A METHOD FOR FEEDING EGGS TO AN EGG BREAKING APPARATUS AND AN EGG BREAKING APPARATUS

摘要

A method for feeding eggs to an egg breaking apparatus and such an apparatus is provided. In the method eggs are fed to a plurality of egg breaking devices mounted on a egg breaking conveyor by a shell egg in-feed conveyor, each egg breaking device receiving one egg at a time. The shell egg in-feed conveyor is driven by a first drive and the egg breaking conveyor is driven by a second drive, and the position of the first drive and/or the position of the second drive is adjusted in response to changes in the speed of at least one of the shell egg in-feed conveyor and the egg breaking conveyor. The adjustment is preferably performed automatically by a control unit using input from encoders on one or more drive motors, which are preferably servo motors. Size and/or size variation of the eggs may also be taken into account.