A commercial SHICAI egg printer handles about 30 eggs in 11 seconds per tray cycle – on the order of 160+ eggs per minute in continuous operation. That rate is sized for grading and packing lines rather than small farm bench use, where a handheld might suffice instead.
If your volume is far lower, a handheld or desktop coder may be the simpler, cheaper fit.
It prints dates, farm IDs and traceability QR codes, and connects into sorting and packing lines; the unit carries a 1-year warranty.
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.
Traceability QR on shell lets a retailer or regulator trace a batch back to the farm, supporting food-safety compliance.
Key points:
- Food-grade ink is available in six colors – red, yellow, blue, green, black and white – and dries without breaking shells.
- Throughput is about 30 eggs in 11 seconds on an automatic line that also works on chicken, duck and preserved (pidan) eggs.
- Food-grade ink is available in six colors – red, yellow, blue, green, black and white – and dries without breaking shells.
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.
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.
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.
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