Verderio stunner complies with Regulation EC no. 1099/2009. The stainless steel structure consists of overhead conveyor, stunning bath and stunning electrodes. The water bath height can be rapidly adjusted by means of a hydraulic device to fit various bird sizes. The water level is automatically controlled and the frame is provided with guards giving access, over its entire length, to the inside of the water bath to the aim of reaching birds in case of line failure. Guards cannot be removed and are equipped with safety systems which cannot be eluded. All guards are provided with coded sensors to disconnect power supply in case of emergency. The safety module task is evaluate, control and monitor the sensor line, carry out internal monitoring and monitoring actuators within the disconnection circuit.

When the machine is stopped, the guard opening allows to access the inside of the stunning water bath for an easy and proper sanitation of all its parts and to easily carry out the prescribed operations on birds along the stunning line. The water bath height is limited to the minimum to allow the possibility of reaching the birds. Stunning electrodes guarantee a constant power supply.

The system is provided with a counting device which offers to the PLC the possibility to estimate the exact number of birds bathing in the stunning bath, thus allowing it to automatically adjust the total current required to guarantee that the average value of current applied to each bird corresponds to the recipe preset value.