| Slurry
Green Bedding separator from Greencrop
Greencrop, the official importer of the Sepcom range of slurry separators for farm and AD, offer the Visscher/Sepcom
green bedding separator, manufactured by the Italian Wam Group and Visscher Holland.
reen bedding has
now become of
great interest in
the UK after its
popularity in the
USA and Europe
for some years. Visscher have
been involved from the beginning,
and have developed an automatic
separator system and have over
450 working units in Holland (both
static and mobile). They also have
over 90 in Germany, plus units in
Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal,
Lapland and now a number of
units installed in the UK.
After a full review the process has
now been accepted in the UK.
The Visscher/Sepcom green
bedding separator is designed to
produce recycled bedding material
from the separated slurry. The
benefits of this system give cow’s
better comfort in the cubicle, helps
keep them cleaner and help to
reduce mastitis levels in the heard,
whilst also reducing bedding
costs. The separator has a lower
electrical demand than other
machines as it is fitted with a
5.5kw motor. Due to its larger
screen area and auto adjusting
head, its power requirement is
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reduced. The Visscher/Sepcom
will produce bedding with a dry
matter content of 33-37 per cent.
The unique polymer sectional
auger as standard, which has
proved itself on other Sepcom
separators for its cleaning ability
during use as well as significant
advantages in keeping the screens
cleaner, it aids a higher degree of
separation than a steel screw
system. The final part of the
separation is by a Visscher screen
mounted in the centre of the solid
core, this allows the moisture from
the inside of the solids out through
the centre, thus not trying to
squeeze all of the liquid to the
outside. This works in conjunction
with the Patented Visscher
automatic press module head
which adapts the counter–
pressure to the medium`s
consistency. This allows the
module to automatically apply
optimum pressing force. The
system will continuously adjust
itself to the pre-set value and this
has a very close relationship with
the dry matter percentage and
capacity.
The PLC controller can be
adjusted to the dry matter
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content/mass balance desired for
nutrients and dryness. Only about
70% of the daily produced slurry is
needed for bedding, a simple turn
of a dial on the panel decreases
the amps, saving energy costs and
produces a faster standard
separation DM for spreading on to
the land. This means you don’t
have to climb up and adjust the
separator outlet manually every
time.
For further information please
contact Greencrop at
[email protected] or visit
www.greencrop.co.uk
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