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Bulk Grain Intake Systems

High-rate grain reception with surge capacity matched to your vehicle turnaround requirement.

Complete intake plants for receiving grain by truck, tractor trailer, or rail. Includes intake hoppers, grizzly grids, pre-cleaners, bucket elevators, and routing conveying to flat or silo storage at rates matched to your vehicle turnaround requirements.

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Manufacture and Supply
On-Site Installation
Commissioning and Handover
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Truck off-loading intake system at Ultimax by Facet Engineering

Truck/trailer intake system at Ultimax: below-ground receiving hopper feeding to bucket elevator at 30+ tonnes per hour

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Overview

A bulk grain intake system is the entry point of any grain facility and must handle the full vehicle load quickly to avoid queuing. Facet Engineering designs intake plants from the receiving hopper through to storage, including all intermediate conveying, elevating, and routing equipment. The receiving hopper is sized to accept a full vehicle load without operator assistance. A grizzly grid excludes large foreign objects, and a pre-cleaner or scalper removes gross contaminants before the grain enters the main transfer system. Bucket elevators and conveying distribute the grain to the required storage points. The entire plant is interlocked and controlled from a single panel or PLC.

Typical Plant Scope

Receiving hopper: sized for full vehicle load
Grizzly grid for large foreign material exclusion
Pre-cleaner / scalper for gross contamination removal
Bucket elevator for vertical elevation

Typical Applications

Co-operative and merchant grain intake
On-farm grain storage facilities
Milling plant raw material intake
Export grain terminal reception

What We Deliver

Full plant layout drawing
Equipment schedule and specifications
Structural and civil design information
Electrical single-line and control philosophy
Installation and commissioning supervision

Plant Details

Intake ModeTruck tip, bottom-discharge, tractor trailer
CapacityMatched to vehicle turnaround requirement
Storage RoutingMultiple storage points available
ControlPLC or relay-logic interlocking
ConstructionMild steel or galvanised steel

Discuss Your Plant Requirement

Give us your product, required capacity, and site constraints. We will come back to you with a plant design concept and budgetary cost.

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Facet Engineering

Process Engineering and Conveyor Systems specialists focused on agricultural harvest processing. Based in Chamdor, Krugersdorp, Gauteng.

Services

  • Conveyor System Design
  • Process Engineering
  • Remote System Support
  • Maintenance and Repairs
  • System Upgrades
  • Bulk Materials Handling

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