From it’s origin, Vencomatic has been an innovation driven company. Starting with the development of a nest box to automatically collect hatching eggs, we grew to the company we are today, introducing more and more revolutionairy ideas to the poultry market.
Our research and development team has a number of specialists with both practical as theoretical know how in several areas. This team continously draws up new ideas to break-through products. Improved efficiency and profitable poultry production are the most important goals of our development team.
Some revolutionairy ideas of Vencomatic:
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First nest box, automatically hatching egg collection
Before Vencomatic introduced it’s first nest box to the market, most of the hatching eggs were collected manually. Founder of Vencomatic, Cor van de Ven, started to work on a solution to collect eggs automatically and soon had the sportlights pointed at him. The idea was revolutionairy, as an article in the dutch magazine ‘Pluimveehouderij’ in June 1984 says: ‘New system for collecting hatching eggs looks promising.’
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Vencomat, open structure nest flooring with cruise control
In the early days, Vencomatic worked with a grass-type mat as nest flooring. When it developped the nest with the moveable floor, they saw that fethers and dirt where not falling of the mat, because of it’s structure. Therefore Vencomatic developped a new type of mat with an open structure pins. When used in a Classic Nest, all dirt and fethers will easilly fall down. The small points of the pins gently transfer the egg, having minimised contact with the egg. The mat is made of a natural rubber material, which has also the characteristic that egg does not accelerate when rolling to the egg belt, which prevents cracked eggs. So actually, we can say we designed a mat with cruise control.
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Vencobelt, gentle egg transfer
In our strive to offer complete solutions for the automation of hatching egg collection, we developped an egg conveyor belt for the connection of multiple nest rows to an egg packer. The Vencobelt has been designed for a smooth transfer of eggs from an egg belt of the Vencomatic nests. The plastic carriers of our Vencobelt gently handle the eggs, and are designed to have a running slope up to 30 degrees. Because the Vencobelt has only one drive chain, it can make a 90 degree curve within one meter. This all make the Vencobelt a revolutionairy conveyor belt for eggs.
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RED-L, ultimate aviary housing solution
The idea of the RED-L-system has been designed by Roelof Pol, a dutch poultry farmer. RED-L stands for resting, eating, drinking and laying. The name implifies that all needs of the birds are taken care of in the system. Pol studied the behaviour of his birds in a traditional barn house and designed a porch system, called RED-L, which he patented. With his design, Pol contacted Vencomatic, who developped Pol’s idea to a commercial housing solution. During the years competitors have tried to copy the system, but without success: the RED-L nowadays is still the ultimate aviary housing solution!
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Veranda, housing breeders in groups
In order to improve results at breeder farms, Vencomatic designed a multi tier group housing for breeders. Males and females are housed in a group, in order to make natural fertilisation possible. The Veranda is equipped with a real nest box on side of the system, which closes at night and assures a good egg quality. Because of this good egg quality, the Veranda is often used for vaccin egg production. The idea was revolutionairy at that time, just like the system itself.
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Duck Nest, a niche product
In 2005 Vencomatic developped the Duck Nest, together with a leading french duck integration. As the duck is a difficult bird, for management, no company managed to produce an automatic nest for the collection of hatching eggs wiith duck. Through observations in duck houses, at night and during the period of lay, the specialists at Vencomatic learned how to adapt at nest in such a way, the ducks would accept it. Again, Vencomatic helped a niche market with a unique product, in order to improve efficiency on their farms.
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