Three lines of work
Option 1: Technical feasibility, factory design and engineering services.
Option 2: Supply of equipment based on your design and specifications.
Option 3: Production support by our experts.
Each option can also be offered separately. We conform to your design and you keep your IP and patents.
Up-scaling equipment and engineering
We provide specialised support to up-scale your BSF operation above 50 tons per day of feedstock.
Send us an email with you particular request at info@insect.systems
1. FEED PLANT
support
• Feed formulations.
• Validation and trails.
• Feedstock pretreatment.
2. REPRODUCTION
support
• Fly and pupae SOPs.
• Scale-up egg production.
• Validate your cage design.
3. NURSERY
support
• Optimisation of nursery survival.
• Validation and SOPs nursery operation.
• Transfer to Rearing methods.
4. REARING
support
• Feed and climate SOPs.
• SOPs for crate or belt-rearing.
• Harvesting and cleaning.
5. PROCESSING
support
• Meal and oil production SOPs.
• Product specifications.
• Samples design for customers.
Special support areas
Climate control and management
Design and operation of all climate chambers.
Reproduction. Nursery. Rearing.
Bugged® system for monitoring.
Processing
Full design from harvesting to bagging.
Product development: meal and oil.
Wet & dry-rendering.
Oil refining.
All-round equipment and hardware
Request our equipment-list at info@insect.systems and the VDL Insect Systems website.
Machines can also be made to order, based on your design. You keep the IP and patents.
Specialised equipment - Egg production and neonate counting
NeoCounter
- Counting of hatchlings as they hatch and are collected
- Validated for BSF and Tenebrio monitor
- Direct dosing to nursery tubs
- Scans each individual NN for its volumetric size
- 2.000 – 3.000 neonates / second
- Customisable and scalable for most egg or hatchlings supply
- Integration with conveyor belt
NurseryScanner
- Determine the number of larvae in each nursery mass-hatching tray.
- The larvae can then be split in equal volume parts as needed.
- No need for microscope counting or ‘estimations’, work with real numbers.
FlyTube3
- Tube dimensions: 3050 x 2050 x 3 mm, ~ 1 m3
- Stackable.
- Control and monitoring of lighting, attractant supply, air-changes per hour, temperature and humidity.
- Stocking with flies or pupae.
- Projects from 200 units or more.
FlyTunnel 24
- 24m3 – 6700 x 2100 x 2100 mm
- Control and monitoring of lighting, attractant supply, air-changes per hour, temperature and humidity.
- Washable and drainable.
- FlyTunnel is built and customised on-site.
- Projects from 20 units or more.
•••••• (click here) to see video of the fly.factory
- Delivering eggs for sale or transfer of 5 day-old-larvae for growing.
- For 12-15kg eggs/day ~ 5000 m2
- BSF egg production available from 5 kg of eggs onwards.
- We deliver the engineering and installation.
- Specialised equipment included.
- On-site training and start-up.
Alvaro Manzanares
Insect Production & Technology.
MSc. Bioprocess engineering
Flavio Candia
Business Development.
MBA – Mechanical Engineer.
Shantanu Upadhyay
Design and Automation.
MSc. Automotive Engineer
Bridget Ristow
Feedstock and Nutrition
MSc Animal Nutrition
(External expert partner)
Liske van Greunen
Insect Processing Specialist
BSc. Food Science
(External expert partner)
Office address: Hoevenweg 1, 5652 AW Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Telephone nr: +31 40 2925500 Agrotech / VDL Insect Systems
Mobile nr.: +31 6 48801399