Egg Candling Analysis Equipment Design: A Safety Solution

Procedia, social and behavioral sciences Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2018.04.029

Vargas C. Ramiro S. , Ruiz S. Lourdes C. , Navas L. María C.

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Abstract

Egg candling analysis is a process that consists in applying light to an egg in order to detect abnormalities inside it. The light makes the eggshell transparent; hence it is possible to analyze the components inside the eggs in a non-destructive procedure. Manual egg candling is time consuming and pays a toll in workers’ health. It is mainly prevalent in small and medium business in developing countries. The following work describes the design of an egg candling device for a poultry factory in Ecuador. The device consists of a conveyor belt with a chamber for classification. The conveyor belt was designed to allow a cold light to illuminate the eggs inside the analysis chamber. Defective eggs were separated using a mechanism which softly pushes the abnormal samples to the center of the conveyor belt. The analysis and decision making was done by a software developed in MatLAB using digital image processing. Additionally, the software enables the worker to operate the device and classify the eggs by himself in manual mode. As a result, 1000 samples were analyzed and classified with a process effectiveness of 95%.

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鸡蛋蜡烛分析设备的设计:一个安全的解决方案

卵子烛光分析是一种将光线照射到卵子上以检测其内部异常的过程。光线使蛋壳透明;因此，可以用一种非破坏性的方法来分析鸡蛋内部的成分。手工鸡蛋蜡烛既耗时又损害工人的健康。它主要流行于发展中国家的中小企业。下面的工作描述了厄瓜多尔一家家禽工厂的鸡蛋蜡烛装置的设计。该装置由带分级室的传送带组成。传送带的设计是为了让冷光照亮分析室里的鸡蛋。有缺陷的卵子是用一种机构分离的，这种机构轻轻地把不正常的样本推到传送带的中心。利用MatLAB开发的数字图像处理软件进行分析和决策。此外，该软件使工人能够在手动模式下操作设备并自行对鸡蛋进行分类。结果，对1000个样本进行了分析和分类，过程效率为95%。

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