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 use
d 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.broeringtech.com> or by clicking on to the logo on the right side of the Welcome page.