Rotary Feed Systems
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A PPP Rotary Feed System offers many unique features for farmers:
- PLC (programmable logic control) control unit which allows greater controls on what the farmer can do and hence feed to cows.
- Greater feeding accuracy
- Ability to feed a wide variety of different feeds
- Mineral dispensing
- Molasses dispensing
- Water injection
- Automated system that doesn’t dispense feed into empty bales
- Automated system that doesn’t feed meal to cows doing a 2nd lap on the platform
- Optional individual feed bins or stainless steel trays
- Multiply feed lines that can feed more than one type of feed into the shed
- Direct drive units that offer less maintenance and are quite when operating
- Very easy feed adjustment rates to match herd requirements
- Fully integrated with RFID herd management systems.
How does a PPP feed system work?
- Feed is conveyed from the silo into the shed via a coreless auger.
- The coreless auger is driven by a direct drive unit.
- The direct drive unit is mounted above the feed dispenser and drops feed into this dispenser.
- The feed dispenser with it’s industrial variable speed motor rations feed out to each cow – this is the motor that will turn on/off for every cow.
- When the feed dispenser is getting low in feed a capacitive sensor fitted into the dispenser sends a signal to the cross auger motor to start up and will turn off automatically when the feed dispenser is full
- As each bale passes by the feed dispenser feed is rationed out to the cow
- Detection sensors pick up empty bales and cows doing double laps on the platform and will automatically not feed meal - SAVING MONEY!
- If molasses and water injection are added on as options, these are controlled by the PLC unit so all the features with the feed system will also be applied to the additional equipment fitted.
- The touch screen control unit allows the farmer to very easily make feed rate adjustments and importantly allows a very high degree of accuracy compared to anything else on the market – such as simple cross auger system delivering feed to the cow.
Attached to the bottom of a silo is a coreless auger driven by a single phase direct drive unit.
The coreless auger delivers feed to a feed dispenser.
The feed dispenser is fitted with a variable speed industrial rated motor and attached to this motor is an auger. The feed dispenser motor is the motor that turns on/off for every cow.
Feed can then be dispensed either into individual feed bins or stainless steel feed trays.
Feed Dispenser Options
Single Unit – single coreless auger line delivering feed.
Double Unit – double line delivering 2 x different feed types.
Control Panel
A touch screen control panels enables a farmer to make quick & easy feed adjustments and allows a very high degree of accuracy as to match feed dispensed to cow demand.
Standard Features
- PLC control panel – allowing for additional inputs
- Touch screen for easy adjustment rates
- Individual feed bins or Stainless steel trays
- Silo size to match cows numbers
- In-line direct drive units
- Reliable flexi-auger
- Low maintenance
- Auto miss feed for reversing platform
Additional Features
- Auto miss-feed to empty bail
- Auto miss-feed for cow round twice
- Molasses injection
- Water injection
Simple Cross Auger Feed Systems
PPP also offer a simple cross auger system with a timer control box. This system is very simple and is cheaper but it does not have the feed saving advantages of the PLC feed dispenser