An Improved Electronic Gauge for Measuring Egg Albumen Height

Abstract

An electronic egg albumen height gauge having improved long term reliability and accuracy is described. The height measurement accuracy is within ± .02 mm with a 4 digit display and within ± .1 mm with a 3 digit display. The repeatability of albumen measurements using the gauge in normal egg testing is .93. The advantages of the instrument over the standard manual micrometer for measuring egg albumen height are ease of use, reduced operator error, and increased measurement speed. Also, since the gauge has a digital output, overall measurement speed can be further increased by automatically entering each reading on an external data recording device.