BDC Systems has introduced a new optional touch screen control panel for its range of Svegma continuous flow grain dryers.
The control panel has a mimic display indicating fan, burner and discharge motors as well as a large touch screen display showing total dryer status, from drying and exhaust temperatures, total fan and burner run hours, discharge run hours for crop change facility and alarm history.
A data logging screen can be viewed to show hot air and exhaust air temperatures during the drying mode. There is also a facility to manually add crop type and moisture in and out of the dryer. All drying information can be down loaded via a USB port and stored on to a PC in an excel format. This is particularly useful for Assured Combinable Crops Scheme purposes. For clients that still prefer a hard-wired control panel, these are still available for both roller and shutter discharge driers.
The pulse roller and shutter discharge systems on the Svegma driers have proven again, in difficult harvest conditions, that by moving the grain quickly for short periods of time avoids ‘streaming’ in the drying column. This is when wet grains lodge on laterals and cause excessive heat build up by becoming static.
With more than 600 Svegma dryers operational in the UK with widths from 2-8m wide and capacities from 5t/hr to more than 100t/hr there is a model in the Svegma range to suit all requirements.
The latest Svegma continuous-flow dryer is an 8m wide version with a grain drying capacity of more than 100t/hr. It is manufactured from heavy gauge galvanised steel plate to give long life and durability. The modular construction enables the dryer to be installed indoors or out and coloured cladding can be added to meet planning or environmental requirements. In operation it offers the advantages of low noise and dust levels, and low power requirements. Nuway/Bentone pressure jet burners, for oil or gas, in two or three stages, supply the full operating temperature range and are easy to maintain.
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