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VAKI - FISKELDISKERFI
38 VÍKINGUR
Vaki - Fiskeldiskerfi
hf. á rætur sínar aö
rekja til ársins 1985
þegar sala á laxa-
seiöum frá íslandi til Noregs
stóö sem hæst. Þá kom í Ijós
þörf á nákvæmri talningu þess-
ara seiða þar sem þau eru
mjög dýr, þ.e. örlítil talningar-
skekkja veldur mikilli óvissu um
mikla fjármuni. Stofnaö var
fyrirtæki háskólamanna og
fiskeldismanna til aö þróa hug-
mynd sem orðið haföi til hjá
nemanda í Háskólanum. Unnið
var af miklu kappi viö þróun í
uþb. 2 ár í samstarfi viö dreif-
ingaraðila erlendis sem skil-
greindu þarfir markaöarins.
Á miöju árinu 1988 hófst síö-
an framleiðsla og sala á
BIOSCANNER fiskteljaranum
og hafa nú selst nærri 200 tæki
til 15 landa ífjórum heimsálfum.
Um 95% af framleiðslu Vaka er
til útflutnings og hefur Vaki
byggt öflugt umboðsmanna-
kerfi til aö annast söluna víös
vegar um heim. (Noregur, Fær-
eyjar, Skotland, Kanada, USA,
Danmörk, Þýskaland, Japan,
ísrael, Finnland, Svíþjóð,
Frakkland, Chile, Spánn,
Ástralía, Nýja-Sjáland ofl.)
Heildarfjöldi fiskteljara sem
seldur hefur veriö undanfarin
ár er um 240, þ.e. Vaki er aug-
Ijóslega leiðandi á þessu sviöi í
heiminum meö uþb. 200 tæki.
Stööug þróun er á búnaöin-
um til aö auka notkunarmögu-
leika hans og aðlaga notkunina
nýjum mörkuðum. Nú er svo
komiö aö Vaki býöur tæki til aö
telja lifandi fisk frá 3g - 6 kg í
mismunandi útfærslum eftir því
hvaö hentar í hverju tilviki fyrir
sig.
Vaki hefur unnið verkefni á
sviöi mælitækni í stóriöju og
einnig aö þróunarverkefnum í
fiskiönaöi sem enn eru í
vinnslu.
Á sjávarútvegssýningunni í
Laugardal í september kemur
Vaki til meö aö sýna mismun-
andi útfærslur af Bioscanner
teljaranum og einnig flokkunar-
vél I samvinnu viö ístess á Ak-
VAKI
New Counter for small fish
and a weight measurement
function for the bioscanner
Vaki Aquaculture Systems
unveiled a new model of its
well-known Bioscanner Fish
Counter af last February“s
fisheries exhibition in Edin-
burgh. Christened the
Counting Tub, the new mod-
el which has the advantage
of using the same control
unit and sensors as in the
standard Bioscanner is ideal
for use in hatcheries in
counting small fish from 3-
100 g.
Trial runs of the Counting
Tub were carried out prior to
the exhibition by Calverton
Fish Farms of Calverton,
Nottinghamshire. Three
days of extensive testing
with controlled samples of
variously sized fish pro-
duced impressive results,
with Calverton manager
Alan Henshaw describing
the Counting Tub“s rapid
and accurate counting capa-
bility as excellent.
The mobility and ease of
operation also impressed
the Calverton staff, who are
confident their new acquisi-
tion will save them both time
end money in the future.
Sales of Vaki“s Counting
Tub have topped 30 units
since it“s indtroduction last
February, in addition to al-
most 40 Bioscanner sys-
tems, which are used in
counting fish from grading
machines. The number of
Bioscanner users is thus
rapidly approaching 200,
most of whom are in the UK
and Norway, although units
ureyri. (stess er stærsti fram-
leiðandi fiskfóðurs á íslandi og
selur einnig nokkuð af tækja-
búnaöi til fiskeldis.
are also in operation in the
Faroe Islands, lceland, the
US, Chile, Canada, Austra-
lia, New Zealand, Sweden,
Finland, Spain, France, Ja-
pan and Israel.
Managing director Her-
mann Kristjánsson is confi-
dent that Vaki“s on-going de-
velopment program will al-
low the company to
consistently meet the chang-
ing needs of fish farmers,
with the new Counting Tub
and a special setup for
counting in wellboats, two
prime examples of recent in-
novations.
Present development ef-
forts at the company aim at
adding a Biomass or weight
measuring function to the
standard Bioscanner by
processing data obtained by
the unit“s sensors. The new
feature will provide users
with information on total fish
weight and weight distribu-
tion.
According to Kristjánsson,
the project is well on its way
and presently capable of es-
timating the weight of fishes
passing through the scanner
to within +/- 5% error, with
the marketing slated to begin
as soon as a figure of +/- 3%
error has been achieved.
Present Bioscanner users
will have the option of adding
the new function by having a
program chip replaced in the
control unit.
Fore more information
contact: Vaki Aquaculture
Systems
Faxafen 10, Reykjavik lce-
land
Tel: -354-1-680855, Fax:
-354-1-686930