Menu
SEED TERMINATOR
  • Home
  • Seed Terminator
    • for John Deere
    • for Case IH
    • for New Holland
    • For CLAAS
    • for Massey Ferguson
    • Coming Soon
    • Register Second Hand Terminator
  • Journey to here
  • Contact
    • Meet the Team
    • Dealers
    • Conversations With Farmers
    • About us
    • News
    • Privacy Policy
  • R & D is in our DNA
  • Log In
  • Combine Harvester Setup
  • Home
  • Seed Terminator
    • for John Deere
    • for Case IH
    • for New Holland
    • For CLAAS
    • for Massey Ferguson
    • Coming Soon
    • Register Second Hand Terminator
  • Journey to here
  • Contact
    • Meet the Team
    • Dealers
    • Conversations With Farmers
    • About us
    • News
    • Privacy Policy
  • R & D is in our DNA
  • Log In
  • Combine Harvester Setup

Journey to here

Independent Testing

24/5/2019

0 Comments

 
South Australian Grains Industry Trust funded research conducted by Trengove Consulting in 2017 found ryegrass weed seed kill was 93% at 2250 rpm and increased to 98% or greater at normal operating speeds (2500–3000 rpm). Results also showed than 99% control of several other species including wild radish, brome grass,wild oat, bifora, bedstraw and tares and increasing chaff flow rate (harvest rate) did not reduce control of these species
Picture
< South Australian Grains Industry Trust funded research into Weed seed control at normal operating speeds & settings. Stationary efficacy testing for Model Year 2017
0 Comments

Kangaroo Island Research & Development

24/5/2019

0 Comments

 
[January 2018] 
​

A Kangaroo Island purpose built facility will provide direct access to farmland, harvest machinery and collection of crop materials, while combining science, engineering, feedback in a confidential space enabling us to create next generation technology.

"The indications so far are that the major cause of wear is any soil that reaches the mill. When harvesting crops with the front right on the ground or if the ground is undulating, soil can enter the harvester fronts. For high silica soil types wear rates are highest. Outer screens are the first component to wear (because of maximum material speed). The middle and inner screens last proportionally longer (reduced tip speeds) than outer screens. Rotor and flails are similar to middle screen life. We have learnt that there is another compromise that needs our focus; cutting height to capture weeds and wear rates because of soil entering the front." Nick Berry
Picture
First set of tests in January 2018 show that 15-20% power reduction is looking very achievable within our current design framework.
0 Comments

South Australian Grains Industry Trust & Trengrove Consulting

24/5/2019

1 Comment

 
Picture
[ October 2017 ]
The South Australian Grains Industry Trust is using one of the three test stands to trial the Seed Terminator against a range of crops including Wheat, Canola, Lentils, Beans, Chaff laced with Ryegrass, Broom Grass, Turnip, Prickly Lettuce, Medic, Tares, Wild Radish, Bifora, Bedstraw, Marshmallow and Wild Oats. Early results show Seed Terminator is over performing.
Picture
July 2017 Image above is of one of the three test stands: Pitot tube with hot wire anemometer to measure the air flow, torque transducer to measure torque, dustpan and broom to measure kill!
Picture
1 Comment

Model Year 2016

24/5/2019

0 Comments

 
2016 was Seed Terminator's maiden year, the idea of the Multi-stage Hammer Mill was concieved by Dr Nick Berry in June 2016, designed in July 2016 and manufactured in August 2016. A concept that uses the long-held knowledge that hammer mills kill seeds and then splitting that process over three stages to achieve the capacity needed to process the chaff stream of a modern combine harvester. September 2016 saw the promising results of pouring chaff through the mill on a stationery test stand and samples analysed by the Weed Science Research Group, a part of the University of Adelaide confirmed that the Seed Terminator could consistently reduce germination (i.e. seed kill) compared to a control sample by 90% when operated at 2,700rpm.

The Drive System concept was developed to fit across different makes, keeping it as simple as possible with minimal moving parts. CGS Engineers and Nylastex Tooling proceeded to build 9 prototypes on three makes across 4 states in a matter of weeks. The nine prototype trial units were installed on Case (7120, 8010, 8120, 9240), New Holland (CR 8090, CR 9090) and John Deere (9760 STS, 2 x S680). The prototypes were trialed in four states (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria) across a variety of crops (Wheat, Barley, Canola, Lupins, Oats, Lentils, Faba Beans), soil types and key rainfall zones in the 2016 Harvest.

The season was fortunately a long one as it was a challenging harvest, we were able to try 3 completely different drive systems. The perseverance from all involved was exceptional and enabled us to learn a huge amount and prepare for a massive year of research and development in 2017. The outcome of 2016 harvest was purely we needed a robust drive system. The mill seemed to perform well with a few tweaks needed.
Picture
Picture
^ Image shows our MY16 Farmer Research Partner Locations
< Germination trials performed by the The Weed Science Research Group at the University of Adelaide
0 Comments

    Kelly Ingram 

    Archives

    April 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    December 2020
    September 2020
    May 2020
    September 2019
    May 2019

    Categories

    All
    AeroIMPACT 2.0
    Canada
    Green Weeds
    John Deere
    Josh Lade
    Kangaroo Island
    MY16
    MY17
    Research & Development
    SAGIT
    Sam Trengove
    Saskatoon
    Testing
    Test Stand
    The University Of Adelaide
    Weed Science Research Group

    RSS Feed

Home

Seed Terminator​

for John Deere
for Case IH
for New Holland 
​for Massey Fergusson
​for CLAAS
Research & Development

Conversations with Farmers

Combine Harvester Setup for Mills
Join the Conversation
​Register Your Interest
About us
Contact
Dealers
Meet the Team
News
Journey to Here 
Privacy Policy

Log in

Seed Terminator Factory
Adelaide (by appointment only)
23 Aldershot Road, Lonsdale SA 5160
Perth Distribution Centre
Unit 1, 3 Craft Street, Canning Vale WA 6155
Spares Orders
​M +61 492 943 421 
​spares@seedterminator.com.au

Keagan Grant Product Specialist NSW
​M +61 459 701 633 keagan@seedterminator.com.au

Mark Bastian Commercial Manager for SA
​M +61 428 517 316 mark.bastian@seedterminator.com.au 
Brett Asphar Product Specialist for WA
​M +61 427 213 389 brett@seedterminator.com.au

Tom Slatyer Commercial Manager for WA
​M +61 438 789 160 

tom.s@seedterminator.com.au
Ned Jeffery Commercial Manager for VIC
M +61 409 969 227 ned@seedterminator.com.au
Kate Gellard Sales Administration +61 430 953 371 or kate@seedterminator.com.au based in the Adelaide factory
© COPYRIGHT 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
google-site-verification=ZAMeedJXVHbK1PjNbdtpFKPa0c0K-q5T4lSNjzitARw