November 22, 2010

Jansen Poultry Equipment expands egg collection systems

Jansen Poultry Equipment (JPE) has expanded its egg collection systems with the MultiFlex Elevator.

The MultiFlex Elevator is used to transfer eggs from multiple tiers to a cross conveyor or egg collection table, such as with: 2-tier laying nest (Premium+, XL and LayMaxx) and VolMaxx commune layer cage; poultry houses with multiple floors or multi tier Comfort aviary or nest systems.

The MultiFlex elevator can easily over-bridge differences in height; without having to use elaborate conveyor systems.

Advantages are as follow. There is minimal contact between egg and carrier. Therefore the chance of star cracks and cracked eggs plus contamination are greatly reduced. The egg transfer between the egg belt and the MultiFlex Elevator ensures a smooth transition of the egg unto the elevator. The egg transfer also separates shell-less eggs and expells any possible dirt into the dirt collection tray situated underneath. At both the entry and exit unit of the MultiFlex Elevator, a unique curve guiding system is implemented. This prevents eggs from being bounced into each other. This is an important characteristic, which prevents star cracks and cracked eggs. The integrated dirt collection tray underneath each transfer and exit unit, which collects dirt and shell-less eggs, is easy to remove and clean. The MultiFlex Elevator takes up a minimum of space. Because of that more of the house's floor space can be used to house more birds. The MultiFlex Elevator is nearly maintenance free. The chain mechanism for example, has been designed to be self-tightening, which keeps maintenance to a minimum. It also has a long operating life time, high efficiency and a very low break-down level.

In terms of technical specifications, the equipment is suitable for egg belts with a width of 120, 250, 400, 500 and 600 mm. The maximum capacity is 35,000 eggs per hour per elevator, amply sufficient for every common situation. The MultiFlex Elevator is of modular construction and is therefore suitable for any distance between the feed-in conveyors, from 500 until 1.500 mm (with steps of 100 mm in between). The amount of entry units (i.e. egg belts) is variable, the maximum amount is six entry units. Solid construction with Sendzimir galvanised sheet metal and polyethylene synthetic material. The MultiFlex Elevator is exchangeable with all other systems. Despite the fact an elevator is already available on the market for years, Jansen Poultry Equipment has successfully managed to add three new patents for their own MultiFlex Elevator, namely for the: oval shape of the egg-carrier, because it reduces star cracks, cracks and contamination; egg transfer, because it also minimises star cracks, cracks and contamination; and expel bar, when combined with the curved guidance system, metering wheels are not required.