies a small, niche part of the industrial world but offers substantial areas for improvements. Mechanical fish processing efficiency is one of these areas. The current version of the Baader 212 fish processing machine does not adept well to size, shape, and mass variation, so it was altered. This thesis aims to explain the process of enhancing Baader’s factory head pusher for increased recovery while increasing quality and machine consistency in the fillet cuts. KEYWORDS: Fish Processing; Baader; Baader 212; Pollock Industry; Pollock Fish; Engineering; Head Pusher; Heading Attachment;