EQUIPMENT OF AN EGG^BREAKING PLANT. 



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To avoid unnecessary walking and trucking, the various rooms 

 should be placed as compactly as possible. The plan shown in 

 figure 1, which provides space for 12 breakers, and has a daily capac- 

 ity up to 120 cases, when whites and yolks are packed separately, 

 or up to 180 cases, when eggs are packed whole, has proven satis- 

 factory. In such an establishment a trained breaker may be ex- 

 pected to open from 12 to 15 cases a day when preparing whole eggs, 

 and from 8 to 10 if whites and yolks are kept separate. The ster- 

 ilizing room shown accommodates two workers at a time. The 

 vestibule or anteroom has been found a distinct economy, because it 

 saves refrigeration, and at the same time protects the important 

 breaking room from the dust of the more frequented space beyond. 

 Although this plan can not be followed rigidly in all plants, slight 

 modifications doubtless being necessary to meet varying conditions, 

 the ideal arrangement and equipment, should suggest many readily 

 effected improvements, and afford a practicable standard by. which 

 egg breakers can measure the efficiency of their establishments. 



Those who wish larger egg-breaking rooms can increase the over- 

 all dimensions, but they should allow 5 feet for the center aisles be- 

 tween the tables and 3 feet between the tables and walls. The unit 

 tables for two girls are 2 feet wide and 3 feet long, although these 

 may be lengthened to seat the number of breakers desired. In any 

 rearrangement of the plan, however, the egg-breaking and sterilizing 

 rooms should not be separated. For convenience the candling room 

 should connect with the breaking room, which can be accomplished 

 by placing it next to or above the breaking room. The freezer, 

 whenever possible, should be located next to the breaking room. 



The general requirements of construction of the different rooms 

 are given in Table 1. 



Table 1. — General requirements of construction of the rooms of an egg-breaking plant. 



Room. 



Cork insu- 

 lation (or 

 its equiv- 

 alent) in 

 walls and 

 floor. 



Temperatures to be 

 maintained. 



Wall finish. 



Floor. 



Windows. 



Chill room 



Candling room... 

 Breaking room . . 



Inches. 

 4 



2 

 2 



6 



None. 



° F. 

 32 to 40.... 



50 to 55 



Plastered to 



smooth finish. 

 do 



Concrete or wood. 

 do '. 



Not required. 

 Do. 



60 to 65 



Plastered and 

 white enameled. 



Plastered to 

 smooth finish. 



Plastered and 



• white enameled. 



Concrete with 



drain. 

 Concrete or wood. 



Concrete with 

 drain. 





Oto 10 



Not required. 

 Essential. 



Sterilizing room. 



Room tempera- 

 ture. 



The windows in the breaking room should be treble paned for 

 insulation. Prism glass is frequently used for the outer panes in 

 order to distribute the light more evenly. 



