DESCRIZIONE
Disclosed is a gutting device (1) for gutting fish (9), said device having gutting tools (3) arranged above a processing line (100), which gutting tools can be controlled into and out of the opened abdominal cavity (93) of each fish which is conveyable in a supine position and a longitudinal orientation. A computer-operated device controller (15) is designed to control in accordance with the fish conveying speed, fish data detected by means of a fish measuring device (12), and tool contact with fish parts in the abdominal cavity (93). Each gutting tool (3) is suspended by means of a rocker system (4). This rocker system has a drive rocker (5, 51), a tool rocker (5, 52) that hinges on the gutting tool (3) and a steering linkage (6) by means of which the angular positions between the rockers (5) and between the gutting tool (3) and the tool rocker (52) can be continuously controlled. The drive rocker (51) is pivotally hinged about a rocker drive axis (70) by means of a rocker pivot drive (7) that is controlled by the device controller (15). The steering linkage (6) is connected to the device controller (15) by means of a steering pivot drive (8) that controls the steering linkage. The device controller (15) and the rocker systems (4) controlled thereby are designed such that, by means thereof, the gutting tools (3) for processing the fish (9) can be simultaneously moved in a conveying direction (F). A method for gutting fish in particular by means of the stated gutting device (1) consists in that all the gutting tools (3), when in the position in the abdominal cavity (93), are moved in the fish conveying direction (F) with the fish (9) to be machined at tool speeds which are less than, equal to or greater than the fish conveying speed.