Grain Management Made Easy at Neudorf Colony

The Neudorf Colony has the ultimate system for grain management from harvest to market. The system is laid out in two lines, one is the dryer and storage line for grain management phase, and the other line provides long-term storage capacity.

Key Features:

• Two long ten-inch grain loops (Dryer line, storage line)
• Each line has two Soft-Starter 30-hp motors
• Crossing downspout links the dryer line and storage line

Grain Dryer Line

The dryer line consists of truck load-out and receiving, 5 hopper bottom bins, with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes each, and 4 flat bottom bins, three with a capacity of 18,000 bushels, and one with a 30,000 bushel capacity. Two hopper bins serve as "wet" grain bins, two serve as "dry" grain bins, and the fifth hopper bin is included to add flexibility to the system, for management of partial tag ends and for emergencies.

Newly harvested grain is loaded into one of the two "wet" hopper bins and from there is augered into the grain dryer. After drying, the grain is dropped into a dry bucket elevator and sent to one of the two "dry" hoppers on the line. From the "dry" hoppers, the grain can be moved to any of the four flat bottom bins in the grain management line, or dropped, via the downspout, to the storage line grain pump, which also has its own truck dump and fill.

Long Term Grain Storage Bins

The storage line consists of six, 25,000 bushel flat-bottom bins, serviced by a second 10-inch Hutchinson Grain Pump. The storage line is 10' lower than the dryer line, to facilitate the downspout transfer of grain at a 45° incline from the dryer bins from the dryer line.

The key is that all that dry grain overflow can be easily moved to the storage line.

Soft Start Motors Decrease Maintenance

Both Grain Pumps are powered with two 30-hp motors equipped with 'soft-starters' to decrease ongoing chain maintenance. The Cutler-Hammer IT Soft-Starter ramps the voltage of the two electric motors up from zero to full voltage over an adjustable period of time. This reduced voltage start helps a great deal with system problems, reducing torque on the motor, belts, chains, gears, and other components.

All of the flat bottom bins, in both the grain management line and the storage line are fully equipped with aeration and fans, Hutchinson bin sweeps, and OPI Stormax grain temperature monitoring cables.

This is a must visit in grain handling systems if you are anywhere near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The system consists of two long ten-inch grain loops parallel to each other and designed to have maximum flexibility for this large farm operation. This grain handling system, must be seen, to be fully appreciated.