Home / Contacts ITA ENG ESP THE COMPANY LIVE BIRD HANDLING SYSTEMS MAXITECH AS LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING CO2 Stunning System A TRUE ANIMAL WELFARE STUNNING SYSTEM Maxitech Stunning System uses a mixture of atmospheric air and CO2, a gas that is commonly present in the atmosphere. While the birds are lowered into the tunnel, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere gradually increases from 5 to 70%, ensuring a very progressive induction time. From that moment the birds remain fully unconscious until when they have passed the killing machine. Birds are placed in the drawers at the farm and they will not suffer any further handling, while being conscious. At the plant, the drawers are handled automatically, without touching or disturbing the birds. All dumping from modules is totally avoided. True Animal Welfare Stunning System Thanks to a unique conveyor system design, the patented stunning system can be adjusted to meet the required rate of drawers per minute and finalize the settings by optimizing the transit time in relation to the bird’s reactions. High-precision gas sensors are placed in three positions, inside the tunnel. A travelling camera checks the performance of the system at all times and it can generate a video reporting with an overlay of full flock details, to prove the Animal Welfare compliance. The proper setting of the system results in True Animal Welfare and Top Quality Meat, as proven by independent scientific studies. TRUE ANIMAL WELFARE True Animal Welfare is a wide concept involving good practices of live bird handling. It includes all the actions happening between the farm and the processing plant. The Maxiload® modules have very wide openings in order to avoid injuries to the birds. During transport, the variable ventilation patterns in summer and winter offer protection for birds from the weather elements and the extreme temperature, while the air flow is still at optimum level. At the plant, a gentle handling of the drawers and a highly progressive induction phase, let the birds settle quietly without reactions. TOP QUALITY MEAT The final meat quality, spotless and of a high level of tenderness, is the proof of the proper previous handling of the live birds and it is giving a very interesting level of payback, which leads to consider True Animal Welfare a good investment. Indipendent scientific studies are available for describing the effectiveness of the results. Technical manual with SOP Download the Technical manual with SOP. Password is required. Contact us to request a password. Maxitech SRL via Guido Rossa 51 Cellatica (Brescia) Italy +39 030 20 54 770 info@maxitech.it P.IVA: IT03492120179 Maxitech, a Local Distributor Maxitech is the official distributor in Italy of Baader Fish Processing technologies Baader Separators Linco Poultry Processing Systems Omori Packaging Machineries Maxitech, a global company Maxitech designs, engineers and produces Live Bird Handling Solutions where Animal Welfare is the key ingredient to achieve High Productivity and Top Quality Meat.