December 7, 2009

Van Aarsen builds new feed transfer, storage terminal

At the inland port of Oss in the Netherlands, Van Aarsen has built a ship unloading and storage terminal for Dutch feed cooperative Boerenbond Deurne.

The new facility will be operating under the name of Bracofeed, a subsidiary of Boerenbond Deurne.

By means of a hydraulic crane, 3000-tonne ships can be unloaded at a rate of 300 tonnes per hour. A truck intake at 150 tonnes per hour is also available.

The incoming material is cleaned and weighed before being stored in the 6 silos with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes. The silos are equipped with aeration and temperature monitoring.

For full traceability an automatic sampling system has been installed to take samples of each delivery. Samples are automatically sealed in plastic bags and labelled.

The next phase in the project will be the installation of a Van AarsenGD1400 hammer mill line with an automatic screen exchange system.

The 5.26 hectare terrain will be used to build a flat store for another 10,000 tonnes of product and the planning permission procedures for a complete new 400,000t/a feedmill are about to be started.

For optimal accessibility a railway connection to this site is also being developed.