Bröring Technology GmbH., was established in 1995 by Dr.-Ing. Stefan Bröring following requests to develop a range of instruments providing quantitative measurements of egg quality. In addition, the Company has supplied equipment, electronic installations and circuitry used by primary breeders to measure parameters that are incorporated in index-selection breeding programs.
Bröring has developed a suite of instruments to characterize shell and internal quality used extensively by primary breeders and the operators of hatcheries and egg-packing plants. The current range of instruments with their accessories includes: -
- FEST breaking strength instrument. The integrity of an egg shell can be determined in two seconds with up to 900 determinations per hour.
- Haugh-unit Instrument to characterize internal quality. Combined with the readout from an accurate electronic scale it is possible to determine the Haugh-unit measurement. The formula for Haugh units is incorporated into software that provides a printout and visual display of weight, albumen height and the Haugh unit score for an egg.
- Yolk color can be determined using a Bröring instrument. An egg is broken onto a glass table allowing the instrument to measure L*a*b data. Red-green and blue ratios are analyzed to provide a standard value corresponding to the units on the DSM/Roche yolk- color fan.
- Shell thickness micrometer - This electronic hand-held instrument has measuring surfaces to accommodate to the curvature of a shell and provides a digital readout.
- Bröring can apply microprocessor technology to develop electronic circuitry customized for specific QC applications.
Bröring supplies individual instruments or their combination to equip a complete QC laboratory for eggs.
Bröring has agents in all major egg producing nations. The U.S. contact is Tim Wittek, available at <tim.wittek@broeringtech.com>.
The Bröring Technology website can be accessed at <www.broering.de> or by clicking on to the logo on the right side of the Welcome page.
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