The FDS 3000 skinning machine is a recently developed skinning machine suitable for skinning soft trimmed whitefish fillets or portions. The fillets are fed on top of the drum and “freezes” flat on the drum by gravity and and light pressure. It is possible to skin very shallow without putting pressure or strain on the fillet or skin.
The machine is normally used with manual feeding. The capacity is 40 – 120 fillets per minute, depending on fillet size.
The new FDS 3000 is an improved skinning machine for white fish filets with uneven thickness, portions and fillets transported with skin side down Trio FDS skinning machines have generally been recognised as the best skinning machines for soft fillets and previous frozen fillets. Many thousand machines are in use skinning hake, merluza, hoki, pollack and previously frozen fish fillets.
On the new FDS 3000 skinning machine, the fillets are fed with skin side down, on top of the drum. The skin, even on fillets with uneven thickness, are flattened against the cold drum by gravity and mechanical pressure. The skinning result is better than other Trio FDS skinning machines in terms of less skin spots and higher yield.
The new FDS 3000 machine for whitefish is a result of the development of FDS 2000 skinning machine for salmon and the FDS 3000 slicing machine for poultry. These machines have been in operation at major processing plants in Norway, UK, France, Spain and USA for several years.
Skinning portions
Many chefs suggest preparing the fish portions with skin on. Trio FDS skinning machines can skin individual portions without loss of yield