Grain Journal - November/December 2008 - (Page 38)

slightly wetter moisture corn. A pair of overhead 10,000-bph InterSystems drag conveyors carry grain from existing inside legs out to the new tanks. The tanks empty onto Frisbie-built auger unloaders, which move grain back to the main concrete house. East Elevator Across the road from the west elevator, the new 100,000-bushel Behlen tank stands 49 feet in diameter and 65 feet tall at the eaves. The flat-bottom tank is equipped with a 12-inch Valleywide sweep auger and a seven-cable Rolfes@Boone grain temperature monitoring system. A pair of 40-hp Tiernan centrifugal fans supply 1/5 cfm per bushel of aeration. An overhead 10,000-bph InterSystems drag conveyor takes grain from the main concrete house out to the new tank. The tank empties onto an existing screw conveyor system, which survived the tornado, that carries grain back to the concrete elevator. Ed Zdrojewski, editor Twin overhead InterSystems 10,000-bph drag conveyors carry grain from the main concrete house out to the new jumpform concrete tanks at the west elevator. in June. In all, total storage capacity at Claflin remained roughly unchanged at just under 1 million bushels. West Elevator The two new McPherson tanks are located immediately south of the main concrete house at the west site. These flat-bottom tanks stand 50 feet in diameter and 120 feet tall. Each tank is outfitted with 12-inch Valleywide sweep augers, 7-cable Rolfes@Boone grain temperature monitoring system, and sidedraw spouts for truck loading. “That was a huge improvement,” Bennett says. “Before now, we had no outside truck-loading capability.” A set of four 40-hp Tiernan centrifugal fans per tank supply 1/5 cfm per bushel, a high enough volume to supply small grains or to hold a Response No. 381 38 GJ N/D http://www.walinga.com http://www.walinga.com

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Grain Journal - November/December 2008 Contents Mark Daniels Interview GEAPS 2009 Exchange Preview Kathy Reading Interview Wheat Contract Futures Revision Surviving Today's Economy Northern Star II Fiction Series SAFETY: Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co., Central City, NE OSHA SMART Program Innovative Ag Services, Central City, IA The Scoular Co., Holdrege, NE Olsen's Mill Inc., Viroqua, WI Farmers Coop Union, Claflin, KS Old Time Elevator Jeff Broin Interview Cress Hizer Interview Grain Bin Safety Entry in Grain Storage Structures Compelled Wheat Loadout Aerating the Corn Crop Grain News Grain Notes Merchandiser Profiles Manager Profiles NGFA Conference Preview GEAPS Mini-Convention Facility Security Ideas Bucket Elevator Safety Safety, Adam Schupp Food Defense Safety Insights, Lynn Larsen NGFA/GEAPS Safety DVD Stored Grain Management, Linda Mason Corn/Soybean Merchandising, John Beurskens Wheat Merchandising, Kyle Smith Hedging, Philip Luce GIPSA News GIPSA 2009 Priorities New GIPSA Administrator OSHA Form 300A OSHA News Safety Committee Report Futures Markets Ethanol Lifecycle Analysis Florida Ethanol Pipeline Bob Starkey Interview Security, Curtis Haugen GEAPS 2009 Idea Exchange Seed News Transportation News The States' Big Issues Feed News

Grain Journal - November/December 2008

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