Posts Tagged ‘Feed Mill’
Complete In-House Fabrication of 10,000-gallon Molasses Storage Tank
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Metal Fabrication, Welding on December 15th, 2009
One of our feed mill customers needed a round molasses storage tank that would hold 10,000 gallons. To hold that much, we designed a tank that’s 20 feet high and 10 feet in diameter. The project required that we roll 10′ sheets of steel with our pinch roll. This was a Maple Grove Enterprises project from start to finish. We designed the tank for its custom application, designed and fabricated the OSHA-approved custom outside safety ladder, fabricated the tank, and installed it at the feed mill.
This was a total team effort from initial design concept through fabrication, with communication flowing back and forth between designer and fabricators throughout the entire project. Our customer was onsite during installation and is ecstatic with the results!
Watch a video of our crew flipping half the tank on its side so two pieces can be welded together.
Keep Your Grain from Blowin’ in the Wind
Posted by: Tracy Gath in Farming, Feed Mill, Material Handling, Millwrighting on May 6th, 2009
When you have to feed over 6,000 dairy cows every day, you do not want to see a fifth of your grain blowing away in the wind. That’s the problem faced by one such farm in a windy area of central New York State. They currently store their grain in lean-tos and manually load the grain into trucks, resulting in shrink of up to 20%. Ouch! With the high price of feed, they can no longer sustain such high losses. They called Maple Grove Enterprises for a solution, and we called Barney Leach from the LeManco division of Chief Industries.
Barney flew to our shop in Arcade a few weeks ago to give us the benefit of his 30 years in the business of grain storage and handling. With his help, we supplied the farmer with a quote for a grain storage and batching feed system that will provide better feed and nutrition control. Chief/LeManco bins contain more steel, are stronger, last longer, function better, and retain their value compared to other bins. (See the Chief website for more information.) The system is expandable, so if one day the farm decides to become a feed mill they can do so with minimal cost.
The millwrights at Maple Grove Enterprises have decades of experience and dedicated service to farms and feed mills throughout the Northeast. We do our very best to help your farm or mill increase productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. We are with you every step of the way, helping you plan for your current and future needs. Our services range from such maintenance work as welding, pipefitting and machine overhaul all the way to engineering, fabricating and installing complete feed mills to your exact specifications.
