Herring processing

Herring has a high content of the healthy Omega 3 fatty acid and has been eaten, especially in Northern Europe, for the past 5000 years. The fish can be served in numerous ways, e.g. raw, fermented, pickled or cured.  

Cabinplant can provide complete herring processing lines with capacities up to 70-80 tons per hour. These include total solutions for packing of whole, round fish in plastic containers, as well as complete systems for handling of fillets - fresh or cured. In addition we provide complete lines for processing of matje herring.

Cabinplant's solutions for herring include:

• Receipt of fish in bulk direct from the ship
• Weighing of incoming fish
• Grading in up to five different sizes
• Distribution of fish to filleting machines
• Dry feeding systems for filleting machines
• Vision systems for filleting machines
• Transport systems for collection of cut fillets
• Systems for salting of fillets in barrels and vessels
• Curing of fillets in barrels and vessels using a stirring unit or a rolling system for barrels
• Packing systems for fillets and whole, round fish in barrels, boxes, trays etc. using batch weighing and multihead weighing
• Handling of waste

Cabinplant's solutions for matje herring include the following:

• Sorting systems 
• Distribution systems to the gilling machines 
• Feeders for the gilling machines
• Gilling machines
• Collection systems for gilled and sorted herring
• Packing solutions in barrels or vessels

Link to machines:

Batch weigher, axial roller grader, belt conveyance, vision system, stirring unit, rolling system for barrels, multihead weigher, gilling machine

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