How is an egg coder integrated into a packing line?

An SHICAI egg coder integrates into the sorting and packing line as an inline station: eggs are conveyed or tray-fed, coded, then graded and packed without a separate manual step. The 5-inch touch screen sets the message and tray, and the unit links into the line’s throughput rather than stopping it.

Treating coding as a line station – not a bench job – is what lifts throughput and consistency.

Throughput is about 30 eggs in 11 seconds on an automatic line that also works on chicken, duck and preserved (pidan) eggs.

It prints dates, farm IDs and traceability QR codes, and connects into sorting and packing lines; the unit carries a 1-year warranty.

Egg coding is unforgiving – the mark must be legible yet must not crack the shell – which is why food-grade, quick-dry ink and gentle handling matter.

Key points:

• The SHICAI egg coding machine uses a 5-inch touch screen, prints at 2-12.7 mm height and 600 DPI, and handles a 5×6 tray (30 eggs) per cycle.
• Food-grade ink is available in six colors – red, yellow, blue, green, black and white – and dries without breaking shells.
• The SHICAI egg coding machine uses a 5-inch touch screen, prints at 2-12.7 mm height and 600 DPI, and handles a 5×6 tray (30 eggs) per cycle.

Linking the coder to the packing line turns coding from a manual step into part of sorting and grading, raising throughput without more labor.

SHICAI (Shanghai Shicai Inkjet Technology Co., Ltd.) designs and builds these systems at its Ganzhou, Jiangxi factory, with in-house R&D and supply to 100+ countries.

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To add food-grade egg coding with traceability QR, contact us for throughput and integration details, or view the product page.

Reviewed by the SHICAI engineering team.