Egg Tray Manufacturing
PAPER PULPING, MOLDING, DRYING, AND PACKING
AGICO produces all equipment you need for egg tray manufacturing, including paper pulping machine, egg tray machine, egg tray dryer, and egg tray packaging machine.

AGICO is a Chinese company specializing in the EPC projects of paper egg tray manufacturing machines and egg tray production lines. Please feel free to contact us!
With the globally increasing demand for poultry farming and fresh eggs, the consumption of egg trays is also on the rise. Therefore, the egg tray production line has become a popular investment project. Paper egg tray is a type of egg tray with good performance and low production price. Paper egg tray manufacturing is one of the commercial projects with wide development prospects and high profits.
Market Advantages Of Paper Egg Tray
PAPER EGG TRAY MANUFACTURING IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR YOU!
- Raw Material
The raw materials of the paper egg trays include waste A4 paper, old books, magazines, cartons, cardboard, newspapers, discarded paper egg trays, various types of plant fiber pulp, and other recycled paper-made products. They are all easy to find and have low prices.
- Performance
Paper egg tray has good anti-static performance, anti-corrosion performance, waterproof performance, and shock absorption performance, which reduces the damage probability of eggs. In addition, it will not pollute the environment and can be recycled. It is called green packaging.
Paper Egg Tray
- It uses low-cost waste paper as raw material.
- The production process has less pollution or no pollution.
- In most cases, water used in the production line can be reused.
- The air permeability and shock absorption performance are good.
- Paper egg trays are biodegradable, recyclable, and harmless to the environment.
Plastic Egg Tray
- It uses high-cost plastic and waste plastic as raw materials.
- Its air permeability and shock absorption performance are poor.
- In most cases, water used in the production line can not be reused.
- Plastic egg trays are difficult to degrade. They are harmful to the environment.
- The pollutants and polluted gases will cause great damage to the environment.
- Production Process
The production process of the paper egg trays is simple and pollution-free, the production speed is fast, and the efficiency is as high as 98% – 99%. A small egg tray making machine can produce more than one ton of egg trays in a day. Besides, it has low technical requirements for personnel.
- Investment Cost & Profits
The capital investment of paper egg trays is relatively small, the profit is high and the cycle is short. Except for equipment costs, the main costs during production include power, water, raw materials, labor, and maintenance. Let’s take a small egg tray machine as an example, which can make 1000 pieces of egg trays per hour.
Small Egg Tray Machine (1,000pcs/h) Cost & Profit Analysis | |||||||
Items | Consumption | Price | Cost | Items | Quantity | Price | Income |
Paper | 85kg/hx10h | $25/t | $21.25/d | Output | 1,000pcs/hx10h | $0.05/piece | $500/d |
Water | 255kg/hx10h | $2.43/t | $6.19/d | Net Income | $344.44/d | ||
Workers | 3x10h | $2.53/h | $75.9/d | Monthly Income(25days) | $8611/m | ||
Natural Gas | 32kg/hx10h | $4.43/t | $1.42/d | Annual Income | $103,332/y | ||
Power | 34kW/hx10h | $0.12/kWh | $40.8/d | *Work 10 hours a day | |||
Other Cost | $10/d | ||||||
Total Cost | $155.56 |
Detailed Paper Egg Tray Manufacturing Process
PAPER EGG TRAY MANUFACTURING PROCESS INCLUDES FOUR STEPS: PULPING, MOLDING, DRYING, AND PACKAGING.
Paper Pulping Process
Firstly, workers need to manually (or assisted by a belt conveyor) feed waste paper into the hydraulic pulper. The waste paper is stirred, rubbed, and crushed in the pulper with a certain proportion of water (20%-30% water and 70%-80% paper) until the paper pulp is formed. After the paper pulp is prepared, the impurities in the pulp will be filtered out by a screener and then the purified pulp is transported to the pulp pool for temporary storage. Next to the pulp pool are mixing tanks where the paper pulp is homogenized by pulp beaters for a better concentration. In this process, we can add pigments and other additives. The number of mixing tanks can be increased or decreased according to the production scale.
Paper Egg Tray Molding Process
The egg tray molding process follows after the pulping process. The pulp pump sends paper pulp into the slurry hopper under the egg tray making machine. With the help of a vacuum pump system, paper pulp is tightly adsorbed on the rotary mold for shape forming. Meanwhile, a part of moisture in the pulp is taken away by this system. The water sucked out is stored in a water tank prepared for secondary application. After that, the air compressor system assists to separate the formed egg trays from the molds, and then the egg trays are carried away by the belt conveyor to the drying system. After the above processes are complete, the cleaning device will clean the mold.
Paper Egg Tray Drying Process
The Paper egg tray drying process is to completely dehydrates the egg tray for improving the firmness and shockproof performance. It mainly has natural drying, brick drying, and metal drying three modes.
- 1. Natural drying is to dry egg trays under the sun or inside a room with normal temperature.
- 2. Brick drying refers to building a brick kiln with a length of at least 25-65m. Egg trays are dried in the brick kiln by evaporating water at high temperatures. It can adopt natural gas, coal, diesel, wood, and other fuels as a combustion heat source. The egg trays can be placed manually or by belt conveyor. It decides the automatic level.
- 3. Metal drying means drying egg trays by a complete automatic metal-structure system. It can be divided into single layer and multi-layer which is decided by your production scale. It has a built-in conveyor belt, and we can dry egg trays at high temperatures through an intelligent electronic control system. The metal drying system mainly uses LPC, LNG, diesel, and natural gas as heating fuel.
Paper Egg Tray Packaging Process
The paper egg tray packaging process mainly includes three steps: hot pressing, counting, and packaging. Egg trays will be firstly fed into the hot press machine for smoothing surface, unifying thickness, and polishing edges under a high temperature. Then they will be packed in a certain amount by an automatic counter and packer. If adding a label or pattern on the egg tray is necessary, you can equip your egg tray production line with a labeling machine or printing machine.

AGICO Hot-sales Egg Tray Manufacturing Machines
HIGH-EFFICIENCY EGG TRAY MANUFACTURING MACHINES WITH FULL RANGES OF MODELS
AGICO provides all equipment required in the paper egg tray production process. Our equipment has complete models, efficient and stable operation, long service life, and reasonable price. Customers can purchase egg tray manufacturing machines selectively according to production scale and process.

- Type: hydraulic pulper
- Model: ZDS1, ZDS2, ZDS4, ZDS6, ZDS8
- Volume: 1m³, 2m³, 4m³, 6m³, 8m³ (1000-10000pcs/h)
- Other equipment: pulp pump, pulp beater, water tank
- Facilities: pulp pool, mixing tank, wastewater pool

- Type: rotary egg tray making machine
- Mold quantity: 3-64
- Automatic level: manual, semi-automatic, complete automatic
- Output: 1side, 4 sides, 8 sides, 12 sides (1000-10000pcs/h)
- Systems: pulp pump, vacuum pump, water pump, air tank, air compressor

- Type: brick drying line
- Model: GDT
- Length: 40-65m
- Fuel: coal, natural gas, diesel, LPG, etc.
- Output: 1000-10000 pcs/h
- Type: single-layer metal drying line
- Model: GDJ1
- Length: 40-65m
- Fuel: LNG, diesel, natural gas, etc.
- Output: 1000-10000 pcs/h
- Type: multi-layer metal drying line
- Model: GDJ6
- Length: 25m
- Fuel: LNG, diesel, natural gas, etc.
- Output: 1000-10000 pcs/h

- Type: automatic packaging system
- Color: customizable
- Output: 1000-10000pcs/h
- Main Equipment: hot press machine, automatic counter, automatic packer
- Other Equipment: egg carton pad printer, egg carton labeling machine
Paper Egg Tray Manufacturing Machine Cost
AGICO EGG TRAY MANUFACTURING MACHINES ENJOY COMPETITIVE MARKET PRICES.
AGICO egg tray manufacturing machines start from USD 8000. This price is just an estimated value. The detailed cost is affected by the equipment mode you required, the machine automation level, capacity, the number of molds, installation country, shipping fee, and many other factors. If you are interested in our paper egg tray manufacturing machines, please contact us to get a detailed quotation! We will provide the best solution according to your needs.
Advantages Of AGICO Egg Tray Manufacturing Machine
AGICO EGG TRAY MANUFACTURING MACHINES BRING HIGH PROFITS TO CUSTOMERS.
- Low-energy Consumption
- ^ By installing a water pump and water tank, the water is recycled in the production process.
- ^ AGICO egg tray dryer uses unique heat source distribution technology to improve the drying efficiency with an energy saving of more than 30%.
- ^ Our egg tray machine adopts double vacuum spiral pressurization technology to achieve the highest vacuum pressure with the lowest energy consumption.
- High Efficiency
- ^ AGICO egg tray packing machine adopts an automatic stacking and counting system.
- ^ The Taiwan high precision gearbox features accurate indexing and smooth operation.
- ^ The metal drying line, egg tray molding machine, and paper pulping machine use the PLC automatic control system.
- Various & Quality End Product
- ^ The weight of AGICO egg tray is 80-100g.
- ^ The color and pattern on the egg tray can be customized.
- ^ AGICO egg tray machine can produce egg trays with 12, 15, 18, 30, 40, 45, or 54 holes.
AGICO Paper Egg Tray Production Line For Sale
WE SUPPLY EPC PROJECTS FOR MANUAL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC, AND AUTOMATIC EGG TRAY PRODUCTION LINES.

Manual Paper Egg Tray Production Line
- Factory Size: large
- Automatic Level: manual
- Output: 1000-2500 pcs/h
- Business Scale: small scale
- Drying Method: natural drying, bricking drying, single-layer metal drying

Semi-automatic Paper Egg Tray Production Line
- Factory Size: large
- Automatic Level: semi-automatic
- Output: 1000-10000 pcs/h
- Business Scale: medium scale
- Drying Method: brick drying, single-layer and multilayer metal drying

Automatic Paper Egg Tray Production Line
- Factory Size: small
- Automatic Level: complete automatic
- Output: 1000-10000 pcs/h
- Business Scale: large scale
- Drying Method: brick drying, single-layer and multilayer metal drying
Why Choose AGICO
AGICO SUPPLIES CUSTOMERS WITH ALL-ROUND & ATTENTIVE SERVICES.
Online & Offline Consulting
Factory & Office Visiting
Place An Order (TT/LC)
Manufacturing & Transporting
Installation
Commissioning & Training (3 working days)
Pre-sales Services
- 1. We offer online and offline consulting services. You can contact us through email, telephone, WeChat, WhatsApp, etc. In addition, we welcome customers to visit our factories and offices.
- 2. We provide customization services for molds, equipment, and production process plans. We will try our best to meet customers’ needs.
On-sales Services
- 1. AGICO provides egg tray making machine manufacturing, transportation, installation, and commissioning services (egg tray EPC projects).
- 2. AGICO offers full technical support, including paper instructions, video, and on-site technical guidance.
After-sales Services
- 1. We provide video and on-site operation training services, as well as equipment maintenance and upgrade services which include production line upgrade.
- 2. We supply complete models of egg tray molds, wearing parts, and other components. We offer free remote installation services!
Paper Egg Tray Manufacturing FAQs
AGICO OFFERS FREE ONLINE & OFFLINE CONSULTING SERVICES.
- Do I need to add additives in the paper pulping process?
It is optional. If you want to produce egg trays with different colors or just upgrade the water-proof performance, you can add some pigments or related additives. One kilogram of dye can be used to produce 10,000 egg trays.
- How long and at what temperature does it need to dry the egg tray?
If you choose natural drying, the drying time and temperature depend on the local weather, humidity, and wind force, but it usually takes 4-7 hours. If you choose a brick drying line or a metal drying line, it will take 10-25 minutes, as to the temperature, probably at 200-230℃.
- How long will it take for the transportation and construction of an egg tray production line?
The transportation time depends on the destination and the construction needs about 14-30 days.
- What’s the material of the egg tray mold?
There are plastic molds and aluminum molds for egg tray manufacturing. The plastic molds can be used for more than 2 years, and have a one-year warranty. Aluminum molds can be used for more than 3 years, and have a two-year warranty. AGICO offers an egg tray mold customization service. You only need to provide us with a picture of the mold, the specific size, and the color you want.
- What’s the output of egg tray manufacturing plants?
AGICO offers egg tray production lines with an output of 1000-10000 pcs/h.