Design and Test of Automatic Loading and Unloading Machine for Egg Tray

Abstract

A kind of egg tray automatic loading and unloading machine is designed for the high strength and low efficiency of egg tray loading and unloading in the egg candling process. Through the analysis of egg tray loading and unloading process, the automatic loading and unloading process of the egg tray is determined. Imitating manual handling, egg tray automatic loading and unloading machine is composed of lifting mechanism and scissors type combination mechanism. The lifting mechanism completes the positioning of the egg tray and the scissors type combination mechanism completes the delivery of the egg tray. The prototype was designed and tested, and the result shows that the unloading efficiency reached 122 trays/h, and the average time of single tray leaving the incubator was 29s. So the automatic loading and unloading machine of the egg tray improves the automation degree of the incubation industry, reduces the labor intensity, improves the detection efficiency of the egg, and shortens the time that the embryo egg leaves the incubator.