More and more people are going into Nests processing now. It is a trade perceived by many as low risk, easy to manage, easy to work with, economically strong without worrying about demand, etc..
That is not true, somehow it requires skill and labor intensive. Skill is most vital, with good skill it reduces wastage. The biggest challenge is wastage and the time factor. Obviously over a period workers would master the cleaning skill thus increases the production rate per worker.
I was visiting a friend nest processing center last week and here are the pictures taken during my visit. As usual a long overdue meeting which suppose to be held before Chinese New Year but now already April.
A bag of raw nests waiting to be cleaned. It is taxing if the nests are dirty with feathers. It stretches the cleaning time.
This Machine is specially made/designed for nest cleaning. It kills germ ( Ozone) and removes feathers making cleaning lots more easy. It is a must to have this machine in nest processing center. The workers will love you for having this machine. Incredibly reduces the cleaning time. At least more than 50% of the feather is removed.
Before and after. The right bowl after going through the machine. Processing centers that are without the machine have to start removing feather manually after soaking them (left bowl).
The washed nests are filtered again with different size of net.
Feathers are further removed.
Some of the finished products EBN. It looks simple, It is a labor intensive work.
Enjoy the pictures.
Good Swiftlet farming All!