Eh, there really is a hairy crab bundling machine!

When the frost falls in the old garden, the wine green orange and yellow crab is just right.

Oops, it's the season to eat hairy crabs recently, and when I steam a few, my hands and heart are itchy with itchy feet.

I've seen workers hand tied crab ropes, and that's called a quick rope. But you say, this crab is arrogant and domineering, and if it is pinched, it will hurt to death. Is there a machine to replace labor?

The answer, of course, is – there is! Let's start with a semi-automatic crab tying machine.

Semi-automatic crab tying machine

The workers first put the pincers and legs of the crab with teeth and claws inside. Then follow this slope, keep the group in the shape of a group, and send it into the bundling and fixing table. Notice that this groove is made up of four parts spliced together.

Then hold down the crab and let the rope start tying through the gap between the parts. Tie your legs in two circles, turn the crab 90° with the crab on the table, and wrap your body around a few times.

After the bottom nail is closed to the rope, a binding operation is completed, take it away, and the next one~

The above is semi-automatic, and there is also a fully automatic crab tying machine.

Fully automatic crab tying machine

Start by pouring the crab to be tied directly into the hopper and then push it horizontally to the predetermined position to let the crab curl up.

The upper clamping device moves downwards to clamp the crab's mouth. And the push rod at the bottom also lifts the crab up together and sends it to the binding.

Circle twice horizontally, rotate and circle again twice. Tied tightly, you can't move your neck, you can't twist your buttocks.

After nailing, cut the rope.

Walk you! The next guest officer, Xiaoxin Crab, is in place and untied~

Wait a minute! Cast has something else to say...

When I was looking at the automatic crab tying machine, I thought it was a little strange that the crabs were pushed out without a struggle. Is it because the speed of pushing is too fast and it hasn't reacted yet? Or does the sideways movement belong to the comfort zone of the crab, which is very immersive?

Then I found the information, saying that in order to make the crab slow and easy to handle, the crab can be put into a "state of anesthesia", just be stupid. For example, cryogenic freezing, or something else. I also found a patent, saying that it was to anesthetize crabs. Thinking of some shrimp and crabs, they will also inject quantitative anesthetics into the water to reduce metabolism before cold chain transportation, and it seems that this is indeed the reason...

In short, I wish you all a happy eating and drinking, and don't live up to the vast products and beautiful "food order"!

Proofreading: Cast + Jiang Xiaofu

Screenshot: Brother Yang

The gif in the article is taken from YouTuber @supertoymodel2373's "Intelligent Manufacturing of Crab Automatic Strapping Machine Crab Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab", "Automatic Hairy Crab Strapping Machine, Automatic Knotting, Replacing Manual Good Helper, #大闸蟹捆扎机 #自动绑螃蟹 #" by the video account Suzhou Hairy Crab, and the patent with the publication number CN104489048A