2% More eggs Moba's Individual egg handling
The Omnia has proven itself over the last couple of years as a robust and reliable egg grading and packing machines. The principle of individual egg handling is unmatched. We are therefore proud to announce that important companies of our industry confirm that Individual egg handling offers upto 2% more sellable eggs. This means that compared to other technologies upto 2% more of your eggs find their way to the retail.
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Hickman’s Family Farms has been family-owned and operated in Arizona since 1944. By 1993, Hickman’s was left standing as the only Arizona egg producer with chickens and a USDA-inspected processing plant. Despite the challenges of the egg industry, the Glendale operation continued to expand. In the late 1990s a new operation opened in Buckeye with laying houses that are each housing 130,000 hens. In August 2002, a facility was launched in Maricopa where each house holds 230,000 birds.
Hickman decided for a Moba Omnia egg grader in 2008, when a new Omnia FT 500 was installed for the Buckeye facility. The experiences with this first Moba resulted in repeated investments in 2 more Moba Omnia’s. In 2009 another Omnia FT 500 was installed and in 2010 an Omnia FT 330 was added. Bill Hickman, one of the owners, says:
“The Moba Omnia works with a different philosophy. After the first grading results came in we were amazed by the result: 2% more of our eggs made it to the shelf of the super markets! Looking at the technology it is not that strange that 2% more Grade A’s are being produced.
Hickman decided for a Moba Omnia egg grader in 2008, when a new Omnia FT 500 was installed for the Buckeye facility. The experiences with this first Moba resulted in repeated investments in 2 more Moba Omnia’s. In 2009 another Omnia FT 500 was installed and in 2010 an Omnia FT 330 was added. Bill Hickman, one of the owners, says:
“The Moba Omnia works with a different philosophy. After the first grading results came in we were amazed by the result: 2% more of our eggs made it to the shelf of the super markets! Looking at the technology it is not that strange that 2% more Grade A’s are being produced.
At the beginning of the machine, eggs encounter an accumulator system that avoids pressure when going onto the rollers. And once the eggs are in the machine they never are in contact with other eggs again. This in itself reduces chances for machine cracks and creates a superb output quality. This system, called Individual egg handling, also allows the computer to know the exact position of each individual egg even into the package. With this knowledge, the computer provides a product administration and full traceability as a standard feature. And the computer control does not only offer administrational functions. Because the position of each egg is controlled, the qualities of individual products can be programmed very accurate, making maximum use of all incoming eggs. And this on its turn contributes to the overall aim: the highest possible net efficiency.”
What does individual egg handling offer?
Once the eggs come onto rollers of the Moba Omnia egg grading machine, each egg is treated as one individual product. Also all data belonging to this single product is kept throughout the entire process. At the infeed this means that all information about dirt, leaker, crack and weight properties travels along with each egg and is registered per supply-batch. Even if multiple houses or suppliers are processed simultaneously, this principle
works per infeed batch. Once the eggs are passed the transfer in the tracks, blood and color properties are added and based on all this information, the eggs are allowed into a certain product. This enables the possibility to create multiple products with different qualities simultaneously. In the packers the eggs are
transported in individual pockets without any hitting, rubbing or colliding against other eggs. The individual pockets significantly reduce the risk for machine cracks and cross contamination. This design also opens up the possibility to control the content of each individual pack. Knowing the position of every individual egg allows
the system to ensure a certain shell quality or weight in a pack, but also situations are operational where customers print the exact total egg weight of a pack or on-the-pack-accurate traceability data. Last but not least are the individual pockets limited in number and easily to remove and clean. Literally every egg touching part in the packer can be clicked out and replaced by a clean set in minutes, while the used sets can be cleaned off line. Clean and disinfected packers with only a stop of a few minutes or an exchange routine during the coffee break!!
works per infeed batch. Once the eggs are passed the transfer in the tracks, blood and color properties are added and based on all this information, the eggs are allowed into a certain product. This enables the possibility to create multiple products with different qualities simultaneously. In the packers the eggs are
transported in individual pockets without any hitting, rubbing or colliding against other eggs. The individual pockets significantly reduce the risk for machine cracks and cross contamination. This design also opens up the possibility to control the content of each individual pack. Knowing the position of every individual egg allows
the system to ensure a certain shell quality or weight in a pack, but also situations are operational where customers print the exact total egg weight of a pack or on-the-pack-accurate traceability data. Last but not least are the individual pockets limited in number and easily to remove and clean. Literally every egg touching part in the packer can be clicked out and replaced by a clean set in minutes, while the used sets can be cleaned off line. Clean and disinfected packers with only a stop of a few minutes or an exchange routine during the coffee break!!
Nick J. Schimpf, General Manager of S&R:
“Amazing that a different concept can result in 2% more Grade A’s….”
In the vast countryside of Whitewater, Wisconsin lays S&R Egg Farm, a third generation family-owned and operated egg farm. The nearly 800 acres of farmland are home to 2.4 million healthy, egg-laying hens producing up to 2 million of Wisconsin’s finest farm fresh eggs daily. For 6 decades the Schimpf family has delivered farm fresh chicken eggs to local families, grocery stores, distribution centers and egg wholesalers in Wisconsin and across America. For the S&R egg grading activities a brand new Omnia FT 500 was installed in July 2010. After 6 weeks of operation we interviewed Nick J. Schimpf, the general manager of S&R.
Nick: “Here at S&R, we keep a very close eye on our processing information. After the installation of the new Moba, it took me a while to get used to a new concept in the grading of eggs. At first I was focusing on getting the numbers in line with my previous experiences, but then I started to appreciate the principle of the Moba Omnia when in the end some 1.5 to 2% more Grade A’s were counted. The engineers who installed the machine, were tuning the performance during the startup phase with only one goal: Combining the highest possible output with the best possible egg quality. This made me think. For instance the number of rewash eggs was such an eye opener; adjusting the machine to a milder washing process with a slight increase of rewash eggs is in the end better than aiming for only clean eggs by making the washing process more aggressive, even for the clean eggs.”
Avoiding impacts on the eggs for the highest possible yield is part of Moba’s philosophy: “the gentle touch”.
All process steps with this “gentle touch” philosophy add up to a better net efficiency. Key feature is the individual egg handling where there is entirely no egg to egg contact after the eggs enter the machine. This keeps the number of machine cracks to the absolute minimum and opens the way to controlling the output quality of each product to your preset requirements. S&R does not only appreciate the concept of individual egg handling for creating the highest possible output, but also for it sanitary features. Nick Schimpf: “In these days where food safety is a hot issue, it is good to know that literally all parts in a packer that come in contact with eggs can be easily clicked out and disinfected. Basically the whole packer consists of only a few elements made of industrial plastics. Washing these is easy and can be done while the machine is running by using an extra spare set. This is combined with a foamable and high pressure cleanable infeed. These feautures on the Moba machine are a big step forward.” After experiencing the Moba Omnia machine for 3 months, the management of S&R decided to invest in a second Omnia 500 grader for their operation. This grader will be installed in the spring of 2011.
Avoiding impacts on the eggs for the highest possible yield is part of Moba’s philosophy: “the gentle touch”.
All process steps with this “gentle touch” philosophy add up to a better net efficiency. Key feature is the individual egg handling where there is entirely no egg to egg contact after the eggs enter the machine. This keeps the number of machine cracks to the absolute minimum and opens the way to controlling the output quality of each product to your preset requirements. S&R does not only appreciate the concept of individual egg handling for creating the highest possible output, but also for it sanitary features. Nick Schimpf: “In these days where food safety is a hot issue, it is good to know that literally all parts in a packer that come in contact with eggs can be easily clicked out and disinfected. Basically the whole packer consists of only a few elements made of industrial plastics. Washing these is easy and can be done while the machine is running by using an extra spare set. This is combined with a foamable and high pressure cleanable infeed. These feautures on the Moba machine are a big step forward.” After experiencing the Moba Omnia machine for 3 months, the management of S&R decided to invest in a second Omnia 500 grader for their operation. This grader will be installed in the spring of 2011.
