Automated robotic egg inoculation
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1993
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Soni, Rajesh Kumar
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Hall, Jerry Lee
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An important process of animal health and nutrition companies in manufacturing vaccine is the inoculation of eggs. Egg inoculation is divided into four steps: namely, antiseptic application to the eggs, punching/drilling holes into the egg shell, injecting inoculurn into the egg and sealing the holes in the egg shell. The process of egg inoculation is currently carried out manually which results in a relativeiy slow production rate. The goal of this work is to automate the process. There are two primary reasons for automation, one is to increase the production rate and the other is to eliminate the effect of Carpel Tunnel on the people working on the manual process for the animal health industries. One such company is Solvay Animal Health Inc., which has suggested this project and has provided partial financial support for this research.
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