Egg handling solutions

Maximize hatchability

With over 30 years of experience, Prinzen is the market leader in hatching egg setters. Every day, over 30 million hatching eggs are carefully handled and set by Prinzen machines worldwide. Our unsurpassed points down setting rate of 99.7% maximizes the hatchability of your eggs. Throughout the whole process, from egg belt to setter tray, the eggs are treated with great care. A special egg transfer system sets the eggs onto a tray. Setting machines of Prinzen will offer you the best solution for automated egg handling at your breeder farm.

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Egg handling solutions

Vencobelt

Eggs are gently transported from different nest rows or houses to a central on-farm location with the Vencobelt.

PSPC Egg Setting Machines

The Prinzen PSPC series take automation of hatching egg setting one step further, placing hatching eggs directly onto setter trays, with an unsurpassed points down setting.

Ovoset

The Ovoset is the perfect solution for accurate setting of hatching eggs directly onto setter trays.

Ovoset Pro

Ovoset Pro is the perfect solution for accurate and gentle setting of hatching eggs directly onto setter trays. The setter trays are automatically handled and positioned for egg transfer and setting.

Ovograder

An electronic grader for hatching eggs has proven to be an asset at the hatchery. The system uses electronic weighing units, grading the eggs into four user defined sizes.

Trolley loader

The Trolley Loader is designed for fully automatic loading or un-loading of various setter tray trolley types and containers.

Egg coders

Egg coding systems are available for all our packers. The egg coding systems offer an effective method for coding each individual egg at minimal costs.

Meggsius Detect

A leaking egg detector which detects leaking eggs rolling off an egg belt onto the infeed conveyor of a Prinzen packer.

Meggsius Count

Automatically and accurately counts eggs using vision technology. This ensures a clear insight into the production and allows a continuous egg collection.

Meggsius Control

The Meggsius Control provides total control over the entire egg flow. In combination with the Meggsius Count a constant automatic egg flow to the packer is realized. You enter the capacity and the system runs automatically.

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