The directional sorting of prawns has always been one of the difficulties in realizing the automatic shelling of prawns by mechanical equipment. To solve this problem, a new type of directional sorting device for prawns is designed in this paper. The directional sorting device is composed of the feeding port, the directional roller shaft group, the auxiliary directional device and the spray system. The design of the key components of the orientation device is studied according to the body shape characteristics of the prawn and the change of the position of the center of gravity of the prawn in different postures. The shrimp directional sorting device has a simple structure and convenient operation, and can use the body shape characteristics of the prawns to orient the prawns, effectively solving the problems of difficult directional sorting of the prawns and low efficiency of manual sorting. The research results can provide a technical basis for the product development of directional equipment in the continuous processing of shrimp.