Tong Peal has added a new, state-of-the-art update to its popular Lift Roller Grader, and now offers its Auto-Touch HMI controls on all new models of its lift roller grading machines.
The Auto-Touch touchscreen control panel allows grade bands on the machine to be altered in seconds, significantly improving ease of use, throughput volumes and handling speed by removing the need for more time-consuming manual adjustments.
Flexible in their use for a wide range of crops, including potatoes, carrots, parsnips, brussel sprouts, swedes and bulbs, Tong Peal Lift Roller Graders are manufactured based on customer grade band requirements and crop type, with the option of adjusting grade band settings to suit different crop varieties and contract demands.
The addition of Tong Peal’s Auto-Touch HMI controls to its lift roller grading range is the latest technological advancement to be added to the company’s products after the touch screen controls proved to be invaluable in fine-tuning the control and performance of Tong Peal’s market-leading Easy-Clean separator within its Caretaker mobile grading range.
“Its flexibility and versatility have made the Lift Roller Grader one of our most popular grading machines on a wide range of crops that are not suited to screen grading,” Tong Peal Engineering sales manager Simon Lee said. “After supplying a large number of these systems to growers and packers worldwide, we’re now offering the latest technology with it to ensure it provides the efficiency, reliability and usability that our customers demand of it.”
Tong Peal’s operations director, Edward Tong, added that while the standard controls were still available on all the company’s grading machines, the new technology-driven options offered considerable advantages.
“Where changing of the grade bands is normally a manual process that ultimately means some downtime while the roller settings are manually adjusted, our Auto-Touch HMI controls will mean that at the touch of the button the roller setting can be changed instantly,” he said.
“Not only that, as many of our customers have several different contracts to fulfill within tight deadlines, the HMI control unit can be set with pre-determined programs, each with a different combination of grade bands, set to suit different contract demands. Having the option to select any one of the programs within seconds allows users to switch between crop varieties and contracts within minutes, offering huge savings in time, labour and ultimately cost.
“As well as Auto-Touch HMI controls, all of our new Lift Roller Graders come with Tong Peal’s Blue Inverter Technology, integrating inverter direct-driven motors to increase energy efficiency,” Mr Tong added. “What’s more, all mild steel painted machinery is now finished with our new Spectracon coating, which combines a solvent-based epoxy primer with a high-performance finish layer, providing unrivalled corrosion resistance, excellent durability and outstanding appearance.”
