Automatic egg coders typically run at about 20 trays per minute on a 30-egg tray — 600 eggs per minute, roughly 36,000 eggs per hour. Note that 20 trays/min and 1,200 trays/hour describe the same machine, so quoted figures can look different without being different.
Tray speed matters because it is how operators experience throughput: a steady 20 trays/min means a person loading trays can keep pace without backup.
When comparing, convert trays/min to eggshells/hour using your tray size (usually 30) to compare apples to apples.
Why SHICAI: For busy lines, the SHICAI Six Head Egg Inkjet Printer codes a full 5×6 tray in one pass at 20 trays per minute — around 600 eggs per minute, or 36,000 per hour.
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