In modern food production, consistency and hygiene at scale are everything, and few processes are as demanding as egg breaking. Get to know how SANOVO Technology Group has evolved their technology with the help of SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM in this article.
Imagine being able to turn a fragile raw material into a reliable industrial process. That’s exactly what SANOVO Technology Group has been doing for more than 60 years. From the early days of simple egg handling to today’s high-speed, automated lines, SANOVO has helped shape how eggs are processed efficiently and at scale.
Breaking 230 000 eggs per hour in industrial machinery
At the heart of SANOVO’s business is egg breaking, which is a process that has evolved significantly over the decades.
“When the company was founded in 1961,” says Martin Sørensen, R&D Manager, “breaking eggs was done by hand, and the first machines could only handle a few eggs.”
Today, the scale is completely different.
“Over time, the processes have changed,” he explains. “Now we’re able to break 230,000 eggs per hour.”
That kind of progress doesn’t come from speed alone.
It’s built on solid engineering experience – and a digital workflow that lets you design, test, and improve faster without losing control of quality.
From early CAD to a new standard with SOLIDWORKS
SANOVO’s SOLIDWORKS journey goes back to the beginning of the modern CAD era.
“I was one of the guys who implemented SOLIDWORKS,” Martin says. “And the first version we were using was version 2000.”
Back then, SANOVO evaluated the market and tested multiple CAD options. Their engineering challenges weren’t theoretical, but tied directly to hygiene, manufacturing, and performance.
“We are producing machines of sheet metal,” he explains, “and they have very complex cleaning in place. And the water in the machine shall drain to a single point.”
To support that, SANOVO needed a CAD solution that could handle demanding sheet metal requirements with real-world manufacturability.
“So the task we brought out to SOLIDWORKS and the competitors,” Martin says, “was to create the bottom part of the egg-breaking machine in sheet metal.”
He continues “And the only one at that time that was able to do this task was SOLIDWORKS. That’s why we chose it.”
Engineering across Europe, with one digital backbone
SANOVO works across several sites in Europe, combining local design, manufacturing, and project execution to deliver machines and complete solutions to customers.
With teams spread out geographically, consistency becomes critical, not just in the engineering itself, but in how designs, documentation, and revisions are managed from one site to the next.
That’s where Rasmus Sørensen, SANOVO’s CAD Administrator, plays a key role.
With SOLIDWORKS PDM as the backbone, he helps keep the setup consistent across departments and ensures teams can collaborate, share resources, and move projects forward without losing time to file chaos.
When designs are released, the workflow supports a smooth handover from engineering into manufacturing and purchasing.
Once approved for production, data can be pushed forward into their ERP system, with revision control maintained throughout.
The result is a setup where teams can collaborate, reuse designs, and shift work between sites and still keep full traceability from design to production.
Verifying design choices with Simulation
Speed and scale are one thing, but reliability is what makes it sustainable.
That’s why SANOVO also works with SOLIDWORKS Simulation to validate design decisions early.
Rather than relying only on physical testing after manufacturing, simulation supports engineering confidence before parts are built.
As Rasmus explains, they mainly run structural, static simulations to verify how designs behave under load and ensure components are sized correctly. It’s a practical way to reduce risk, make better decisions sooner, and avoid unnecessary trial-and-error.
Communicating complex solutions with Composer
SANOVO delivers systems that must be understood, maintained, and operated correctly in real production environments. And when equipment is complex, words alone aren’t always enough.
By creating clear, visual manuals and assembly instructions directly from the 3D design through SOLIDWORKS Composer, SANOVO can show exactly how a system is built and how it should be handled. It gives production and assembly teams fast access to the right information, and it ensures the documentation stays aligned as the product moves from engineering to manufacturing and on to delivery.
A long-term commitment to engineering excellence
At Sanovo, they don’t just want to use SOLIDWORKS at a acceptable level – they want to be the best at using it, so they can continue delivering reliable products to the market.
In a time, where food production depends on stable processes and high efficiency, SANOVO proves what happens when industry knowledge meets the right digital tools: Solutions that scales, and keeps improving year after year.
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