Pas Reform

Pas Reform is an international company, which has specialised in the development of innovative hatchery technologies for the poultry industry since 1919.

The company owes its position as one of the leading hatchery equipment manufacturers in the world to its long-standing research into the biological and physiological aspects of embryo development, and its complete understanding of all aspects of the poultry production chain.

With the backing of some of Europe's leading industrialists, and access to commercial expertise borne of a heritage in cross-border and intercontinental trading, you will find in Pas Reform a thorough understanding of international business, combined with a commitment to delivering world-class solutions for the commercial hatchery.

Our technology is at work in more than 100 countries. Our own network of distributors delivers hatchery products and technical support, as well as holding stocks of components and parts for prompt delivery around the world.

All technical personnel are fully trained and qualified by Pas Reform - so that our clients are assured the very latest in hatchery intelligence and management practice, combined with the most up-to-date findings from one of the world's leading R&D teams in embryology.

In Pas Reform, you will meet a company of dynamic, committed individuals who, working together, put a progressive, knowledgeable and energetic resource at your disposal.

Pas Reform is an international company, which has specialised in the development of innovative hatchery technologies for the poultry industry since 1919.

The company owes its position as one of the leading hatchery equipment manufacturers in the world to its long-standing research into the biological and physiological aspects of embryo development, and its complete understanding of all aspects of the poultry production chain.

With the backing of some of Europe's leading industrialists, and access to commercial expertise borne of a heritage in cross-border and intercontinental trading, you will find in Pas Reform a thorough understanding of international business, combined with a commitment to delivering world-class solutions for the commercial hatchery.

Our technology is at work in more than 100 countries. Our own network of distributors delivers hatchery products and technical support, as well as holding stocks of components and parts for prompt delivery around the world.

All technical personnel are fully trained and qualified by Pas Reform - so that our clients are assured the very latest in hatchery intelligence and management practice, combined with the most up-to-date findings from one of the world's leading R&D teams in embryology.

In Pas Reform, you will meet a company of dynamic, committed individuals who, working together, put a progressive, knowledgeable and energetic resource at your disposal.

Good hatchability is no accident. Nature has created a heat-dependent process that draws on maternal body temperature and the production of metabolic heat to produce healthy, first-class chicks.

  Nature has the answers, and our aim in the commercial hatchery must be to mimic these natural conditions as closely as possible, to produce very large numbers of healthy, first-class chicks that meet the ever-growing demands of commercial poultry markets around the world.

With capacities up to 115,200 hen eggs, SmartSet™ is the largest closed-door, single-stage incubator available on the market today. Once the trolleys are in, total system control is possible from outside the setter, eliminating any need to move trolleys during the setting period and fully preserving the integrity of heat management and distribution.

Features include:
• Reduced heat-up time: to improve day old chick uniformity, it is vital that the hatching eggs, once in the setter, are rapidly and evenly brought on temperature to start the incubation process. SmartSet's™ heating device has a substantially larger heating surface area and therefore reduces the time to reach machine set point by 50 per cent. This significantly improves uniformity and subsequent post hatch performance
• Increased cooling capacity: modern breeds generate more metabolic heat now than in the past - and detailed work to forecast future developments has enabled Pas Reform to calculate cooling capacities not only for today's breeds, but also for their offspring in twenty years from now. In SmartSet™, the cooling capacity has been increased by 40 per cent.
• Integrated heating & cooling system: to achieve homogeneous temperature distribution throughout the machine, SmartSet™ has a combined heating & cooling device with 34 vertical, parallel coils per section, supplied with hot or cold water for optimum energy transmission to and from the incubating eggs.

  SmartHatch™ is a fully-automated hatching system that delivers accurately regulated temperature, humidity and ventilation: an exemplary hatcher for high day old chick uniformity with no need for human intervention.

Features include:
• Optimised cooling system: Thanks to a detailed understanding of the impact of metabolic heat production on the growing embryo, Pas Reform has calculated the cooling capacities for SmartHatch™ not only for today's breeds, but also for projected breed requirements in twenty years from now. SmartHatch™ incorporates 12 parallel cooling circuits that surround the incubating eggs (SurroundCooling™), to deliver an added 20 per cent cooling capacity. The circuits are fully integrated into the aluminium cabinet panels to massively increase the cooling surface area for even temperature distribution.

• Automated hatching system: fully automated processes deliver greater accuracy, and SmartHatch™ monitors and adjusts the hatching process automatically from the day of transfer through to the last chicks hatching, eliminating any need for human intervention. Field trials have proven that the systematic measurement and control of temperature, humidity and CO2 production, combined with the use of current and historical data to adjust the hatcher environment automatically consistently produce high levels of uniformity per batch.

• Hygiene: SmartHatch™ is constructed of high quality, smooth-walled 'food-safe' anodised aluminium, stainless steel and polystyrene. Its robust cabinets are resistant to strong disinfectants and corrosion and extremely durable. The absence of closed air ducts improves hygiene and sanitation, while the incorporation of the cooling circuits into the walls greatly reduces cleaning time.

  SmartDrive™ delivers total control over every function and setting within each, individual incubator, from humidity and CO2 levels and the position of air inlet valves, to the individual operating parameters - temperature, heating, cooling, ventilation and turning - required per batch/egg type.

Ergonomic design and the use of clear, full colour TFT displays and icons, allow SmartDrive™ to be configured quickly and simply to programme incubation conditions to meet breed-specific requirements.

Features include:
• Pre-heat function: to improve day old chick uniformity requires a synchronised start to incubation. It is critical that the hatching eggs are heated quickly and uniformly once placed in the setter - and SmartDrive's™ pre-heat function takes this one step further. Full programming for pre-heating time, temperature and ventilation allows the time needed to reach a specific set point from start up to be reduced even further.

• New PID control combined with set points per section: SmartDrive™ incorporates the latest version of PID - Proportional Integral Derivative - control, enabling the hatchery to simulate optimum (near-natural) incubation set points to minimise overshoots. The new PID control is adjustable with separate set points for each section of 19,200 eggs.

• Turning programmes: As our knowledge of embryology continues to grow, we are prompted to investigate different incubation programmes and modes . Studies have also revealed the benefits of different turning principles during incubation - and SmartDrive™ now offers the ultimate in flexibility, for adjusting turning programmes as and when required (frequency of turning, 2 or 3 auto-turning positions, start/stop timing).

Consolidation is a worldwide phenomenon - increasing the size of commercial hatcheries, and the need to adopt automated systems - to a greater extent than ever before..

Hatchery automation delivers significant benefits in terms of chick quality and hatchery results - and with almost 100 years' experience of both embryology and engineering specifically for the hatchery sector, Pas Reform is a leader and innovator in the development of reliable, practical, effective solutions.

Pas Reform Hatchery Automation Systems are flexible and easy to clean. They only require a minimum of maintenance to deliver improved efficiency and reliability, lower labour costs and a dramatic improvement in the working environment for hatchery personnel.

From egg handling and candling, to counting and chick handling, Pas Reform is a leading solutions-provider for every automated function of the modern hatchery, from stand alone machines for small or medium size operations to complete turnkey projects for fully automated hatcheries.

In combination with Smart Incubation Systems, Pas Reform Hatchery Automation Systems assure a safe, reliable, efficient and effective automated hatchery environment.

Pas Reform Climate Control Systems give the hatchery manager total control of environmental conditions, in every room of the hatchery. Temperature, humidity, airflow and air pressure are all fully managed - to ensure that each growing embryo has the best chance of reaching its full potential.

Pas Reform achieves this with its unique uni-directional airflow system, which employs air pressure differences to control each distinct area of the hatchery. This proven, effective, bio-secure system prevents cross contamination in the hatchery environment.

A well-designed climate control system from Pas Reform will have a major impact on the hatchery's success on many levels, by reducing energy costs, improving hatchery sanitation and, most importantly, by generating an ideal environment for the development of embryos into healthy, day-old chicks.

In combination with Smart Incubation Systems, climate control from Pas Reform creates ideal environmental conditions, with enhanced bio-security - to optimize performance and uniformity throughout.