SEED PRODUCTION MACHINERY AND PLANTS
SEED PRE CLEANING AND INTENSE CLEANING SYSTEMS
PETKUS Type K Seed Cleaners are optionally equipped with or without an indented cylinder (trieur). The K-series stands for robust and reliable cleaning machines, which are the best choice for smaller capacities of industrial cleaning or seed cleaning of grain, oilseeds, pulses, grass and vegetable seeds. The high standard of cleaning is achieved by a combination of several cleaning processes (the screening system, the air aspiration system, and the indented cylinder).
The product is moved from the inlet hopper through the pre-aspiration duct where light rejects, husk and dust are separated. Afterwards, the product is transported to the screen compartment. The top screen separates large and coarse rejects and is cleaned by means of a screen agitator. Light rejects are separated by the bottom screen and a brush carriage cleans the bottom screen. The screened product is transported through the final aspiration duct where further light rejects with a lower density are separated by the air flow. The cleaned product is transported to the indented cylinders where short rejects such as broken grains and round weed seeds are rejected. The cleaned seed is then moved to the bagging devices on the indented cylinder and can be bagged-off here.
More than 120 machines are working in various Agriculture farms, co-operatives and in private sector.
SEED THRESHER
This laboratory seed thresher can easily thresh very small quantities of plants and or seed heads. The machine is very suitable for your research station where you can use the machine to thresh seeds out of single capsules, pods or heads. The machine threshes the seeds without damaging it and is very quickly and easily to clean between lots.
This thresher is used to damage free threshing of seeds out of small quantities of plants (umbels, siliques or pods). The machine is very suitable for breeding stations or processing stock seed productions.
The machine is equipped with an automatic air cleaning program and dust suction connections.
The plants are manually feed via an inlet table inside the threshing chamber (only the seed pods). The plants will be broken into smaller pieces inside the threshing chamber, by means of a rotor with three beaters which rotates in a threshing basket. The seeds are threshed out. By means of a discharge valve at the front side of the machine the straw can be discharged.
When the seeds pass the threshing basket they will be processed on a shaking screen. This shaking screen is equipped with an outlet and an overflow. The materials that exit the machine over the screen is waste and will be collected in an anti-static bin.
The seeds will fall through the screen and will enter a vibratory feeder that will feed the seeds uniformly into the air separator.
Here will lighter and heavier parts will be separated.
"Good" heavy seeds will leave the air separator at the front side and can be collected in a small bag.
Advantages:
- Threshing, screen cleaning and air separation in one machine!
- Automatic air cleaning, significant reduction in cleaning hours!
- Direct packing in small bags.
- Different perforations threshing baskets and screens available.
- Visual inspection due to several polycarbonate windows.
- Process status indication.
TOMATO SEED EXTRACTION MACHINE
This machine is especially designed to extract seeds from small tomato lots (cherry to beef variety), perfect to be used at your breeding station. The built-in water nozzle system enables a quick cleaning cycle minimizing any residual formation between lots.
SEED EXTRACTION MACHINE
You can process many small lots and extract small quantities of seeds out of vegetable fruit crops. The fruits are manually feed into the hopper.
SEED DENSITY SEPARATION UNIT
This unit is used for separating seeds from seed skins and small fruit parts by means of water after a seed extraction process.
SEED RINSING CHANNEL
This rinsing channel is used to separate heavy seeds from lighter seeds and fruit parts/skins after a seed extraction process.
SEED WASHING AND SIEVING UNIT
This unit is used to separate small quantities of seeds from larger quantities of pulp and skin parts after the seed extraction process.
SEED CENTRIFUGE
This machine is used in combination with our small seed drum. After seed extraction or any kind of wet treatment the centrifuge is used to get rid of moisture that is around the seeds, which makes the drying process that follows shorter.
SEED DRYERS
This dryer is used for drying back larger seed lots. The dryer uses conditioned air. Different standard seed drums are available to dry rotating in our drying carriers. Temperature and RH are monitored and registered during the whole drying process.
SEED DISINFECTION UNIT
The seed disinfection unit is used to treat seeds in fluids to eliminate bacterial contamination or seed borne diseases.
It can be used as an imbibition unit for the uptake of moisture and for hydration before priming or as a hot water treatments unit.
Seeds to be treated can be placed in optional seed drums. The seeds will be processed in a uniform and reproducible manner.
SEED GERMINATION CABINET
This unit is suitable for all kind of germination tests with all kind of seeds in soil trays or on paper. The temperature can be adjusted. It is also possible to work with different light intensities. The cabinet is programmable with different day and night cycles in light and temperature. Humidity control can be delivered as an option.
SEED BRUSHING MACHINE
In many cases the brushing (scarifying/polishing) of seeds is the first step in the cleaning process. The machine has many applications in flower, herb, cactus, tree and vegetable seeds. Larger capacity machines also available, see chapter fine cleaning.
SEED DE-AWNER
This de-awner is used for de-bearding and polishing of seeds. The de-awning principle is used for carrot, spinach, beet and tomato seeds. The seed skin or beard is softly removed because the seeds rub against each other.
Larger capacity machines also available, see chapter fine cleaning
SEED AIR SEPARATORS LABORATORY
This air separator is used to utilize the differences in specific weight of the seeds and other parts and has many applications in flower, herb, tree, cactus, grain and vegetable seeds. E.g. to separate lighter seeds, straws, chaffs and dust. But also to enhance viability and germination by separating the seeds in three fractions, based on their specific weight.
SEED AIR SCREEN CLEANING MACHINE
This air screen cleaning machine is very suitable for cleaning your flower, herb, cactus, tree, grain and vegetable seeds on their size and specific weight. It can be used for smaller seed lots for pre- or fine cleaning. By means of the screens you can separate straws, chaffs, dust and broken seeds. With the air separation system you can separate the heavy from the light seeds.
GRAVITY SEPARATORS LABORATORY
This smaller design gravity separator is very suitable for very small seed lots. The purpose is to separate empty seeds, insect damaged seeds, stones and other lighter or heavier materials from the seed lot.
SEED INDENTED CYLINDERS LABORATORY
para This machine is used for e.g. separating plant parts and weeds in carrot, onion and lettuce, but also for flower seeds like marigold and impatiens. Besides it is used for calibrating the seeds based on their length to obtain more uniformity to produce seed pellets.
Larger capacity machines also available, see chapter fine cleaning equipment.graph
SEED BELT GRADERS
This belt grader is used to separate round from other shaped seeds/ parts or weeds in flower, herb, tree, cactus and vegetable seeds. E.g. separation of flower parts from primula seed or double seed from begonia. For vegetable seeds separation of triangular or sharp shaped seed from round spinach seed or seeds with a small needle from lamb's lettuce.
Larger capacity machines also available, see chapter fine cleaning equipment.
SEED CALIBRATING (SIZING) MACHINE
This seed calibrating (sizing) machine uses very accurate screens to separate seeds based on their size. You can use round or slotted screens. Calibrating seeds is important if you want to pack seeds by weight, to create uniformity in young plants and for precision sowing equipment.
The machine can be delivered with one, two or three screens.
Larger capacity machines also available, see chapter fine cleaning equipment.
COMPLETE SEED PROCESSING INSTALLATIONS
When seed companies move to another facility or want to change the existing logistics of their seed cleaning-, packing or other department, Seed Processing Holland is able to assist. We use our knowledge for capacities needed, logistics, dust collection, power connections and compressed air connections
ROTARY PELLETING MACHINE
This Rotary Pelleting Machines are suitable for the semi-automatic pelleting or encrusting of small seed lots of flower-, vegetable-, and agricultural seeds. The seeds continuously rotate in a three-dimensional movement which is crucial to obtain a good build-up of the pellets.
The RPM-500 can easily be inspected and cleaned. A transparent lid enables the continuous check of the process.
Capacity: 12.5 litres 200,000 - 1 million pellets* (indication depends on crop, settings and pellet diameter).
SEED FILM COATING MACHINE
This semi-automatic film coating machine is used for treating small quantities of seeds manually. Using film coating liquids mixed with water and/or fungicides (or other), the seeds are treated uniformly in this batch system. The treating time per batch is very short in this rotary film coating system, which makes it a fast system.