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HARVESTING AND STORAGE

NEW CAMERA IMPROVES THE

DETECTIONOF BLUE TONES

The new camera control IC-Light+ Chop precisely and quickly
for the Steketee chipping machines also
captures the near-infrared range . This The IC-Light+ camera is operated via the
makes it easier to identify cultures with a IC-Light Terminal. It enables hoeing up
high proportion of blue in the leaf. This to two centimeters from the cultivated
results in advantages in mechanical weed plant at driving speeds of up to 15 km/h
control, especially for the cultivation of . A camera recognizes up to five rows of
onions, leeks, broccoli or red cabbage. plants at a time and steers the cultivator
between the rows.
Learning camera technology
The chipping machines' self-developed
standard camera system IC-Light captures Since the new IC-Light+ camera now
the RGB color range and reliably differen- also captures blue tones well, young
tiates between green and red tones. Thanks plants in particular or those with a par-
to its self-learning mode, the system ticularly fine structure can be better
continuously learns in practice. identified and displayed. Even onions the
size of a pin are no problem for the camera.

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STORAGE RECONSTRUCTED & OPERATIONAL

AT UK LARGEST IMPORT & EXPORT FACILITY

Tilbury Grain Terminal regains 36,000 up and interface with operations within level as well as the usual material repose
tonnes of storage capacity as construc- the main Grain Terminal enabling not just level entry hatch with stair access. Each
tion work of 10 steel silos, associated flat a connection with the 20,000 tonne steel 2000 tonne silo includes a 150tph sweep
store & connecting high-capacity handling silos, but also with the adjacent 16,000 discharger, low & high-level probes whilst
system is completed. tonne flat store and high-level belt con- four of the silos also have temperature
Its not every day that a customer has veying gallery to feed the adjoining flour monitoring and twin sets of aeration fans
two challenging situations such as a steel mills of ADM & Allied. offering extended crop management and
silo collapse & subsequent concrete silo The two projects have been designed, condition monitoring.
fire & dust explosion to deal with on-site. manufactured and installed in tandem such Silo 3 is designed to eventually be fed at

The Grain Terminal at the Port of Tilbury that both could be fully commissioned at a rate of 700 tph from the concrete silos in
experienced this very occurrence with two the same time. The new concrete grain the Grain Terminal via a series of overhead
serious incidents in September 2018 & July Silo 4 reconstruction currently underway 800mm wide Guttridge chain conveyors
2020 respectively. Losing overall 70,000 alongside these projects, is due for com- that are fitted with motorised slides for
tonnes of cereal storage and the ability pletion in January 2024. the steel silo distribution and located on
to transfer grain to neighbouring facilities Throughout the project all viable lay- T H WHITE Projects specially designed 3m
necessitated some significant strategic out options have been technically and wide heavy-duty catwalks with extended
operational & reconstruction planning, all commercially considered to ensure the platforms and railings for safe access &
this whilst still maintaining their day-to- correct solution is selected whilst being maintenance. Material can be reclaimed
day customer business activities within ATEX compliant and heavily engaged in via the silo main central discharge points
the Port. CDM Regulations for optimal site safety at 650tph into one of two underground
within a small footprint of engagement chain conveyors installed in 2.4m wide x
for the site-based contractors. 2.2m high tunnels running beneath the
rows of silos which have safe stair access
The rebuild of the Silo 3 complex was first down inside via a weatherproof enclosure.
on the agenda and after the demolition of
the remaining silos, the bases were adapted As part of the Silo 3 works a new 40m
to have the top slab cut away and removed tall emergency access/maintenance tower,
with its replacement having the concrete also designed and installed by T H WHITE
reinforcement designed to accept the new Projects acted as an intermediate support
silo wall stiffeners and their location around for the bridges that connect the high-level
Assuming the role as the Principal De- the perimeter of the corrugated steel silos. conveyors across to Silo 4. Two new trans-
signer & Principal Contractor for the initial The grain storage complex is arranged in formers and compounds were installed for
steel Silo 3 complex rebuild, T H WHITE two rows of five silos, 11m diameter x both the Silo 3 and transfer reclaim sys-
Projects were also awarded the contract 30m high, 2000 tonne flat bottom, cor- tem at different locations on site including
extension which included an interconnect- rugated design, each one having a man MCC switch rooms and the associated site
ing high-capacity transfer reclaim convey- access personnel door at the base slab wiring, lighting, automated controls and
ing and elevating system. This would link system integration with the Grain Terminal.

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