Modular insect farming technology
We plan, design and build large-scale insect farms worldwide.
Insect farm
Our end-to-end service supports your business at each step of the journey, from concept and basic engineering through to completion, as well as ongoing maintenance and support.
Our proprietary technology enables the control, monitoring and production of insects at an industrial scale.
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Climate control
HVAC systems play a pivotal role in regulating temperature, humidity, and airflow within black soldier fly facilities, thereby optimising productivity and efficiency.
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Machine vision
Machine vision systems monitor insect populations in real-time with cameras and image processing algorithms deployed to count and track insects over their lifecycle.
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Automation
Automation offers numerous benefits including increased production efficiency, labour savings, consistent quality control, data-driven decision making, and scalability.
Our partnership with Bühler, one of the world’s leading processing technology groups.
We’ve partnered with Bühler, one of the world’s leading processing technology groups, to drive the adoption of large-scale black soldier fly (BSF) farms. Together, we’ll provide solutions and expertise to serve customers in or entering the insect industry, covering the multiple steps of the journey, from concept and basic engineering to execution of BSF facilities worldwide.
Building an insect farm: step-by-step
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1. Feasibility Study
Our feasibility study includes a framing workshop, feedstock selection, concept engineering and business case.
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2. Basic Engineering
Basic engineering develops a site-specific plan, technical specifications of process equipment and systems such that they can be tendered to suppliers.
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3. Execution
Detailed construction-level designs with fully specified CAD models allow for procurement of equipment for the facility and installation of the complete farm.
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4. Operation
Commissioning and ramp up of complete farm with rigorous testing and optimisation of processes before the transfer of farm operations to the customer.
Case Study
University of Leeds
Entocycle designed, developed and installed a state-of-the-art insect rearing demonstrator facility for The University of Leeds at its research farm in Yorkshire. The lab-scale unit will facilitate vital research to develop the protocols and codes of practice to unlock the growth of the UK insect farming industry and its potential to decarbonise livestock production.
“A big thank you to the entire team for delivering such an amazing piece of kit. The flexibility of systems and adjustability of various aspects are just brilliant and the unit has a super-easy user interface. Pure genius!”
– Gesa Reiss, SMART Agri-Systems Senior Innovation Fellow, University of Leeds
