The Development of an Automatic Quail Egg Incubator
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The quail farming in Yasothorn Province has aimed at selling quails and eggs for a long time.
In general, a chicken incubator is modified to use, with a tray for laying eggs which is larger than quail eggs. The appropriate temperature needs to be monitored and controlled In order to avoid humidity. To do this, the formers have to open the incubator for monitoring a temperature and flip quail’s egg over frequently. A machine according to the mentioned problem, is invented in order to solve this problem. This research aims to design and develop the quail egg hatching machine with automatic control system. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of the automatic controlled incubator for quail’s eggs and the regular method. The size of developed incubator is 50 x 50 x 80 cm. operating with alternating current at 220VAC, the inside heater is controlled to be between 36.9 - 37.7 degrees Celsius and humidity is controlled is at 50 - 60%. The motor is controlled by PLC device and is activated every 4 hours including shifting for 15 minutes at a time. The results showed that eggs were hatched at 238 out of 300 eggs (79.33%). The developed machine is able to control temperature and humidity appropriately for the hatching. Moreover the machine facilitates farmers and increases yield of the hatching rate.
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