Woldgrain Expansion 2021

[teslacoils]

Kerry's, Smith's etc. Aka fussy pain mills that no grower will choose supply ex farm due to the faff. Small niche mill in the GTown still I think that malts wheat?

 

[teslacoils]

Iirc Kerry's use 32000t of wheat a year. So not tiny.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Today we have a small crane on site, helping to fit the roof supports to the second silo.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

The temperature monitoring system is fitted to the interior of the completed roof, ready for the rest of that silo to be built. The silo is from a different manufacturer to the rest of the site, so the roof vents look a bit different.

 

[Clive]

The temperature monitoring system is fitted to the interior of the completed roof, ready for the rest of that silo to be built. The silo is from a different manufacturer to the rest of the site, so the roof vents look a bit different.


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@Sid would like to know how many trees you are planting as part of this expansion? what the carbon footprint of all the concrete and steel is and what reuse and recycle steps you have taken please ?


looks a great project by the way

 

[Clive]

Bingo.

Those of you who have looked at our store on google earth will see that we have 58 silos. These are of various heights, diameters and ages.

All of them are plain galvanised, with no paint or coating of any kind.

For the latest expansion the local parish council specified that the new silos be coloured to blend in. There was no mention of what colour, or what the silos had to blend in with (obviously not the other 58 silos).

There is obviously more to it, but this is a public forum.

We put together a few various suggestions with the help of an architect, so the council's planning officer could help us choose a scheme that fit with the wording (and the 'spirit') of the PC's condition.

The solution we agreed on was a graduated banding, darker at the bases and paler at the top, so from a distance the new silos will theoretically look like trees.

good luck making a 5500t bin look like tree ! pp can be a joke sometimes !

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

@Sid would like to know how many trees you are planting as part of this expansion? what the carbon footprint of all the concrete and steel is and what reuse and recycle steps you have taken please ?

We haven't crunched the numbers (or needed to for planning), but the carbon footprint of drying and storing our volumes of grain on one site should be significantly less than if all our own members dried and stored their grain on their own farms. There was some research (Grant Thornton) which is probably out of date now.

looks a great project by the way

Thanks. Any TFF members are more than welcome for a tour if they are passing.

 

[teslacoils]

Put up a video of the colour sorter. It's so cool.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Here are the temperature monitoring cables, which have a sensor every 2 metres.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Here is a close up of the ductings set into the floor, which will carry the cables from the elevator to the electric cabin.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Here is one of the mighty hydraulic jacks that will be used to build the silos.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

This is the start of the conveyor & elevator route that will be used to fill the two new silos.

The route is rated at 100 tonnes per hour, to keep up with the driers.

 

[Chae1]

So you are going higher?

I would be terrified it blew away when jacked up.

I said it looked low!

 

[Lincs Lass]

Here is one of the mighty hydraulic jacks that will be used to build the silos.



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Presume they jack up ,put a ring on ,lower reset a repeat untill its at the finish height

 

[teslacoils]

I shall take a pic from the top gantry next time I visit.

 

[Fraserb]

Presume they jack up ,put a ring on ,lower reset a repeat untill its at the finish height

The same way they do our slurry towers

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

So you are going higher?

They will soon be 16 rings each (and multicoloured)

 

[Chae1]

They will soon be 16 rings each (and multicoloured)

That's brilliant! Great thread.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

This is the start of the conveyor & elevator route that will be used to fill the two new silos.

The route is rated at 100 tonnes per hour, to keep up with the driers.


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Here is the other end, where the new route links to the existing conveyor.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Here is a top view from 1 hour ago, hopefully the roof lads don't get rained off today.

Once the roof is finished the Sparkies will fit the temperature monitoring and the silo team will go back to the first silo and start jacking.