Grain store dust extraction

[MattR]

Are these types of machines

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designed for woodwork etc, suitable for dust extraction in a small grain store?

We have a small shed containing crittal bins etc, with augers/elevators generating quite a bit of dust. There's not really a suitable point to have a fan blowing out the side, so I was wondering about a collector type machine like these, without spending more than a few hundred quid ideally.

 

[Barleycorn]

A neighbour used to have his dust extractor blowing into an old grain trailer. We had some electric work done in the dryer a few years ago and the dust extractor was pants. Turned out it was going backwards. Swapped a couple of three phase wires and off it went, blew collected dust right down the high street. I hid for a while!

 

[B R C]

I would think you maybe need a higher volume setup so a big fan with a large cyclone collecting dust in bag at the bottom and venting to outside might be better?

 

[DrWazzock]

We fitted a small Kongskilde cleaner in the system just before the grain pours into the bins. It has a cyclone to collect and bag the dust. It helps quite a bit with dust generally and removes chaff and small grains helping bushelweight. Adjustable air flow so it will take weedseed out of beans as well.

 

[Flat 10]

@grainboy will have one

 

[PostHarvest]

Turned out it was going backwards.

Its amazing just how many fans in grain systems are running the wrong way. Some have been running backwards for years!!

 

[rob h]

We have a konskilde cleaner after the dryer it dose a good job.but the dryer shed was still verry dusty with grain re circulating back to the pit.so last year we took the top off the elevatorfrom the pit and cut a hole at the top welded a bit of konskilde pipe on it .this connects to a fan with a throttle.it sucks the dust out as it comes out of the buckets.cant believe how much cleaner the dryer shed is now.