Develop a Whole of Crop Load Levelling Arm

Project title: Develop a Whole-of-crop load levelling arm. 

Group name: Condong Trash Committee.

 

  • This project aims to build and modify until effective, a haul-out mounted load levelling device to swing out and level the whole of crop product (mix of cane & trash) after it has been tipped by the haul- outs into the 90 m3 multi-lifts that transport cane to the mills in NSW.

 

  • These multi-lift bins are loaded by 48m3 haul-outs which is a two tip option or smaller 33m3 haul-outs which is a three tip option. Due to the diverse nature of the NSW industry the use of these two different size haul-outs is expected to continue for some time therefore the load levelling device needs to be trialled on both.

 

  • This device is necessary:

            To maintain a 23.5t pay load in the multi-lifts once co-generation commences in

            2007.

            To allow the newly developed bin tarping system to operate successfully.

 

  • The SRDC funding requested will encourage key growers representing Condong Harvesting Groups as the "Condong Trash Committee" to contribute their skills and some finances to aid these developments.

Contact person: Mark North (02) 66725976

Final Report

Photo of the levelling arm

 
 
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