The Hutchinson
Grain Loop - Innovation At Work
The Hutchinson Grain Pump is a continuous
loop grain conveying system that moves grain between the many operations
required by an efficient grain handling system. The Hutchinson grain
loop can replace all of the traditional conveying systems (vertical
conveyors, vertical bucket elevators, chain conveyors, grain legs,
and drag chain conveyors) with one versatile grain handling system.
The Grain Pump is a continuous loop of chain conveyor and galvanised
tubing encircling your bins at the bottom and around the top, enabling
the connection of many bins into one grain system, that can be selectively
filled and emptied with ease.
The innovative Hutchinson Grain PumpTM lets you move grain with
gentle efficiency and at high capacities using a very simple and
powerful chain conveyor system. The pump requires less horsepower
than air systems and the en masse (grain-moving-grain) concept causes
less damage to grain. The system also requires less maintenance
than traditional conveying systems.
The unique UHMW paddles inside the continuous loop of tubing are
designed to keep your grain flowing gently and evenly from inlet
to discharge. These round, plastic paddles are spaced every 13 inches,
taking the place of traditional auger flighting. These paddles are
notched to go around sprocketed corners. Grain Pump owners have
found a reduction in grain damage when compared to traditional conveying
systems. The paddles move through the pump on heavy-duty chain designed
specifically for the system.
The closed-loop design offers the versatility to create a complete
load-in/load-out system that also provides recirculation capabilities.
One or more bins can be unloaded at a time into the loop. Reduced
drying costs can be achieved with this innovative system by blending
higher moisture and dried grain from one bin to another.
The possibilities are nearly unlimited. Install the pump beneath
a row of bins, or in an existing in-line system, the pump may be
angled to pick up from conventional unload in front. The system
may provide down-the-road expansion capabilities.
The pump can incorporate many storage bin units and provide easy
in-load and out-load to trucks or wagons, moving product vertically
and horizontally with ease. The Hutchinson system, when joining
a line of storage bins, can be designed to provide the following
advantages for your farm or commercial storage system:
- Quick convenient in-load
- Quick convenient out-load
- Blending of grains
- Turning product within one bin or from one bin to another bin
- Easy incorporation of "off-line" functions such as
drying, cleaning, rolling, grinding or other processing
- Ease of expansion
- Ability to incorporate many bins into the system
- And, all with push button automation
Features:
- An entire family of attachments and options enable the system
to accommodate any bin combination.
- Provides expansion capabilities.
- Needs less maintenance that traditional conveying systems.
- Can reduce drying costs by blending higher and lower moisture
product from one bin to another.
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