EP4687440A1 - Aufzuchtanlage für insekten - Google Patents
Aufzuchtanlage für insektenInfo
- Publication number
- EP4687440A1 EP4687440A1 EP24710617.2A EP24710617A EP4687440A1 EP 4687440 A1 EP4687440 A1 EP 4687440A1 EP 24710617 A EP24710617 A EP 24710617A EP 4687440 A1 EP4687440 A1 EP 4687440A1
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- Prior art keywords
- housing unit
- breeding
- housing
- insects
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K67/00—Rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; New or modified breeds of animals
- A01K67/30—Rearing or breeding invertebrates
- A01K67/34—Insects
- A01K67/36—Industrial rearing of insects, e.g. insect farms
- A01K67/362—Containers or crates
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K67/00—Rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; New or modified breeds of animals
- A01K67/30—Rearing or breeding invertebrates
- A01K67/34—Insects
- A01K67/36—Industrial rearing of insects, e.g. insect farms
- A01K67/364—Heating, ventilating or air conditioning
Definitions
- the invention relates to a breeding facility for insects, which are fattened in the facility until further processing.
- the aim of fattening is to obtain protein-rich feed for livestock and pets and to provide basic materials for the production of food and thus as a human food component. Waste materials from the fattening process can be used as a fertilizer component or used to generate energy in biogas plants.
- a device for breeding insects with stackable and movable boxes is known from DE 10 2019 121 102 B3.
- the boxes are arranged in a stack, whereby the boxes can be rearranged within a frame.
- the boxes can be fed into and out of the frame via a conveyor belt and the Boxes are moved vertically up and down within the stack.
- the frame is equipped with a supply unit and a cleaning unit.
- WO 2022/070008 A1 presents an automatic insect breeding box that is equipped with a conveyor belt for discharging dead insects or dirt.
- a rotating brush device at the exit opening prevents the live insects to be reared from escaping.
- the breeding box can be filled manually via access openings.
- insects are becoming increasingly important for the food security of animals and humans and that insects are already approved as food and for feed production (e.g. mealworms, black soldier fly larvae), both the construction of conventional breeding facilities and their operation under the given circumstances are often unprofitable in order to achieve corresponding production quantities.
- the breeding system for insects is equipped with at least two modularly constructed, concentrically arranged circular housing units, in the respective interiors of which at least one slider is arranged which can be rotated about the central axis of the housing unit by a drive device, wherein the housing unit has at least one ejection opening in its side wall which can be brought into an open and closed state by a flap actuated by a motor, wherein each housing unit is provided with a distribution system for filling the housing unit with insect larvae, with a feed device for supplying nutrients to the insect larvae in the interior of the housing unit, a ventilation device for exchanging air in the interior of the housing unit and the breeding system has a transport device for transporting the fully bred insects away.
- Equipping the housing units with the motor-driven slider enables the quantity of insect larvae intended for rearing to be mixed with the necessary foodstuffs, whereby after the end of the growth period the housing unit can be automatically emptied, cleaned accordingly and the respective housing unit can be refilled by the connected equipment.
- Thermal insulation facilitates the rearing of insects regardless of external climatic conditions, particularly when the rearing facilities are located outside of closed buildings, and also saves energy costs for providing appropriate thermal and climatic conditions for optimal insect rearing.
- the motors and fan are conveniently located outside the casing. This measure also serves to protect the units from ammonia pollution that occurs during rearing.
- each housing unit is arranged modularly one above the other, it may also be expedient to manufacture the casing from modularly constructed, interconnected segments, with the segments each accommodating a housing unit inside them.
- each housing unit may be provided with a heating device built into the bottom of the housing unit; heat sensors inside the housing units can thereby control the temperature within the insect rearing mass.
- heating device may also be expedient not to integrate the heating device into the housing unit floor, but to arrange it underneath in order to facilitate maintenance and repair work.
- An essential element of automated insect rearing is to ensure various functions for rapid and therefore cost-effective insect rearing within the round housing units by means of one or more sliders that rotate around the housing unit's central axis.
- the lockable ejection opening on each housing unit is opened by operating the flap closing the opening and the insects, together with the remaining amount of food, are transported out of the interior of the housing unit by means of the slider movement so that they can be transported away by the transport device.
- the efficiency of the measures described can be increased by having at least three slides in each housing unit, arranged concentrically around the housing unit central axis at regular intervals from the inside to the outside and essentially perpendicular to the housing central axis, which slides are located on a holding plate below the housing ceiling, the holding plate being rotated around the housing unit central axis by the drive device.
- the drive device can be implemented in different ways, such as by means of a chain, gear or belt drive.
- a useful further development provides for the slides arranged inside the housing units to be connected to the rotating holding plate by means of a holding device.
- This measure allows different shapes of slides to be attached to the drive.
- the use of so-called net sliders is helpful for breeding certain insects. It is also conceivable to replace the sliders normally used with brushes in order to facilitate cleaning processes inside the housing units if necessary.
- the holding device offers the advantage that damaged components can be replaced more easily.
- the interchangeability of the sliders also enables the use at different heights above the base of the housing unit by changing the suspension length on the slider.
- the holding device can be designed as a screw connection, for example.
- the rearing system may be appropriate to equip the rearing system with heat control sensors inside the respective housing unit and flow sensors for the distribution system, the ventilation system and the feed system, the electrical measured values of which are evaluated in all electronic control units, whereby, depending on the measured values determined and evaluated, the control unit generates electronic control signals for the various actuating devices for the distribution system, the ventilation system, the feed system and the flaps.
- the casing of the housing units In order to facilitate the maintenance work required by the personnel in such a rearing facility, provision can be made for the casing of the housing units to be provided with a plurality of maintenance openings through which the interior space between the casing and the outer wall of the housing units is accessible.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic overall view of the insect breeding system according to the invention with essential components
- Figure 2 is a partial view of Figure 1 with components located within the casing of the rearing system
- FIG. 3 shows a detailed view of the housing units belonging to the breeding facility
- Figure 4 is a schematic interior view of a housing unit with internal components
- Figure 5 is a plan view of the bottom of the housing unit of Figure 4.
- Figure 6 is a perspective external view of the rearing system according to the invention with components visible from the outside.
- the breeding system for insects according to the invention shown as an example in Figures 1 to 6, consists of four individual housing units 1 arranged concentrically one above the other.
- each individual housing unit different types of insect larvae, for example the black soldier fly, can be fattened in order to provide protein mass for the nutritional security of animals and humans.
- the nutrients required for rearing are transported to the various housing units 1 via a feed device 15, the main components of which are also located on the top of the rearing system. This is done by means of several distributor pipes 16, whereby in the present embodiment four distributor pipes are connected to the feed device.
- Each distributor pipe 16 has feed pipes 17 corresponding to the number of housing units 1, via which the nutrients are transported into the interior of the housing units 1.
- a ejection opening 8 can also be seen in the side wall 5 of each housing unit 1.
- the ejection openings 8 are each closed by a flap 10 during the insects' feeding period.
- the flaps 10 which are accommodated in a flap frame 24 so that they can be moved vertically, are pulled upwards by means of a motor 9 (schematically shown as a black box), which opens the ejection openings 8.
- each housing unit 1 has at least one slider 4 which can be rotated about the central axis 3 and which is arranged in its longitudinal extension essentially parallel to the bottom 6 of a housing unit 1 and perpendicular to the central axis 3. is.
- a total of four are arranged concentrically at regular intervals from one another.
- the slides 4 are each secured to a holding plate 32 by means of two spacer rods 29 and 30.
- the holding plate 32 is located in the interior of each housing unit 1 below the ceiling 7.
- the holding plate 32 can be rotated about the central axis 3 with the aid of a pivot bearing 37 and, in the present embodiment, is rotated by a plurality of chain wheels 33 via a chain 39 with the drive device 2.
- the insect mass present in the interior of the housing unit 1 can be moved and mixed when the flap 10 is closed, so that during the fattening process all insect larvae are regularly and sufficiently supplied with the nutrient liquid introduced into the interior.
- the sliders fulfill the task of removing the insects from the housing unit 1 after completion of the fattening process, in that after opening the respective flap 10 by rotating the holding plate 32 and consequently rotating the sliders 4, insects fall down through the ejection opening 8 outside the housing unit 1 and are fed for further processing by a transport device arranged on the underside of the rearing system.
- the plurality of housing units 1 can be installed in a frame 28, which is preferably square or rectangular in plan and is constructed from a plurality of profiles made of metal or wood (more resistant to ammonia loads).
- the frame 28 encloses the housing units 1 and the pipes arranged on their outside for the distribution system 11 for the insect larvae, the feed device 15 for the nutrient supply of the insect larvae and the ventilation device 18 for the individual housing units 1.
- the frame 28 can be provided with a casing 31 enclosing the housing units 1 and the pipes in accordance with a special design of the fattening system.
- the casing 31 can be designed as insulation so that little energy is required for the rearing of the insect larvae, regardless of external climatic conditions, in particular when the rearing system is used outside of closed rooms.
- the space between the outer casing 31 and the outer sides of the individual housing units 1 can be thermally controlled by a separate ventilation device 35 with an integrated fan 19 on the upper side of the casing 31.
- each housing unit 1 to be equipped with a heating device 25 arranged directly in or on the floor 6.
- This heating device 25 is designed similarly to an underfloor heating system as shown in Figure 5.
- the electronic sensors which generate measured values at suitable locations, serve to check the technical conditions within the breeding system according to the invention at any time.
- the measured values are evaluated in an electronic control unit and, if necessary, compared with the corresponding target values.
- the control unit can then generate electronic control signals for the various drive and actuation systems, although fully automatic control of the breeding system is of course also conceivable.
- the overall design of the rearing system according to the invention results in a significant improvement in the industrial production of Protein mass, which is urgently needed to meet future requirements in the field of animal nutrition, but also to alleviate human nutritional shortages.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE102023112087.5A DE102023112087B3 (de) | 2023-05-09 | 2023-05-09 | Aufzuchtanlage für Insekten |
| PCT/DE2024/100145 WO2024230865A1 (de) | 2023-05-09 | 2024-02-23 | Aufzuchtanlage für insekten |
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| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP4687440A1 true EP4687440A1 (de) | 2026-02-11 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP24710617.2A Pending EP4687440A1 (de) | 2023-05-09 | 2024-02-23 | Aufzuchtanlage für insekten |
Country Status (3)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP4687440A1 (de) |
| DE (2) | DE102023112087B3 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2024230865A1 (de) |
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| US20150296760A1 (en) | 2014-04-21 | 2015-10-22 | Douglas A. Perednia | Rotating feeder bin for growing, feding and harvesting insect larvae |
| DE102019121102B3 (de) | 2019-08-05 | 2020-05-28 | Gia Tien Ngo | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Aufzucht, insbesondere von Insekten |
| CN212260194U (zh) | 2020-08-20 | 2021-01-01 | 辽宁中科环境管理有限公司 | 有机废弃物养殖装置及系统 |
| CN212325166U (zh) * | 2020-09-23 | 2021-01-12 | 厦门古野环保科技有限公司 | 一种塔式黑水虻自动化养殖装置 |
| CH717925A2 (de) | 2020-10-01 | 2022-04-14 | Bertschi Patrik | Automatisierte Insekten-Zuchtkiste. |
| TWM624958U (zh) * | 2021-03-19 | 2022-04-01 | 蜻蜓創意有限公司 | 塔形連續自動化生物飼養器 |
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- 2023-05-09 DE DE102023112087.5A patent/DE102023112087B3/de active Active
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- 2024-02-23 WO PCT/DE2024/100145 patent/WO2024230865A1/de not_active Ceased
- 2024-02-23 DE DE112024002265.0T patent/DE112024002265A5/de active Pending
- 2024-02-23 EP EP24710617.2A patent/EP4687440A1/de active Pending
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| DE112024002265A5 (de) | 2026-04-09 |
| DE102023112087B3 (de) | 2024-05-02 |
| WO2024230865A1 (de) | 2024-11-14 |
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