Electric motor on a mixer wagon

[osel]

hello, is anybody using an electric motor to power mixer wagon, sense electricity is 3 times cheaper than diesel. Here is a picture of the sistem around 10kW motor with reductor.

 

[Wesley]

Would need a fairly long extension lead to feed our cows. Bugger would tangle up fairly well too I reckon.

 

[sjt01]

I think it is being used as a generator. There is a PTO shaft powering the electric motor and the mixer.
Mixer wagons fixed in place are often used for making feed blends, and are electric motor powered. In that case they need to be started empty, or run with a well sized inverter (variable frequency drive). We use an electric powered Shelbourne on our digester.

Mixer on digester (was originally a Trioliet until it did an unscheduled rapid disassembly.

 

[osel]

The other option would be that you would plug the motor in when stationary, mix it white electric motor, then unplug electric motor and feed it to the cows with the tractor, you would only need some kind of clucth so that the pto and motor wouldt be connected. So the upside would be that you save some money and you can load the trailer by the silos, the downside is that it takes longer to mix.

 

[osel]

Interesting sistem, could you explain how does it work=)

 

[sjt01]

Interesting sistem, could you explain how does it work=)

I presume you mean the digester installation?
Slurry and lower quality silage is loaded into the mixer tub. Liquid from the digester comes up behind the tub and is fed into the trough behind the visible electric motor. Solids and slurry from the tub is also fed into the trough under computer control, to achieve a mix in the trough. It is then sucked out by the green piston pump on the right (Houle slurry pump), goes through a macerator then back into the tub. It has been much modified over the years as we learn how to reduce maintenance time and cost.

 

[grainboy]

Have some large motors available

 

[sjt01]

Have some large motors available View attachment 1152336View attachment 1152337View attachment 1152338View attachment 1152339

You will need the 37 kW on a single auger mixer, with a reduction box to 450-550 rpm. The 15 hp would not stand a chance.

 

[dave6470]

A local Feed mill to me used a paddle diet feeder to mix certain rashions it was powered with a electric motor

 

[Fergieman]

A static mixer in a shed would be a good idea but a mobile one on a tractor I can't see the advantages compared to extra cost?

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Only a matter of time now till manufacturers starts switching over to electric drive on tractors anyhow, machinery then can be run by electric motors off the tractor built in generator. No more PTO shafts, what’s not to like!!

 

[Yale]

Mixer wagons must be horrendous for emissions from especially dairy farms. The government should either grant fund electric mixers or have plug in tractors whilst mixing then enough to discharge the load.

This would cut the fossil fuels used on these farms dramatically.

If the government are serious about cutting food emissions then this would be a good place to start.

 

[mf7480]

Mixer wagons must be horrendous for emissions from especially dairy farms. The government should either grant fund electric mixers or have plug in tractors whilst mixing then enough to discharge the load.

This would cut the fossil fuels used on these farms dramaticalmly.

If the government are serious about cutting food emissions then this would be a good place to start.

I think that'd making a bit of a storm in a teacup. Our mixer tractor uses 25l/ day to feed 825 cattle. In the grand scheme of things it's nothing!

 

[freelancer]

kurmann company from switzerland does offer this for BvL mixers. homepage only in german, but look at the pictures

Elektrische Fütterungstechnik: effizient und nachhaltig

Die elektro-mechanischen Mischer-Antriebe auf der Basis von BVL ermöglichen einen unerreicht hohen Wirkungsgrad. Jetzt unsere Fütterungstechnik entdedecken.

www.kurmann-technik.ch

 

[e3120]

I think that'd making a bit of a storm in a teacup. Our mixer tractor uses 25l/ day to feed 825 cattle. In the grand scheme of things it's nothing!

Agreed. About 15l/day here to feed 600 beef cattle. I like the idea as the thing never leaves the yard and spends 18hrs/day parked beside the 120 sq mm cable from the turbine. I have a spare 60kW static PTO but fear it would be overwhelmed as the, well-spannered, TM155 barks a bit on an 18m twin tub.

If going electric, I'd want to bin the tractor altogether and get the traction drive under the weight.

 

[ollie989898]

I've seen electric motors used for diet feeders before but they were static and fed grub on to a conveyor system or into a robot feeding system. All on farms in Europe.

 

[Highland Mule]

Only a matter of time now till manufacturers starts switching over to electric drive on tractors anyhow, machinery then can be run by electric motors off the tractor built in generator. No more PTO shafts, what’s not to like!!

Don’t fancy our chances of industry keeping safe electrical connections if they can’t manage PTO shafts. Wouldn’t take much to hurt you if there’s 60kW going through flexible cables.

 

[ollie989898]

Agreed. About 15l/day here to feed 600 beef cattle. I like the idea as the thing never leaves the yard and spends 18hrs/day parked beside the 120 sq mm cable from the turbine. I have a spare 60kW static PTO but fear it would be overwhelmed as the, well-spannered, TM155 barks a bit on an 18m twin tub.

If going electric, I'd want to bin the tractor altogether and get the traction drive under the weight.

The ideal thing is to have a system which you could load say last thing in the evening and at 5am on the dot it fires up mixing, trundles to the shed, feeds the cows and then goes and parks back in it's charging dock. Running on solid driving wheels or tracks would be ideal. It could even feed into different buildings unlike those rail-based automatic diet feeders. Provided it has to run a set route and not go anywhere unusual or navigate around obstacles in it's path it would be fairly simple to design- it could follow a metal strip set in the floor, for example.

 

[Wesley]

The ideal thing is to have a system which you could load say last thing in the evening and at 5am on the dot it fires up mixing, trundles to the shed, feeds the cows and then goes and parks back in it's charging dock. Running on solid driving wheels or tracks would be ideal. It could even feed into different buildings unlike those rail-based automatic diet feeders. Provided it has to run a set route and not go anywhere unusual or navigate around obstacles in it's path it would be fairly simple to design- it could follow a metal strip set in the floor, for example.

& if you’re stuck for a name you could call it Lely Vector. Can’t imagine anyone making such a thing though

 

[ollie989898]

& if you’re stuck for a name you could call it Lely Vector. Can’t imagine anyone making such a thing though

That's no good- it's bloody tiny. You want a machine that can feed the herd in 1 go. Fill it up last thing in the evening. Job done.