| Grain
No monkeying around this harvest with Gibbons
Ahead of the crucial harvest period, Gibbons Engineering Group has been busy satisfying demand for high-
performance grain store fans from its recently-launched Agricultural Fans division.
he durable steel and aluminium
fans and hotspot spear fans are
built by an expert team and
shipped across Europe from
Gibbons’ production facility
near Maldon in Essex.
Sized 0.13 – 2.2kW, most of these fans are
available as single-phase and three phase and
can be tailored to suit specific applications.
Farmers may be interested to learn that
Gibbons also supplies a comprehensive
package of electrical and mechanical
equipment for agricultural processes, covering
all electric motor-driven applications.
Gibbons’ high-performance energy-efficient
electric motors are used on farms across the
UK, driving agricultural applications such as
conveyors, pumps and fans. Equipment can be
sized to match the application, while electricity
costs are minimised with the use of the latest
energy-efficient IE3 motors.
Farmers benefit from Gibbons’
comprehensive range of gearboxes and gear
motors for grain dryers, conveyor belts and
ventilation systems. Gibbons supplies and
installs power transmission systems from
leading gearbox manufacturer Bonfiglioli.
Motor breakdowns in processes such as
feeding carousels, drainage pumps and silo
screw conveyors cause tremendous
inconvenience, which is why Gibbons offers a
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popular rewinds and repairs service. Gibbons
repairs all makes and models of electrical and
mechanical equipment, old and new.
Gibbons provides an extensive selection of
air handling equipment and services for farm
buildings, including high-performance axial
supply and extract fans. Along with supply and
installation, farmers benefit from a full package
of life-cycle services for agricultural HVAC plant,
including fan balancing, repair, refurbishment
and upgrade.
For safe and user-friendly control, monitoring
and automation of motor-driven systems,
Gibbons designs, builds and installs bespoke
control panels. Not only ideal for process
control of ventilation systems and conveyors,
these panels are designed to withstand tough
agricultural environments such as grain stores
and milking parlours.
Farmers can reduce energy consumption
and achieve precise control of their motor-
powered applications with the latest ABB
variable-speed drives, supplied, installed,
programmed and commissioned by Gibbons.
Return on investment may be achieved within
months.
For effective solutions for pumping fresh and
dirty water, effluent and slurry, Gibbons
supplies submersible pumps, chopper pumps
and self-priming pumps, giving farmers
complete control on their site. Also offered is a
full repair and refurbishment service for all
pump makes and models, including
replacement of bearings, ‘o’ rings and seals.
Gibbons Director Matthew Gibbons said:
“Our position in rural Essex and links to the rest
of East Anglia means we have excellent
relationships with farmers and appreciate their
need for reliable, efficient equipment at a
reasonable price.
We also understand that using one
contractor for multiple works is cost-effective
and convenient, which is why we offer such a
wide range of products and services. Farmers
w ho use us say that having a single point of
contact for their entire project saves them a
great deal of time.
And as a thank-you to local clients for their
custom, we offer free delivery within a 50-mile
radius of our premises.”
Portable Weigh-Beams ready for Harvest
Griffith Elder had another successful year at cereals, showcasing our 4.4m portable weigh-beams.
he demo provided evidence of
the +/-1% accuracy and the
repeatability of the system. We
were also able to show off how
simple they are to use with
automatic weight capture
allowing the whole operation to be unmanned
and doesn’t even need the driver to leave the
cab.
As they don’t need any civil works and can
be either placed down on existing concrete or
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with spreader plates down onto earth, they
really can be moved anywhere and doesn’t
cost time and money in site preparation.
The fob system loads the pre-saved empty
weight of the vehicle and after weighing the
gross the system automatically prints a net
weight ticket, as well as saving the record to
USB.
Weighing allows you to accurately account
for what’s in store so you can sell at the right
time of year without risk of having grain left in
the shed. It also gives your yield per field so
you can back calibration the combine for
accurate yield mapping.
Our Portable Weigh-Beams are a brilliant
alternative that slashes the cost of a
weighbridge, ideal for farms weighing for stock
management.
So don’t delay if you need to weigh, and still
get your Weigh-Beams in time for Harvest.
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