INNOVA EGG GRADING AND PACKING SYSTEMS www.diamondsystem.com
Diamond provides 75 years of experience and new ideas to help the producer adapt to the changing needs of the egg industry. The new generation INNOVA series grading systems are scalable to a customer s specific needs and future growth. They establish even higher standards in machine performance, hygiene and return on investment. There is an Innova available to fit the needs of every size of producer. Whether selecting the 6W, 12W, or 18W INNOVA, the very gentle egg handling, from loading to carton closing and case packing is easy to maintain with a minimum number of machine operators. The INNOVA is available with a wide variety of options ranging from totally manual loading, inspection and packing to fully automatic loading, inspection and packing. Lower capacity INNOVA graders can be upgraded to higher volumes with more options as the business grows or the egg market changes. The INNOVA has a very open, accessible design with a minimum amount of moving parts to clean, maintain, or replace. It is a simple, straight forward architecture. Innova 6W shown with an accumulator, Vision system, Multi-station removal system, 4 automatic packing lanes, and 1 manual packing lane. 2
Diamond graders are modular in design and can be expanded as your business grows. Innova 12W shown with single station leak removal, egg drying, 8 packing lanes and 2 Multicasers. Innova 18W shown with the Vision System mounted in the candling area. After eggs are gathered on the accumulator, or the eggs have been placed on the machine by a loading system, the compact infeed allows all the eggs to be washed, electronically inspected for leakers, dirts, cracks and weighed for individual egg sizes. Leakers are automatically rejected while dirts are returned for a second wash cycle by a conveyor or packed into trays. Cracks are separated and packed into edible and inedible categories. All the second quality and first quality eggs are weighed. Individual and total weights are recorded to help manage bird performance and feed conversions. Eggs can be sent directly to a breaking system and further standard to help expedite customer service. The quality of the final pack and high standards continue to be a Diamond trademark. The INNOVA efficiency, reliability, and very gentle egg handling combined with the uncomplicated design gives Diamond customers the competitive advantage they have enjoyed for years. The INNOVA loads, inspects, grades, and packages on the 6W, 12W, and 18W platforms with a minimum amount of labor, floor space and energy requirements. The reliability of the detection systems along with the stainless steel wash down features, gentle egg handling and many Knowledge of the egg market, machine systems and customer service provide the partnership egg producers and processors need and appreciate. processing operation from egg removal lanes. The wash down infeed includes quick disconnect components and slide out drawers make the equipment easy to clean. The INNOVA uses the Windows operating system, which makes it easy to network with other computers. This allows management computers to be easily linked to the Diamond grading system providing total flexibility along with the use of Microsoft Office. The INNOVA is compatible with many popular ink jet printers, and auxiliary software systems. Diamond modem link is other options make it a perfect machine for the producer. When you combine the sanitary features and quality of the finished egg pack with the machine efficiency, speed, labor savings, flexibility, low maintenance, and resale value, it is an excellent investment. We also offer service schools, in plant training and all the after sales help, spare parts or upgrades that may be needed as your business grows. It all comes from 75 years of experience and employees, who know, understand and want to help their customers and the industry. 3
1 Accumulator The Innova accumulator is available to gently maximize the fill rate for inline operations complete with a foreign object detector. 2 Egg Washer Diamond egg washers gently clean the eggs before inspection and weighing when the market requires a clean shell with no dirty eggs in the final pack. The side to side brush motion maximizes cleaning and gentle egg handling in a minimum amount of space. 3 Multi-station removal The multi-station removal system consists of crack detection, leak detection, leak removal, upstream digital scales and two optional preferred egg collection areas. These optional egg collection areas can be configured to collect any size first or second quality eggs. Eggs can be routed from there to other equipment by a conveyor system. 4 Loading Systems Manual hand loading systems as well as automatic preloaders and loaders are available for all Innova platforms. The automatic systems are washdown and designed to operate with paper or plastic trays. They can be used for entirely offline operations, or can be used as a supplemental feed for inline operations. 1 2 3 4 4
5 6 7 8 5 Spring spool Optional sanitary stainless spring spools keep the incoming eggs clean and reduce cross contamination for unwashed egg markets. Washed eggs dry more completely traveling on open rollers since there is less contact area to the eggs. 6 Single station leak removal The single station removal system consists of crack detection, leak detection, and leak removal. In this configuration, the digital scales are located in the transfer entry area. Leaking eggs are dropped into the leak chute. 7 Diamond Vision System The optional Vision system is available to detect manure, feathers, egg yolk, egg white and other anomalies on eggs. This unit can be ordered to function on white eggs, brown eggs, or a combination of both white and brown eggs. This unit is used in conjunction with the leak removal unit to find leaking eggs. 8 Manual Candler A manual candling system is available for customers who are not ready for automatic candling. Candling lights are standard, and remote pickoff switches or candling wands are optional. 5
9 Touch screen The touch screen system is used to control the Innova grading system. The user friendly screen is ICON based and runs through the Windows operating system. This system allows the user to interface with other windows based software programs. Standard dial up service help comes standard with each machine, where a Diamond technician can log in to the system with permission of the customer to help with production, operational, and troubleshooting issues. 9 10 10 Digital washdown scales The Digital washdown scales are located either in the entry point of the transfer or in the removal system if a multi-station removal system is required. These rugged scales are mounted on a pull out drawer, which makes cleanup and maintenance very simple. 11 Transfer After inspecting and weighing, the multiple rows of eggs are transferred with a continuous motion servo drive from the infeed to a 3 row egg conveyor through blood detection to the packing lanes. The servo drives are continually monitoring motor performance and will stop the machine if a foreign object were to enter the transfer. This simple, new generation wash-down transfer is a rugged design with an exclusive self-synchronization feature eliminating complicated timing adjustments 11 12 12 Message Center The Diamond message centers are located up and down the basket conveyor, and continually update the user of the size of eggs assigned to each packer as well as messages explaining any machine stops that may occur. 6
13 14 13 Blood Detector Optional blood detection maximizes the speed of graders, reduces manual candler labor, and improves the quality or the finished pack. It also reduces the over inspection and rejection of good eggs. The blood detector has sensitivity adjustments so the size of the blood spot being rejected can be determined. Electronic blood detection is much more accurate than using manual candling lights. 14 Manual Hand Packer Manual hand packers are available for customers who are not ready for automatic packers. These units are very simple and cost efficient. 15 Denester Options Several different denester options are available for the AP series packers 15 16 Packer reservoir The packer reservoir receives eggs through soft brushes, where eggs are gently transferred to the packer reservoir or manual hand packer. The automatic packers are used for high volume locations, where the manual hand packers are used in low volume applications. 16 7
17 AP Packer The AP packer is capable of packing 80 cases per hour and has advanced continuous motion air cell end alignment. It also has automatic variable speed based on incoming egg flow, along with a stainless variable speed large hopper denester. The carton closer automatically closes all popular packaging. 17 18 Multicaser The Diamond Multicaser is available to pack paper, foam and plastic egg cartons, and 30 egg trays into a variety of corrugated boxes. A wide variety of pack configurations are available. The Multicaser saves labor and reduces the risk of breakage from manual packing. 18 8
Optional software features: Dynamic reroute Allows the user to route eggs, as fast as possible, away from packers that are having difficulties. Any number of things could cause a packer to start filling up or go into a red-light condition: take away belt backed up, egg flow on the reservoir bed ceases or a pack has problems moving through the carton loading area. Though these problems are rare, large operations with many packers are more likely to see these issues and are less likely in a position to accept one packer stopping the whole machine. With standard software, graders will automatically route away from a packer exhibiting a red-light condition. However, this standard rerouting takes place back at the transfer so all eggs in the basket conveyor must continue on toward their original destination. If you consider the amount of eggs in a moderately sized basket conveyor, and take out those eggs not going to a single packer, the remaining eggs still cannot fit on one packer bed. With the dynamic reroute option, the machine is broken up into multiple routing points for groups of packers receiving the same kind of egg. Because the machine knows the classification of each egg and also knows which packers are accepting these different classifications, it can form packer alliances. Three packers taking medium eggs could be allied together. Therefore, any egg going to one of these packers could immediately be rerouted to the other should that packer start to fill up or go into a red-light condition. Ink Jet Panel Allows all Ink Jet message editing and assignment takes place using the touch screen computer. It also establishes which messages can be selected during production and will dictate how the messages will appear on the egg when they are selected with the Egg Printer Panel. The Egg Printer Panel replaces the normal inkjet screen and offers not only the ability to start/stop printing at each packer but also the ability to choose which messages will be used. Breaker Flow Control This option gives the user the ability to send eggs of selected quality to a breaker system. A collection belt is installed where a packer would normally reside, which carries chosen eggs to a breaker. Typically, the belt speed is fixed so it is up to the grader to control the flow rate of eggs headed for the breaker. This software sets up the targeted CPH flow control onto the breaker belt. The operator can choose any grade of egg to send to the breaker. Eggs routed to the breaker have a separate daily report and do not appear in the standard daily counts. When the red light signal for this belt is activated, eggs that would normally go to the breaker belt are diverted by appropriate grade to the packers. Supplier reports Keeps track of the actual number of each size egg that comes from each supplier as well as the number of cracked, dirty, leaking, and eggs with blood spots. This report is not affected by any upgrading of cracked eggs into grade A eggs. Innova 6W Innova 12W Innova 18W Max capacity [cph] 200 400 500 Max capacity [eph] 72,000 144,000 180,000 Number of infeed rows 6 12 18 9
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12 2 9 1 7 6 5 4 3 8 1 Accumulator 2 Vision System (Dirt Detection) 3 Crack Detector 4 Leaker Outlet 5 Washdown Scales 6 Preferred Egg Outlet 1 7 Preferred Egg Outlet 2 8 Transfer 9 Electrical Cabinet 10 Position of Blood Detection and Inkjet 11 Manual Packing Lane 12 Denester 11
Diamond 23400 Haggerty Rd Farmington Hills MI 48335, USA T: +1-248-476-7100 F: +1-248-476-0849 E: info@diamondsystem.com www.diamondsystem.com Creation date: 01-09 149-080127