Last post I mentioned the Head–End Filling Machine so let us explain that a bit more to the readers.
Fig. 58. The growing rooms at this farm are also equipped with the special made big doors that allows for the use of the head–end filling machine and also makes mechanical emptying of the rooms much easier.
These doors are at the head–end (in Dutch kopeinde) of a growing room!
Hence the word: head–end filling machine...
Some other Dutch/English examples
The work corridor includes the entire width in front of the growing rooms and is covered by the same roof. On the other side of the work corridor, there are separate rooms containing a hot water and steam boiler, water supply, cold store, washrooms, shower rooms, etc.
For ease of transportation, etc., the work corridor should not be too narrow; the minimum width required is 4 m. In the work corridor itself, tables for weighing, hand washing basins etc. can be placed.
Page 140 of our book: modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting ←click for link
As in the case of walls and ceilings, the doors should be insulated properly. These doors should seal to the floor with a rubber strip, without a threshold. The doors in the back wass of the rooms should be at least 2.5 m high to facilitate the filling with slanted conveyor belts, etc.
Nowadays, however, as most shelf bed farms are using the so–called, head–end filling machine, the back doors have to be even bigger, e.g. 4.5 m wide and 3 m high. These doors hang in a special frame on rails, so that they can be lifted somewhat and then moved to the left or to the right. There are specialized companies that are making these large, insulated doors.
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Fig. 124. Principle of the head–end filling machine, developed by THILOT (now GTL Europe) in the Netherlands, to fill full–grown compost and case simultaneously by using nylon nets in shelf beds. When this kind of equipment is used, the growing rooms need to have big or double doors. Drawing done by author (P.J.C. Vedder).
Fig. 125. Head–end filling machine for filling modern shelf bed rooms with a layer of full–grown compost on a nylon net and put on a layer of casing soil simultaneously. The machine will be fed by 2 conveyor belts with hopper; one for casing material (left) and one for compost. DOUBLE T EQUIPMENT
Te koop wegens inruil: 1 kopvulmachine t.b.v. doorgroeide compost, tevens mogelijkheid tot gelijktijdig afdekken met dekaarde, 2 transportbanden. Thilot Holland BV Lottum.
For sale due to trade–in: 1 head–end filling machine for full–grown compost, also possibility of simultaneous covering with casing soil, 2 conveyor belts. THILOT Holland BV Lottum.
Kopvulmachine or Head–End Filling Machines
THILOT now is GTL Europe and they still produce kopvulmachines or head–end filling machines
Hoping this did clarify one more profound mushroom language word...
But it sure does prove how any error does spread worldwide as one copies from each other with the use of Scraped Content...
Related links:
PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY and its BLOOPERS | previous post by me
1987 GROWING QUALITY Profound Mushroom Growing Terminology | previous post by me
Husband Pieter's Design for the Campbell Mushroom Plants in Dublin, GA and Hillsboro, TX | previous post by me
Hay una gran cantidad de puertas y sus correspondientes ventanas. Todo facilita la buena marcha del proceso de este rico producto, que terminará en la mesa de muchas casa.
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Mushrooms are delicate plants , and here is this impressive farm with a very complex structure:
ReplyDeletegrowing rooms with special big doors, machines, work corridor, well insulated walls and ceilings
and other needed rooms and devices.
Wow what big doors indeed and interesting equipment that I would look so small standing against
ReplyDeleteHello Mariette and Pieter, The issue here is only partly the use of specialized jargon or vocabulary. We can define such words, but a real understanding involves deep knowledge of the field, why the word and the concept or object behind it is important, and how it fits into the best practice of the field. Only then do words assume their important meaning.
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Dearest Jim,
DeleteSo very true!
Pieter & Mariette
Dag mariette,
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Champignons zijn kwetsbaar, daar moet je wel voorzichtig mee om gaan.
Lieve groetjes,
Hilly
I never imagined a mushroom plant is so huge. The machine is so complexed that its operators must pay the closest attention to preventing troubles.
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DeleteYes, a Dutch technology mushroom plant is very high tech and also quite large to offset the cost of the expensive equipment needed.
Hugs,
Mariette
The images you share are truly amazing ... I leave your blog wishing I was fluent in another language. You inspire that of course. Sounds like your health is improving which makes me so so happy.
ReplyDeleteSo interesting about the mushrooms plants! Always so nice visiting your lovely blog :)
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I, too, never imagined a mushroom plant to be so big! The sheer scale of the operation was beyond anything I had envisioned.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this, Mariette!
Hugs and blessings
Buona settimana anche a te Mariette!
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A curious process...
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This is fascinating technology! I want to grow mushrooms from a simple spore implanted log. My preferred location, our cellar, might be too chilly. Hmmm... Best wishes!
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