Gilberts’ patented ventilation design is being used to protect the safety of feed processing at the largest UK farmer-owned dairy cooperative.
United Feeds has doubled its Dungannon, Northern Ireland mill’s capacity. Central to the development, is a new intake building to include eight rax material bins, plus an additional loading point and weighbridge, with ten additional finished product bins for the company’s bespoke nutritional solutions for ruminant animals.
Optimum ventilation to the weighbridge and finished product bins to maintain safety inside is achieved via three-sided, 33 metres long louvre screens on each of the two silo towers, created from Gilberts’ patented WH75 series high performance ventilation louvres.
Daniel McCrory of McKelvey Construction, the company in charge of the development, said:
“We had to provide good ventilation because of the potential for dust yet avoid any potential risk of water ingress as this could damage the stored feed.”
Daniel added, “The patented design of Gilberts’ WH75 louvres gave us the ventilation and weather protection performance we needed, in a system that could be tailored to the project’s precise tolerances.”
Each louvre façade was constructed on site, with each blade cut to fit to suit the raking head profile that graduated from 1.5 metres to 2.5 metres, and corners mitred for a flush fit.
Gilberts’ WH75 Series of ventilation louvres deliver a Class A weather rating, with low pressure loss and at least 50% free airflow area. The innovative design of the louvre blades features an integrated channel to provide optimum efficiency in removal of water from the blade face, and subsequent discharge away from any façade opening.
The WH75 louvres are just part of Gilberts’ range of louvres, grilles and diffusers that have established it as Britain’s leading independent air movement specialist, with solutions for mechanical and natural ventilation in commercial applications.
