Hatchery automation

Automating the egg intake process

Prinzen offers solid and reliable equipment to place eggs arriving in the hatchery onto setter trays. The egg setting machines offer hatcheries solutions combining gentle egg handling with 99.7% points down setting thereby maximizing hatchability. The egg intake and transfer operation can be combined with candling, egg grading and UV desinfection of the eggs.

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Hatchery automation

System Loader

The System Loader carefully feeds eggs from their transport tray to the egg setting modules like the proven PSPC unit(s), positioning the eggs points down in a setter tray.

Tray to tray transfer

In case no additional quality control or points down setting is required, the Prinzen tray to tray transfer system offers a wide variety of solutions for transferring hatching eggs from the transport tray directly onto the setter tray.

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.

Genus Focus for in-ovo sexing

Genus Focus analyzes eggs on embryonic development on day 12 and before. It then classifies the eggs into females, males, and clear eggs

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