Growtech

Conveyors for agricultural uses

Cost-effective, Safer and Efficient Material Handling

Information from leading OEMs indicates that conveyors have improved material handling tasks in farming businesses in other regions. This lends credence to the business case for African farming businesses to adopt conveyors for loading, processing and transportation of agricultural produce.

By Banda Isabel

Just like in other industries, cost-containment, enhancing safety and increasing efficiency have become primary objectives in the contemporary agricultural sector. This is underpinned by the adoption of various technologies in the production value chain. Amongst a myriad of fascinating elements of this phenomenon is the growing use of conveyors for application in the loading, processing and transportation of bulk products such as foods, fibres and by-products from plant crops and animals. Information from some of the leading OEMs that serve farming business worldwide indicate the scope of fields of applications, massive benefits they bring, as well as the advice on informed investment decisions.

Applications in farming

Conveyors are specifically designed to suit different requirements in the transportation of materials. They allow for the automated transportation of materials between long distances that may be on varying heights. Uses of conveyors, which come in various shapes and sizes, in the agricultural community are numerous. Relating to agriculture, largely, conveyors are deployed in the transportation of agricultural products out of storage facilities into process plants, and then move the product into other storage facilities. Moreover, conveyors are used for loading bulk quantities into trucks to their final destination.

Massive benefits

When conveyors are designed, constructed and installed as specified, the end-user can be rest assured that the operation will function costeffectively, safely and efficiently.

• Easy and efficient

Picture a situation where a company engages human labour to carry out the strenuous tasks of harvesting, processing and loading, where