AirStreamer™ concept
Incubator concept
The AirStreamer™ is setting new standards in single-stage incubation. Its concept and performance are truly unique.The AirStreamer™ concept is based on two fundamental ideas:
- Uniformity of air distribution within a perfectly sealed environment
- Constant on-line monitoring and management of embryo behaviour (Bio-Response Incubation™)
The AirStreamer™ constantly out-performs any alternative incubation system. AirStreamer™ chicks hatch in bigger numbers and, even more importantly, they score significantly better on the quality scale: liveability, feed conversion and broiler yield attain previously unknown levels. Read on about the competitive advantages of AirStreamer™ incubation.
Our AirStreamer™ range of setters and hatchers
for high-tech single-stage incubation
- Machines for chickens, turkeys and ducks
- Capacities ranging from 19,200 to 115,200 chicken eggs
- Various options available to comply with your specific requirements
Designed for single-stage operation
The AirStreamer™ is specifically developed for single-stage incubation. All parameters are controlled independently. Air distribution was intensively optimised. The design takes the high heat output of eggs of modern poultry breeds into account.
Bio-Response Incubation™
The key point in the AirStreamer™
concept is Bio-Response Incubation™:
a system based on constant interaction
between the embryo and its
incubator environment.
Different factors such as genetics, breeder management, flock age and egg age, egg size, shell porosity, etc., make each batch of hatching eggs truly unique.
Even so, traditional incubation systems still programme and control intermediate incubation parameters such as rates of ventilation and temperature/humidity of the air in the incubator.
Bio-Response Incubation™ goes much deeper into the process: by on-line diagnosis of the real embryo temperature, CO2 output, egg weight loss, etc., the system constantly and interactively optimises the incubation environment for each specific batch of eggs.
Scientific research and extensive field trials have proven that chick quality and hatchability as well as post-hatch performance largely benefit from active control of bio-response parameters during incubation.
The following bio-response technologies are available on AirStreamer™ incubators: Dynamic Weight Loss System™ (DWLS™), Carbon Dioxide Control™ (CO2NTROL™) and OvoScan™.
Different factors such as genetics, breeder management, flock age and egg age, egg size, shell porosity, etc., make each batch of hatching eggs truly unique.
Even so, traditional incubation systems still programme and control intermediate incubation parameters such as rates of ventilation and temperature/humidity of the air in the incubator.
Bio-Response Incubation™ goes much deeper into the process: by on-line diagnosis of the real embryo temperature, CO2 output, egg weight loss, etc., the system constantly and interactively optimises the incubation environment for each specific batch of eggs.
Scientific research and extensive field trials have proven that chick quality and hatchability as well as post-hatch performance largely benefit from active control of bio-response parameters during incubation.
The following bio-response technologies are available on AirStreamer™ incubators: Dynamic Weight Loss System™ (DWLS™), Carbon Dioxide Control™ (CO2NTROL™) and OvoScan™.
Ventilation
Gaseous exchange is known to be one of
the most essential incubation factors.
To drive the metabolism towards developing
a healthy chick, oxygen has to be
supplied to and carbon dioxide has to be
removed from the egg as a waste product.
Consequently, maintaining the correct
levels of CO2 during the entire incubation
cycle has a beneficial effect on the
development of the blood circulatory
system and embryo growth.
Alongside enhancing embryo development in setters, precisely timed CO2 stimulation in hatchers leads to simultaneous pipping and hatching as well as improved chick quality.
As a standard feature on all AirStreamer™ setters and hatchers, CO2NTROL™ takes care of on-line measurement of CO2-levels as input for ventilation control.
Alongside enhancing embryo development in setters, precisely timed CO2 stimulation in hatchers leads to simultaneous pipping and hatching as well as improved chick quality.
As a standard feature on all AirStreamer™ setters and hatchers, CO2NTROL™ takes care of on-line measurement of CO2-levels as input for ventilation control.
Humidity
In order to achieve optimal hatchability
and day-old-chick quality, eggs need to
lose a certain amount of weight during
incubation.
For this purpose, water needs to be transported from within the egg, through the eggshell to the environment.
By controlling the humidity level in the incubator, the rate of this water (and, therefore, weight) loss, can be managed, taking into account the eggshell water vapour conductance of the specific batch of eggs present in the machine.
The patented Dynamic Weight Loss System™ (DWLS™) takes care of the on-line weighing of eggs during all incubation stages.
Humidity levels are automatically adjusted to achieve the optimum weight loss trajectory from egg setting to transfer.
DWLS™ is a standard feature on all AirStreamer™ setters with FOCUS™ controls.
Weighing Unit specifically engineered to weigh the Petersime Weighing Tray loaded with eggs.
For this purpose, water needs to be transported from within the egg, through the eggshell to the environment.
By controlling the humidity level in the incubator, the rate of this water (and, therefore, weight) loss, can be managed, taking into account the eggshell water vapour conductance of the specific batch of eggs present in the machine.
The patented Dynamic Weight Loss System™ (DWLS™) takes care of the on-line weighing of eggs during all incubation stages.
Humidity levels are automatically adjusted to achieve the optimum weight loss trajectory from egg setting to transfer.
DWLS™ is a standard feature on all AirStreamer™ setters with FOCUS™ controls.
Weighing Unit specifically engineered to weigh the Petersime Weighing Tray loaded with eggs.
Temperature
Chicks that are hatched at the optimum
temperature show extraordinary performance.
With the patented OvoScan™
system, the incubator temperature is
continuously adjusted in response to the
actual eggshell temperature to constantly
achieve the desired/optimum embryo
temperature. This way, perfect control of
the rate of the metabolic developing of
the embryo is guaranteed.
By incorporating this feature, embryonic mortality is minimised and hatchability is optimised. Furthermore, a top quality dayold- chick is generated, guaranteeing significant post-hatch performance improvements (liveability, growth and FCR).
OvoScan™ is available as an option on all AirStreamer™ setters with FOCUS™ controls.
Click here for the OvoScan™ flash animation.
Shell scanner as positioned in the Petersime setter tray.
By incorporating this feature, embryonic mortality is minimised and hatchability is optimised. Furthermore, a top quality dayold- chick is generated, guaranteeing significant post-hatch performance improvements (liveability, growth and FCR).
OvoScan™ is available as an option on all AirStreamer™ setters with FOCUS™ controls.
Click here for the OvoScan™ flash animation.
Shell scanner as positioned in the Petersime setter tray.