Introducing the EGG-GO Egg Washing Machine!
We designed and built this machine for our 1,100 bird farm to wash eggs from our chickens and ducks. We tried the air bubbler in a bucket design. That was put in a corner, they do not work on our pastured eggs. We tried a Gibson Egg Washer as well at $1,875. That was put in a corner as well. Starting from scratch, what we wanted was something that we could vary the feed rate of the eggs, depending on if there is one or two people operating the washer. A machine that is user serviceable with parts available if and when needed. We wanted a machine with a built in water heater to maintain the recommended temperature, something that even a $6,000 entry level washer does not have. The brushes are commercial duty with food grade nylon bristles. How long do they last? Ours has been running over a year now with no signs of wear. The two independent gear motors allow flexibility for various levels of cleaning. In this video, the feed rate is approximately 650 eggs per hour, as you can see, is perfectly comfortable for one person. When we both run the washer, we can consistently push 1000+ eggs per hour. The EGG-GO machine is capable of a speed up to 1,400 eggs per hour. The idea is to cut down the countless hours of hand washing the eggs. With our size farm, we have reduced our labor by nearly 10 hours a week! You do the math for yourself. When we value our labor at $10/hr, the return on the investment in an EGG-GO Egg Washer is less than 5 months! What would you do with an extra 40 hours a month?
25 мар 2017
