2021 Bridgeview Manufacturing Inc. Grain Express Grain Loop Base

2021 Bridgeview Manufacturing Inc. Grain Express Grain Loop

Grain Express – Take Full Control of Your Grain

Bridgeview’s Grain Express increases your harvest efficiency and helps unlock the value of your grain. Consider the benefits:

10000 bushels per hour capacity

Central load and unload

On-site drying, turning, and blending

PLC control

Add Bridgeview Hopper Cones, Jet Stream Aeration, Scale Pits, and custom conveyors for a complete grain handling system tailored to your exact needs.

Advanced Grain Management

Harvest technology has been advancing at an incredible pace with high capacity combines, auto steer, and automation. As farms get larger, the fleet of combines, grain carts, and trucks keeps pace but the grain storage facility at the other end often does not. A Grain Express system from Bridgeview will modernize your grain handling and unlock profit that augers and grain bags can’t provide.

During harvest, every second a full combine waits for a truck is wasted. Bridgeview’s Grain Express systems use 13? grain drags with capacities up to 10,000 bu/hr to reduce offloading times. Combined with central loading and unloading, no time is wasted while switching bins and your trucks will keep on moving.

Once the grain is in the bin, you’ll have so much more control of the quality and moisture content. With heated aeration, you can easily dry down and turn tough grain with the click of a mouse. You’ll be combining while everyone else is parked.

Then, improve the grade of your sample with on-site blending. The grain loop is ideal for metering out grain for a consistent blend between bins.

The Grain Express is ideally suited to hopper cones, but flat bottom bins are also compatible.

Features may include:

13? Round Tube Grain Loop

• The Grain Express forms a continuous conveyor loop around your bin system to tie each bin together. A key feature for turning and blending grain, the system is also simpler than grain legs and transfer conveyors.

• A 13? system on 12 27ft x 9 ring hopper bins requires 2 x 75hp drive motors. This configuration is capable of 10000 bushels per hour to keep your trucks moving.

Central Load and Unload

• The Grain Express loads and unloads from one end. Ideally paired with a scale, each loop has a truck hopper for receiving grain and motorized upper chute for loading grain. Say goodbye to swing-away augers and interruptions when the bin is full. Simply open the next upper chute and the grain will carry on down the line to the next bin. Zero delay.

Fluid Drive Clutch

• The standard fluid-drive clutch on each drive motor provides soft-starts to prolong chain life. It also serves to even the load between the drive motors for consistent performance.

• Upper Chutes – The upper chutes feature simple rack and pinion slide gates controlled by an electric motor and gearbox.

• The chutes feature replaceable components and a large access panel for easy inspection.

• Each chute is surrounded by a large work platform for safe and secure maintenance.

• Bottom Hoppers – Each bin features an electric rack and pinion slide gate for unloading.

• Pulse counters and limit switches show the operator at the PLC station the precise position of the gate. This feature gives full control for loading trucks or for blending bins.

• The hoppers are shrouded with rubber skirts which control dust and moisture while providing easy access for inspection.

• Take-up Corner – The conveyor chains shrink and expand with temperature. To provide consistent chain tension, the Grain Express features a simple weight-box. No need for complicated spring tensioners.