Successful launch of Satake ESM Alphascan at OC Jewers.

The High Flow version of the AlphaScan II was designed following the request of Satake clients who wanted one machine to run in excess of 30tph. Following a six month in-line, on site evaluation trial the ASII160 machine went into production in January 2008.

The first ASII160R High Flow unit was installed at OC Jewers in January 2008, upgrading their AlphaScan I. The new ASII160HF model will run on wheat and barley at approximately 30-35tph depending on input contamination and whether a resort chute is incorporated.

O.C. Jewers are one of the few remaining independent family run grain merchants in the UK. Established in 1865, they specialise in grain, seed and fertilisers. Having recently moved to a new, purpose built site beside the A14 near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, they are ideally situated to reach grain exporting ports like Ipswich as well as the major malsters, feed compounders and flour mills in East Anglia.

The most significant changes on the AlphaScan II are with the feed system and the power supplies to create a more stable unit. Additional changes include preheating for those cold winter mornings, extra seals to avoid dust build up and new sampling trays for ease of checking product.

Company Director Matthew Jewers is delighted with the new unit and the added capacity means he can process his crops twice as fast. He says, "The addition of the AlphaScan to our cleaning line strengthens our ability to deal with rejected loads and contract cleaning by removing ergot, weed seeds and foreign objects. The high flow model means that we can turn around lorries in the shortest possible time."

As density etc is not an issue to the optical sorter it can remove defects often missed by conventional cleaning methods such as gravity selectors and the new High flow version offers maximum capacity at a reasonable cost.

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