Drying

Individually tailored to each drying requirement, the fans can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Balanced airflow is provided to ensure the drying of difficult early wheats and this airflow can reduced to suit lighter crops such as oil seeds. The standard range uses 1250 mm diameter fans which offer greater efficiency and lower noise levels than many of our competitors' 1000 mm units. Other diameters are available for special applications and the fans can also be designed to meet individual customer specifications. Brice-Baker also supplies a special Dust Control Fan which provides greater capability and efficient dust control. Noise attenuators are a standard item.

Positive and simple. Proven over 30 years, the pneumatic system gives pulse discharge; wet dirty grain descends positively and uniformly down the column. The advantages of an intermittent discharge is that a calibrated amount is released inside a short time, ensuring that all grains move inside the dryer, which is of great importance on a mixed flow dryer with hot and cold zones. The impetus given ensures that the overall motion becomes similar to fluid flow, instead of the step-by-step irregular flow occurring with roller dischargers. Blockages are rare, and grain flow is uniform across the dryer.

All our dryers are supplied with modern touch screen control panels with components sourced from major international companies.

Brice-Baker offers two standard dryer control systems, depending on the customer requirements.
Our standard panel is PLC controlled with a 5 inch touch screen. All dryer functions are accessed via straightforward text based menus providing comprehensive control without complication. This panel provides all the safeguards needed for efficient and safe drying, and includes automatic moisture control based on exhaust temperature, notification of specific faults, and an alarm log.

Our ADVANCED control panel has the ability to perform more operations, record more data and besides operating the dryer can also control the complete plant.

Advanced Control Panel Features include:

• TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL — 12 inch colour screen with easily accessed menus to set temperatures, functions, open and closed times.
• EXTERNAL PLANT CONTROL — the complete plant can be controlled from the panel.
• EASE OF SETTING UP — Drying tables included for easy reference when setting up the dryer
• RECIPE SELECTION — Save your current dryer settings for future years using the recipe feature
• AUTOMATIC TREND RECORDING — will record hot air and grain exhaust temperatures constantly during drying for future reference.
• ALARM LOG — This log will record the history of any interruptions and faults causing dryer alarms.
• EXPANDABLE DESIGN — meaning that routes and equipment can be added to your system over time.

Further options include:

Text Messaging — Alarms and alerts can be sent to the operator’s mobile phone.
Modem — allows access to the control panel by our engineers for updating programs.
Ethernet connection — Allows viewing of drying operations from a remote location.
Data Logging — We can include extra pages to record other information such as stored crop temperatures etc.