Aid for Initiatives to Strengthen Competitiveness for Cluster Projects 2023

Project description:

The production and marketing of hatching eggs and poultry chicks in Spain in 2022 was more than 1.5 billion units. And looking at the evolution of the last 10 years, production has had an upward trend, being an important economic activity for the territory.

Ensuring good quality of incubation eggs and the health of chicks is essential to guarantee both animal welfare and optimal production. The vaccination systems in ovo they allow for healthier chicks, which contributes throughout their subsequent productive life.

Well, the project was born to respond to, on the one hand, providing operators with a visual and real-time protocol of the maintenance processes of these machines and, on the other, to supervise and record the performance of these since they are essential. for its proper functioning. 

Objective of the project:

Facilitate and supervise the maintenance work of the In Ovo vaccination machines installed in the company. Test whether augmented reality is an efficient tool for this objective as a preliminary step for its application in resolving incidents or in training phases.

Participants

The following companies participate in the project:

• CEVA SANIDAD ANIMAL SA is a medium-sized company dedicated to animal health research.
• MIQUEL AVÍCOLA: is a large poultry company that produces fertile eggs, located in Palol de Revardit (Pla de l'Estany).
• INNOVACC Clúster català de la carn i la proteïna alternativa: The role of the cluster within the project is to network and carry out coordination, management and dissemination tasks of the project. And it will make it possible for the rest of the companies associated with the cluster to know the results and conclusions of the project.

Also participates as an external contractor FUNDACIÓ EURECAT, as a technological center expert in virtual reality processes and designs.  

See published news of the project.

View presentation del projecte realitzada en el webinar de Projectes INNOVACC del dia 15 d’abril de 2024.

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