| 20090088059 | SAWING OF PIG CARCASSES OR THE LIKE - A method of sawing a pig carcass or the like, in which the starting point is a situation where a circular saw blade, carried by a saw head having a casing projecting from it at the front and downwards, is placed opposite and away from the top extreme part, where the hams are situated, of a carcass ready to saw, suspended head down by the rear legs, and then in a first step, the saw blade is moved transversely with a respect to and in the direction of the carcass, and then between the hams, in a second step, the saw blade being driven in rotation, the axial relative position of the carcass with respect to the saw blade being controlled, the saw blade is moved downwards from its top extreme position as far as a bottom extreme position in order to saw the carcass in two, axially, in a third step, the sawing of the carcass being ended, the saw blade is moved transversely with respect to the carcass in order to move it away from it. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090088058 | DRIVING OF A SPLITTING TOOL HOLDER FOR AN ANIMAL CARCASS SPLITTING MACHINE - The invention relates to a device for driving a splitting tool holder intended for an animal carcass splitting machine including a main carriage having sliding guide means for a splitting tool holder; a splitting tool holder supporting a splitting tool; means for driving the splitting tool in order to make it operational; operation programming means; means for slidingly driving the tool holder carried by the main carriage and connected to the tool holder and means for controlling said driving means, characterised on the one hand, by electric driving means which can be stopped in one or several adjustable precise known positions considered as reference positions for the splitting tool; on the other hand, in that the control means are able to control not only the operation and stoppage of the electric driving means but also the adjustment in position thereof, in order to adjust the reference position of the splitting tool according to the needs; the reference positions for the splitting tool being selected among the following: initial retracted position, initial splitting position, final splitting position, final retracted position. | 04-02-2009 |
