System and method for fresh bovine hide splitting
AssigneeScientific Life Solutions, LLC
InventorsBart McCoy, Wade Rosen
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Abstract
A system and method for fresh bovine hide splitting includes a hide splitting machine configured to split a fresh bovine hide into a top grain and a collagen sheet. The top grain may be used for leather products. The collagen sheet may be processed with at least one of a maceration process or a drying process to produce a fresh bovine hide raw material product without the addition of a liming or bluing process. The fresh bovine hide raw material product may not include residues remaining following a liming process or bluing process. The fresh bovine hide raw material product may be usable in downstream products for human consumption including gelatin.
Claims25
A system for fresh bovine hide splitting, comprising:
- a hide splitting machine, comprising:
- at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll support positioned within a cavity defined by the at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll proximate to the at least one gauge roll support;
- at least one ring roll positioned below the at least one gauge roll, wherein the at least one gauge roll and the at least one ring roll share a center plane through respective center axes;
- at least one rubber roll proximate to the at least one ring roll;
- and
- at least one knife at least partially positioned within at least one knife jaw, wherein a distance between an outer edge of the at least one knife jaw is between 13.00 mm and 15.00 mm from the center plane,
- wherein the hide splitting machine is configured to receive a fresh bovine hide via a feed opening, wherein the at least one knife is configured to split the fresh bovine hide into a top grain and a collagen sheet, wherein the collagen sheet has a calcium residue of less than 0.33% by total wet weight, wherein the top grain is between 0.50 and 5.50 mm in thickness,
- wherein the at least one knife jaw includes a first knife jaw and a second knife jaw, wherein the first knife jaw includes an upper bevel edge, wherein the second knife jaw includes a lower bevel edge.
A method for fresh bovine hide splitting comprising:
- setting up a hide splitting machine with:
- at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll support positioned within a cavity defined by the at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll proximate to the at least one gauge roll support;
- at least one ring roll positioned below the at least one gauge roll, wherein the at least one gauge roll and the at least one ring roll share a center plane through respective center axes;
- at least one rubber roll proximate to the at least one ring roll;
- and
- at least one knife at least partially positioned within at least one knife jaw, wherein a distance between an outer edge of the at least one knife jaw is between 13.00 mm and 15.00 mm from the center plane;
- and
- splitting a fresh bovine hide into a top grain and a collagen sheet, wherein the collagen sheet has a calcium residue of less than 0.33% by total wet weight, wherein the top grain is between 0.50 and 5.50 mm in thickness.
A system for fresh bovine hide splitting, comprising:
- a hide splitting machine, comprising:
- at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll support positioned within a cavity defined by the at least one apron plate;
- at least one gauge roll proximate to the at least one gauge roll support;
- at least one ring roll positioned below the at least one gauge roll, wherein the at least one gauge roll and the at least one ring roll share a center plane through respective center axes;
- at least one rubber roll proximate to the at least one ring roll;
- and
- at least one knife at least partially positioned within at least one knife jaw, wherein a distance between an outer edge of the at least one knife jaw is between 13.00 mm and 15.00 mm from the center plane,
- wherein the hide splitting machine is configured to receive a fresh bovine hide via a feed opening, wherein the at least one knife is configured to split the fresh bovine hide into a top grain and a collagen sheet, wherein the collagen sheet has a calcium residue of less than 0.33% by total wet weight, wherein the top grain is between 0.50 and 5.50 mm in thickness,
- wherein the distance between the outer edge of the at least one knife jaw and the center plane is separated into a first distance from the center plane to an edge of the at least one knife, and a second distance from the edge of the at least one knife to the outer edge of the at least one knife jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.