Agroco mixing tank

[Steevo]

Please get in contact.

 

[Belringer]

We've just made one, had a real good hunt about last year for one but no joy.

 

[Steevo]

Smart!!! What did it cost you?

I'm afraid I'm not very handy with a welder so probably wouldn't stack up for me to hire someone to make a one-off though.

 

[Henry B]

Hi Belringer looking at the pipes on your mixing tank , I may be wrong but they look like plastic suction pipe, if it is be carful my friend used it on his and one of them on the pressure side burst emptying the tank all over the yard.

 

[Belringer]

Cost £2700 ish, and everything is new.
Pipes are plastic but apart from the pipe for unloading tank into storage they are within the tank area hopefully reducing the risk of emptying it all over the yard. Also when circulating only at 1 bar so new pipes, fittings, jubilee clips should help minimise the chance of any issues

 

[Knockie]

Hi @Belringer that's a tidy setup, what make of pump is that? We've just relocated our storage tanks and mixing tank and need some more agitation.
Cheers.
SD.

 

[Belringer]

It's a Renson A180PL spec below.

7 Bar max pressure
1200 Lpm max flow
3700 Rpm max speed
18 Hp, 13.2 kW max power
Self-priming, pedestal mount
Cast iron body, nitrile seals
24mm male shaft
3" BSPF inlet
3" BSPF outlet
Ceramic & PTFE mechanical seal
Cast iron impeller
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PED MOUNT CAST IRON

We have it on a 5.5kw motor running at 2900rpm. Will unload tank at 500 lpm. Running at 1.1 bar on recirculation.

Only mixing our 2nd tank of n20 s8 using granular urea rather than distressed and is mixing well.

 

[Colin]

Is the pump direct driven or is it by belt and pulley, who supplied it. Our pacer pump struggles to mix quick enough so I'm thinking of upgrading.

 

[Andrew K]

Col,
We used to use Rensons, they dont last very long in my experience and Rensons were not the easiest to get parts from. You would mix quicker with two pumps TBH.

 

[Colin]

Col,
We used to use Rensons, they dont last very long in my experience and Rensons were not the easiest to get parts from. You would mix quicker with two pumps TBH.

Good salesmanship

 

[PSQ]

Are the genuine Agroco plants stainless?
I know Urea won't rot them, but everything else in the mix will.
I'm guessing you just have to be religious with washing out and heavy on the paint?

 

[Andrew K]

Agroco tanks were normally mild steel, but there may have been one or two made in stainless.
On our tank we applied hammerite undercoat first followed by two coats of bitumen, and it has withstood various mixes for 24 yrs without serious corrosion, maintenance being a rub down and occasional bitumen recoat. Our agitation and suction probe piping in the tank is all stainless, with good quality flexi hose used elsewhere.
On the hoses we always use double amounts of hoseclips, preferably in stainless. Keep the motor and starter dry for obvious reasons.

Col,
We can supply Renson pumps if asked, but the alternative is cheaper to buy and rebuild , so tend to major on that.

 

[Clive]

our is old and hasn't rotted away just yet ! just mild steel

run 2 pumps, works much better / faster

also have a second tank with adjustable ballcock on level to hold correct water ready for next batch - means less downtime between batches

 

[Steevo]

also have a second tank with adjustable ballcock on level to hold correct water ready for next batch - means less downtime between batches

How adjustable is it? or do you leave it set at the 10,000l mark (for example) and just let it fill itself most batches, but have to monitor it for the odd small batch?

Thinking about it, you may only do full batches if you've storage capacity.

 

[Clive]

How adjustable is it? or do you leave it set at the 10,000l mark (for example) and just let it fill itself most batches, but have to monitor it for the odd small batch?

Thinking about it, you may only do full batches if you've storage capacity.

fully adjustable - I could pre measure from 1000L - 15000L of water ready for next mix, save a lot of time when filling the plant up as you pump in the water while you weigh in the solids

we usually only do full batches but different mixes will require different amounts of water in the recipe

 

[Steevo]

Thanks. I've never come across one like that before - don't suppose you have a brand name/weblink or something please?

 

[Clive]

Thanks. I've never come across one like that before - don't suppose you have a brand name/weblink or something please?

made it ourselves - will get some pic if you like ?

 

[Steevo]

Yes please!!!

 

[Clive]

Yes please!!!

this is the pre measure water tank - simple ball cock on a bit of bo section so you can slide it up and down to adjust level, big improvements to downtime between batches doing this

 

[Clive]

A few pics of our plant

this is 1 of the 2 pumps

This pic shows the mesh to filter pump pick up (far end) and the supports of the grid on top of the tank. The cable ties mark fill levels for the recipe we are mixing right now

This is pump number 2 - its not fixed down as we use in in that frame as a fast fill for sprayer from storage tanks as well as when mixing

Self cleaning filter, we use 2 filters before storage tank as save a lot of bother with blockages in the filed

Pump 2 pick up filter - distressed product has all sort in it than can destroy pump impellors

Pump 1 pick up - messed and a filter cap to the outlet that is in the bopttom, of the tank - this outlet is the one used to empty the tank so is in the bottom to ensure we can completely empty the tank