A client of ours in Poland had increased their line speed from 9,500 to 13.000 birds per hour. Due to this capacity expansion, a major issue arose. The chickens were no longer clean, and the veterinarian disapproved. The existing Final Inspection Machine could barely...
Case Studies
Reducing rejections by replacing inside/outside washer
A customer in Germany reported issues with cleaning their chickens. The customer had recently received a substantial bill for standard major maintenance on their rotating Inside/Outside washer, but even after maintenance, the cleaning results were unsatisfactory.Guy...
New shackle cleaners do not work, replaced by Undine®
A customer in Finland had a completely new cooling line and a new cutting line in poultry processor for broilers. The OEM-supplied shackle cleaners didn’t work. The shackles remained dirty and were rejected by the veterinary authority.Our process technologist asked...
Variation in flock size causes hygienic problems
A client of ours in the Netherlands, a poultry processing plant, faced issues with significant variation in their flock supply.Twan KoenenSolved with the Undine® Hurdle Concept The variation was twofold: in the size and weight of the chickens and in their condition....
Solving the dirty shackle problem and optimizing cooling efficiency
By Sean Groenewald, IWC-international agent in South Africa During the last 6 years of being involved with IWC Undine® Technology and many installations throughout the Poultry industry, it has become clear that there are more benefits to installing UNDINE® than just...
Variation in flock size causes hygienic problems
Solved with the Undine® Hurdle Concept A client of ours in the Netherlands, a poultry processing plant, faced issues with significant variation in their flock supply. The variation was twofold: in the size and weight of the chickens and in their condition. At times,...
Solving dehydration losses in an air chill tunnel
With one of my customers here in the UK I spent many years and conversations introducing the Undine® technique to them. As with many new techniques not seen here in the UK, Undine® almost seemed too good to be true to the many companies I spoke to.By Roy Winters,...
Cross contamination eliminated: immersion chilling replaced with an Undine® solution
Water bath immersion chilling within the cooling area is nowadays an often-used method to improve the cooling capacity of the tunnel and reduce dried losses in the cooling process. The downside of this trend is that after the EV area a point of cross contamination is...
Higher production without exceeding water quota
One of our Canadian clients wanted to increase the production, which involved ramping up their production speed. This would, in turn, increase the factory’s water consumption and wastewater output. However, the local government refused to expand the existing permits...








