iDOL 65 Pig Weighing

The iDOL 65 Pig Weighing Camera uses images to calculate pig weights and sends hourly data on pen weight and weighing activity.

Key Features

• Average weight in the pen
• Standard deviation
• Minimum and maximum weight in the pen
• Number of weighings last 24 hours and last hour

Specifications

• Image interval: Every 10 seconds
• Image basis for average weight: Approximately 8,600 images captured over the last 24 hours
• Data transmission: Every hour

Measurement & Data Interpretation

Average weight in the pen

The average weight is based on approx. 8,600 images captured the last 24 hours. The iDOL 65 Pig Weighing Camera captures an image every 10 seconds and each image contains multiple weighings depending on the number of pigs that are beneath the camera at that time. An algorithm calculates the average weight in the pen based on the images.

Standard deviationThe standard deviation gives you an indication of how similar the pigs in the pen are. This data is e.g. used by some of our customers to move the smallest and biggest pigs to other pens to ensure that similar pigs are in the same pen.

Minimum and maximum weight in the pen

The minimum and maximum weight in the pen is based on statistics from the last 24 hours’ weighings. The data can show less than the smallest pig or higher than the biggest pig in the pen if the iDOL 65 Pig Weighing Camera has captured an image of e.g. two pigs on top of each other.

Number of weighings last 24 hours and last hour

Last but not least, the iDOL 65 Pig Weighing Camera provides the number of weighings the last 24 hours and the last hour. Since the camera is placed next to the feed dispenser (at dry feeding) or next to the drinking nipple (at wet feeding), the number of weighings can e.g. be used to indicate how often the pigs are eating and drinking or how active they are.