1.6 KiB
1.6 KiB
pigs: 5# / day x 100 = 500# / day chickens: 2oz / day x 100 = 12.5 # / day call it 1000# fodder / day fodder grows in about 7 days ergo, need to have capacity for 7000# 48 lb/bu -> 145 bu (311,811 in^3) @ 1in depth = 2165 sqft (50 x 50 approx) 300 sqft/day (30x10)
questions and options
Watering
- Move the trays
- Move the water
Containment
- Removable Trays
- Movable Trays
- Fixed Trays
- Conveyor Belt
Unloading
- Tip the box out
- Push/scrape the trays out
- Automate or not?
Seeding
- Manual
- Automated
Thoughts
If you have a continuous conveyor belt type system, you can automate everything using stations If you have fixed trays, complexity reduction is a toss-up on account of water, seeding, offloading as these now need to be indexed operations The centralized robot PnP option gives ultimate flexibility to do things out-of-order
References
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhblJOghLIw
- https://ifodder.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-fNbNplqLc
- https://renaissanceag.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhKGBdTfH0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dh7IAIDKU8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuxcdIZ_Fsk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI8twn5Frm8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9NnOWfdTE
Decent combos
- similar to hydrogreen, but a series of hanging trays on a chain conveyor
- literally just hydrogreen with mechanical simplifications
- static racks for 1020 trays stacked 7-deep with drip pans underneath
- round trays on a spiral conveyor
Issues (which might not be issues)
- Drainage control
- Even watering
- Lighting
- Mold buildup and cleaning
- Contamination