After three years of intensive research and development, Pas Reform will introduce SmartPro™, its latest and most advanced development for Circadian Incubation™, at VIV Russia this year.

The ultimate goal of the modern hatchery is to produce large numbers of uniform, robust day old chicks. Robustness is a health criterion, originating in the embryonic life stage of the chicken – and correlating directly with the performance and resistance of chicks on the farm.

Detailed research has shown that robustness can be achieved by stimulating the embryo with a specific trigger, meaning exposure to short controlled periods of heat during the maturation phase of incubation. This so-called 'embryonic imprinting' stimulates robustness, improving hatching results and producing positive, long-lasting effects on body weight and feed conversion.

To support the use of Circadian Incubation™, the incubator must deliver precise climate control. To achieve truly homogeneous temperature distribution, the challenge is to exchange energy, CO2/O2 and moisture – without affecting temperature uniformity around the eggs.

To maximize temperature homogeneity for Circadian Incubation™, Pas Reform has developed SmartPro™, a new incubator design concept that combines* modular design, a new Vortex™-based airflow principle and Adaptive Metabolic Feedback™.

1. Modular incubator design; creates sectional environments in the incubator that can be controlled individually. This is the only way to guarantee homogeneous temperature in incubators containing more than 100,000 hatching eggs. Each modular section of the incubator is supported by its own temperature, heating, cooling, humidification and ventilation systems.

2. Vortex™-based airflow; generates as many vortices as possible by exchanging energy, CO2/O2 and moisture in the incubator in the wake of the air pump blade.

3. Adaptive Metabolic Feedback™; developed to ensure that the incubation environment meets the metabolic needs of each growing embryo during its development. Adaptive Metabolic Feedback™ (AMF™) maximizes uniformity by optimising airflow, the evaporation of moisture and air redistribution.

*Patent Pending with Worldwide Intellectual Property Rights
SmartPro™ will be unveiled in Moscow at VIV Russia 2011. Visit Pas Reform at stand 08.43C1, to see for yourself how this new incubation system can positively influence your hatchery's future!