Deboning Machine For Fish Farmers

Deboning Machine For Fish Farmers LIVESTOCK Miscellaneous When a friend asked Lonnie Dalgord and Eric Evenson if they could make a fish deboning machine they took up the challenge The result was a machine that works so well commercial fishermen started lining up to buy it     FARM SHOW reader Rick Ronk Luxemburg Wisconsin figured other subscribers would be interested in the machine     The two Green Bay Wisconsin machinists hadn t expected their deboner to become such a big part of their lives It allowed us to quit our full-time jobs and start our own machine shop Dalgord says     They sell the deboning machine and also work on other custom projects Between us we have almost 40 years experience in building machinery for the food and packaging industry We are able to take a problem think it through create a prototype and then build a finished product     Dalgord says most of their sales of the $30 000 deboning machine have been to commercial fisherman and processors They ve recently demonstrated it for a trout producer and have had interest from catfish and tillapia farmers as well     Their customers say the machine works better than other deboning machines because it removes more bones with less waste in less time and without cutting or damaging the fillet It ll process about 300 lbs of fresh cut fillets per hours with an average loss of only 1 to 2 percent For day-old fillets it ll handle more than 500 lbs per hour with losses of less than 3 percent     It s made of stainless steel and can be disassembled quickly for easy cleaning and maintenance     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lonnie Dalgord Genesis Custom Machinery Inc 835 Potts Avenue Suite 725 Box 8535 Green Bay Wis 54308 ph 920 829-6349 office or 920 499-4191 shop ; email: genesiscustommachineryinc@yahoo com; website: www genesiscustommachinery com

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