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Mush Comb, stand 4


Mush Comb will present its auto- matic picking lorry at the fair in Den Bosch. The Mush Comb automatic picking lorry helps the grower and his staff to harvest in an efficient and labor friendly way. All functions like forward, backward, up and down, are automatic. This means that the staff can focus on the har- vest and the quality of the harvest. Another advantage is that you can keep working at the same speed. The Mush Comb automatic picking lorry has a number of specific and unique characteristics. For Example, the motors, the control panel, the energy use and the in- volved software. And of course: no use of hydraulics! Which gives quite some advantages with regard to maintenance. According to the company, the Mush Comb automatic picking lorry uses four times less energy then it’s competitors. In practice this means that normally you have to charge your lorry every day but the Mush Comb lorry only after four days! Interested? You are invi- ted to visit the Mush Comb stand at the Mushroom Days!


BVB-Substrates, stand 8 During the past two years, a new test facility and a new filling machine for casing soil have beco- me operational at BVB-Substrates. The New Champ and Renewable Biobased Substates projects allow alternatives for black peat to be investigated and represent a huge step forward in research into casing soil for mushroom cultivation. BVB-Substrates is one of the major producers of casing soil for mushroom growing. The casing soil is delivered in bulk to clients in West Europe. An increasing proportion of casing soil is being shipped to all corners of the globe in big bags and 50 litre bags. Although supplies of peat have not yet been depleted, BVB anticipates that this raw material will run out in the medium to long term and consequently has already starting searching for alterna- tives. The properties of the blends currently used for casing soil are being studied first and a lot of progress has already been booked in the New Champ project. A new climate controlled test facility is being used where trials are run that provide information about the physical properties. The influence of the moisture content at casing, the structure and the degree of compaction all provide details about how the blend behaves. These are fundamental properties that cannot be established at grower level. The first step towards an alternative resource to black peat was made last year, and the efforts will continue this year. In the context of the Renewable Biobased Substrates project BVB is busy ensu- ring that the right structure is created. Many of the quality aspects failed to score high enough, but BVB now knows which line to pursue with the tests for a new, innovative and sustainable substrate. In 2012 this resulted in a suitable group of natural additives. The project has partly funded by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and is facilitated by the Innovation Centre Greenport Venlo. The BVB-Substrates team invites you to visit stand 8 for more information.


Hoving Holland Int., stand 49 6


Hoving recently supplied a bale dunking unit to SWG Böging in Germany. The machine design has been updated so it is capable of handling up to 50-60 bales per hour, depending on the time the bales have to be submerged. The system consists of a cage that can hold two bales (2.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 m). It is lifted and lowered by two chain drives into a stainless steel water tank. Directly after dunking, the bales are usually removed from the line and stored for a certain period of time. For further processing, the bales are placed back on the line after the dunking unit. CNC Moerdijk in the Netherlands took delivery of a tunnel winch a short while ago. The design was largely adapted to suit the customer’s specifications. For example, the machine does not run on a track, but has four steering wheels in- stead. The machine has also been designed so that two machines can be positi- oned next to each other to enable adjacent tunnels to be emptied. Visit stand 49 for more information about all the equipment Hoving can deliver.


Bagging machinery at Harte.


Hoving bale dunking unit.


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