Tower Blend System
Holding Bins. Standard Tower configuration has 9 holding bins. Tower can be customized with 2 to up to 15 bins to accommodate additional fertilizer ingredients. One flow-through tube is standard which bypasses the bins for adding ingredients directly into the blend.
Tapered Auger Single Unit Blender System. Blender . fills at the top through a sealed canvas system for environmentally safe operation. Gearbox and motor drive is easily accessible with ladder, OSHA-approved walk-around and guard rails. Tower can be configured with 2 blenders for greater capacity and flexibility.
Collection Hopper.
Available in mild or stainless steel with 10 inlets
and 2 outlets for dispensing product. Standard unit
dispenses into weigh hopper, but if weigh hopper
is not desired, Tower can be designed to dispense
directly into the blender. Top is sealed to eliminate
dust; lid is removable.
Choosing a tower blend
system for high tonnage use? The new Layco Tower Blend
System will be your best choice.
The standard Tower features
the reliable and proven Layco Tapered Auger Vertical Single
Unit Blender, with the option of expanding capacity by
adding a second blender. Also standard are nine bins,
a collection hopper and a weigh hopper. The Tower Blend
System can be custom-designed to fit blend and capacity
requirements up to 150 tons per hour and 2 to 15 bins.
The tubular modular design with side cladding assures
years of dependable use. With the Layco brand, you get
quality and a reputation for fine workmanship, excellent
service and parts, and an aggressive, innovative company
which prides itself on honesty and the ability to tune
in to the needs of its customers. You can’t choose
better than the reliability of Layco.
Specifications
Tanks
• 12’ x 18’ x Height (varies to match
overall capacity desired)
• Number of bins can be custom designed to meet
customer’s needs
• Pass-through spouting can be included to meet
customer’s needs
• 3/16” mild steel walls
• 1/4” mild steel cone
• 1/4” mild steel tread plate top
• Bin access doors with stainless steel cover
• Steel ladder rungs in each bin for personnel
access
• Mild steel tubular hand rail around top with
toe plate
• 12”, 14” or 16” stainless steel
air-operated Salem gates
Weigh
Hopper
• Capacity based upon 60 lb. per cubic foot
material, fully enclosed
• 12-gauge stainless steel construction
• Access door with stainless steel cover
• 16” x 16” stainless steel air-operated
Salem gate
Scale
• 25,000 pound NTEP-approved mild steel scale
(single load cell)
Structure
• 15-piece mild steel tubular construction
minimizes erection costs
• Structural design incorporates moldings and brackets
to attach cladding system
• Factory paint system to minimize corrosion
• Tubular legs are 10” x 10” x 1/2”
wall with 1-1/4” base plates
• Clear distance between legs is 16’4”
• Minimum drive-through width at foundation piers
is 15’2”
• Cross brace panels are made of 3” square
and 6” x 3” rectangular tubing with 3/16”
wall thickness
Decks
• Decks at weigh hopper and base of blender
are constructed of 3” square 3/16”
wall tubing
with heavy-duty raised expanded metal grating
• Other decks are constructed as above but may
also utilize 3” x 3” x 3/8” angle at
the deck supports
• Towers with weigh hoppers can have as few as
3 decks; towers without weigh hoppers
can have as few
as 2 decks
Cladding
• Translucent FRP corrugated siding panels
• Glue-lam lumber is attached to the structural
steel member at the factory to provide
a solid,
long-lasting and labor- saving attachment medium for the cladding
screws
Field Erection
• 100% bolt together
• Lifting eyes designed into all of the major components
Control
Panels
• Manual air gate control to fully automated
computer control available
12285 E. Main St - P.O. Box 238 - Marshall, IL 62441 - USA
Phone (217) 826-6352 - Fax (217)826-8551
E-MAIL: layco@yargus.com
