Gravity seperator/seed dressing

[ajd132]

I have recently taken on management of a farm with a gravity seperator and seed processing plant, installed about 5 years ago.
I was involved with using it a few weeks ago and it seemed very slow output. The guys who made the separator recently told me it should be doing 5/6t hour, but we were much less than that (admittedly doing oats and spring barley). I am going to get them to come and help us get it all fine tuned and output up.
I just thought it would be worth asking the collective knoweldge on TFF if anyone had any thoughts on the subject.

thanks in advance.

 

[Lincsman]

To get more output tilt the bed more and up the airflow and speed, BUT the separation wont be quite as good, but for your own seed you just want to take out the worst 20% and it will be a better sample than any merchant will sell you.

If you are set right grain will come off evenly from the bottom to the top.

All batches of grain and types require an adjustment, if you want ergot out only it will half the output and there will be 15% of grain with the ergot.

 

[ajd132]

To get more output tilt the bed more and up the airflow and speed, BUT the separation wont be quite as good, but for your own seed you just want to take out the worst 20% and it will be a better sample than any merchant will sell you.

If you are set right grain will come off evenly from the bottom to the top.

All batches of grain and types require an adjustment, if you want ergot out only it will half the output and there will be 15% of grain with the ergot.

Thankyou, I am mostly concerned about getting the seed dressing output up. I understand for ergot etc it would be slower. Is there anything that could bottleneck the system, perhaps dressing applicator?

 

[Brisel]

The dressing applicator slows our cleaning system down but it's not really big enough anyway. Fine for our use but ancient & not worth spending much on. All my spring cereals need treating according to the testing. Over seared 2019 seed is bigger, cleaner and still has more vigour.

 

[4course]

using a gravity separator is an art not a science ,we have one in fact 2 but one was bought at a farm sale and is stored for another day. Over the time weve had it( 30 years) has well earned its keep , cleaning grain for seed, increasing vigour,removing weed seeds or other extaneous matter, lifting bushel weights, raising proteien , lifting hagbergs etc ours is an old kip kelly and thinking about it was one of the best £500 ive ever spent

 

[Andrew K]

The dressing applicator slows our cleaning system down but it's not really big enough anyway. Fine for our use but ancient & not worth spending much on. All my spring cereals need treating according to the testing. Over seared 2019 seed is bigger, cleaner and still has more vigour.

Made a start to drilling yet Brisel?

 

[Brisel]

Made a start to drilling yet Brisel?

Not yet, though I'll look at 35 acres of beans on nice loam in the morning. Heavier land was ploughing up so livery at the weekend that we pulled out of that too. You?

 

[Lincsman]

Thankyou, I am mostly concerned about getting the seed dressing output up. I understand for ergot etc it would be slower. Is there anything that could bottleneck the system, perhaps dressing applicator?

Mine does 5T/ hour and the seed treater (an old shell one that was converted from powder! its basically a 8" auger) is running at about 2/3 capacity

 

[Andrew K]

Done nothing, although the land due for Borage would go,its far too early for that crop.
Land meant to be DD wheat in the autumn now resembles putty, but it is Windsor series clay.

 

[grainboy]

Have a Kip Kelly available, if anyone interested

 

[4course]

Have a Kip Kelly available, if anyone interested

asking price ?

 

[Simon C]

@grainboy
Did you sell this or is it sitting in the back of a shed somewhere?
Thanks

 

[grainboy]

Long gone sorry