Powered Magnet Cleans Feed Better

Powered Magnet Cleans Feed Better LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment 34-4-11 After farmer customers complained that pan magnets that came with feed mixers weren't catching enough metal, Wingert Sales & Service designed the Power Magnet. Installed on the end of a feed conveyer, the reel of magnetic bars agitate feed as it flows over them, pulling out significantly more metal than standard magnets. "If we throw 10 washers in a load of feed, our power magnet will catch 8 or 9," says Paul Wingert. "A pan magnet, where the feed just slides over it, will get one or two." Wingert's magnets are powered in more than one way. The rare earth magnetic material is packed inside stainless steel tubes and mounted in reels fabricated to fit the application. The rotating bars can simply agitate the feed or expel it into the bunk, depending on how it's powered. "For simple agitation, we connect the reels to the conveyer," says Wingert. "For expelling the feed to throw it farther from the end of the conveyer, we attach a separate motor." The power magnets are priced from $2,500 to $5,500 for most applications. So far the largest unit built can handle up to 10 tons of feed flowing through it in 6 min. However, Wingert says the units can be designed even larger. "The more tons per minute, the bigger the conveyer and the pile it moves, the more magnets that are needed," says Wingert. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wingert Sales & Service, 21181 E. County Road 8,áPlainview, Minn. 55964 (ph 507 534-2285; bagger10@msn.com; www.wingertsales.com).

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