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Orbital
Action: The "Better Mouse Trap" for Material Screening
Orbit Screens, Inc. - 722 3rd Street - Delhi, Iowa 52223 - 563.922.9230 - brad@orbitscreens.com |
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Excitement and enthusiasm abounds, spring is blooming all around us and we want to get started on our outdoor improvement projects. Landscape material producers have endured the long winter and are chomping at the bit to get started. I am in the same predicament, it’s hard to wait. Waiting, however, may be the prudent path as any good farmer knows, you cannot build a good seed bed until the dirt is ready. Dirt has a way of fighting back, work it too wet and it will bake in the sun. Sun baked clods do not foster good seed germination rates. Likewise, wet dirt does not screen or lay down well, so extra hours are needed to produce select materials and use them on a job site. Patience is king, until the soil is ready. There are ways to help get some production to fill those special early projects. Material management is the best way to start. Good material management efforts can payoff in a big way. For early spring deliveries, try to stock pile in the fall either under roof or covered with a plastic sheet. It’s the moisture content that needs to be addressed. Keep the soil dry and it will screen well. If your stock pile is outside and uncovered, try to keep it high with steep sides to help shed water. As nature provides, the wet material is always on the bottom. When loading your loader bucket, leave the bottom 16 to 20 inches on the ground as it will be the wettest, problem dirt. At the end of the day, lift the wet layer up and scatter it on the side of your pile. It will air out, dry a bit and probably be ready to screen in a day or two. The second big help is to open up to a larger screen opening as wet materials will pass through better. If the screen blinds over from sticky dirt, screening becomes difficult. A brush option will help but it is not a fix all. I have prepared some performance charts to help schedule your screening time and delivery promises. I offer them now and will expand on their use in my next Blog. Happy screening, Brad Schnittjer Blog # 40 4/12/2010 |
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I will continue my comments about the many advantages of Orbital Action Screening in my next Blog. Meanwhile, look over our Videos and Job Stories to learn more about Orbital Action Screening. Our products, with their user friendly features and high performance levels could take you into a new season with a much higher profit potential. Send us your requirements by filling out and submitting the Intended Use Form and you will soon have full details and a quote for the correct model and available options to fulfill your job application needs “The Finer Cut”, is Brad’s Blog. Each issue will cover a topic of interest about our machines, our industry, our customers and more. I am excited about the opportunity to use a Blog to broaden our communications with our customers and industry. I invite you to return and visit from time to time, cruising through previous issues to learn many details regarding our products. I also invite you, our reader to contribute by offering your comments. Please send your thoughts to brad@orbitscreens.com, by letter or fax, 563-922 9060. |
722 3rd Street
P.O. Box 345
Delhi, Iowa 52223
Phone: 563.922.9230 * Fax: 563.922.9060
Email: brad@orbitscreens.com
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