November 8, 2010

Lohmann Tierzucht converts incubators to increase hatchery capacity

Lohmann Tierzucht has decided to convert all their existing hatchers (22 in total) of their Grand Parent hatchery in Dorum, Germany, to Emka Incubators' new Teggnologic27 concept system.

Simultaneously, Lohmann will also increase their hatching capacity with three new Emka Incubators hatchers.

Lohmann made this decision after testing one Emka Incubators hatcher VH-192-H that was equipped with the Teggnologic27 system. Incubators equipped with this new system operates with cooling water at 27°C instead of the 12°C-5°C needed in traditional machines, which leads to considerable advantages for both the hatchery and the day-old chicks: substantial reduction of energy consumption for the production of cooling water, completely dry cooling pipes thanks to the absence of condensation in the machine and better chick quality.

The company has compared quality, uniformity, quantity of day-old chicks, first-week mortality rate, and found considerably better results with the Teggnologic27 system.

Lohmann will combine this new cooling system with a fluff collection and exhaust air filtering system, which reduces the hatcher and fluff tunnel cleaning time to an absolute minimum.