Why SortAll® Revolution 2?
The level of automation makes our sorting system stand out among the rest. SortAll®’s training and sorting process dramatically limits the time you spend inside the pen. The scale, featuring stainless steel construction and Smart Gates, is integrated into our patented SortAll® building design.
Reporting is made easy as graphs showing average daily gain, weight distribution and temperature are conveniently tracked so that the data can be analyzed to make market projections and variance calculations. The system is accessed remotely using a browser-based computer interface (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox).
SortAll® doesn’t have to overcome growth issues that plague many competing sorting systems. This is because animals are rarely forced to cross the scale to gain access to food and never have limited access to water. In addition to maintaining good growth rates animals are sorted with ease because of the automated training process carried out by the scale.
When the population is growing well and is trained to cross the scale, SortAll® Revolution 2 can easily sort a group within a precise weight range into the holding pen, significantly reducing sort loss.
Why It's Unique
- SortAll® is our patented building design
- Smart Gates are used
- All gates that control flow in the building are automated (no manually moving gates)
- An easy to use browser-based interface
- Remote access with no extra fees or services
- Detailed graphs available in real-time
- SortAll® Revolution 2 is truly automatic!
How It Works
One scale operates two pens, each pen capable of containing 700 head—for a total of 1,400 head per scale.
First we begin with the 'Training' phase. At this time one pen will have access to the open scale (the gates of the scale are not yet activated). For seven days, the pigs can either walk through the scale or through the open food court gate. Meanwhile the pigs in the alternate pen do not have access to the scale; they must continue walking through the open food court gate. After seven days, the pigs in the alternate pen will now have sole access to the scale.
This cycle will continue until the scale automatically recognizes that the animals have reached 100 pounds (or whatever weight you specify), at which time the food court gates will close in each pen for 24 hours, forcing all the animals to cross the scale, still with no gates moving on the scale.
This is the end of 'Training' and the start of 'Normal Growth'.
From now until market the scale will let each pen have six days of free choice (when pigs can choose to walk over the scale and be weighed individually or walk by the scale through the open food court gate). On the seventh day the food court gate will close, forcing all pigs to cross the scale and be weighed individually. The eighth day starts day one for the alternate pen.
