Abbey Slurry Umbilical System
The Abbey Slurry Umbilical System is built along the same high quality, well engineered guidelines as all Abbey’s other products.
Abbeys full range of Umbilical cord systems consists of:
200/400/600 Meter Front or Rear mounted reels on 3-point linkage
1000/1200M Rear mounted reels on 3-point linkage
400/600M Rear mounted Combination unit with Splash Plate
800/1000M Rear mounted back pack unit with quick attach spreading frame c/w splash plate
Bauer Magnum SX1000 Pump
Umbilical Slurry Spreading / Manure Spreading
The umbilical method of Manure / Slurry handling involves pumping the liquid from a liquid storage facility (lagoon or tank) using a high-pressure pump unit, via a pipeline, to a tractor mounted applicator unit. Once the system is set up and the pipeline has been laid, the pump is started and the applicator unit is then driven in straight lines, dragging the supply pipe, known as the Drag Hose, up and down the spreading field.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS SLURRY HANDLING SYSTEM
The umbilical application system has numerous advantages over traditional tanker based application methods, the main ones being :
- DRASTICALLY INCREASED WORKRATES
Work-rates of 200m3 an hour are typical (dependant on spreading equipment). - DRASTIC REDUCTION IN FIELD SOIL COMP ACTION
No heavy tanker unit is driven onto the field. - ELLIMINATES DAMAGE OF FIELD ACCESS AREA
Applicator unit is driven In and Out of the field just once. - ELLIMINATES MUD CARRIAGE ONTO FIELD ACCESS ROADS
Applicator unit stays in the field until the field is finished.Pump Unit
This is a high pressure, high flow-rate pump unit that is used to transfer the pumpable media from the storage facility and up the pipeline. Electric motor driven or diesel engine driven and are available in various output sizes and mounting options.
The Pipeline
This is a mobile, flexible pipeline transport equipment medium running from the pump unit to the spreading device. This pipeline is made up of multiple lengths of layflat hose (usually 200m per length) connected end to end, to provide a total pipeline length of typically 1500m. Various combinations of pipeline diameters are 4″ and 5″ are most common used. With careful planning and calculating, Will achieve pumping ranges in excess of 8000 meters.
Hose Reeler Unit
The hose reeler unit is used to deploy and retrieve the layflat flexible pipeline. All hose reeler units are powered by the operating tractor hydraulic oil system. Reels are available to carry various multiples of 200m or 300m, with total capacities ranging from 200m to 2400m per machine, and are either tractor 3-point link mounted or trailed.
Applicator Unit
This is a tractor 3-point link mounted unit that is connected to the field end of the pipeline and is driven in straight lines across the field to apply the pipeline fed liquid to the field. Applicators range from a standard splash plate, trailing shoe injector and most common now the dribble bar system (see spreading technology section).
Control & Monitoring Units
These are optional units that are used to facilitate and optimise the efficiency of the umbilical system operation. Flow metering equipment for accurate flow totalizing (see flow metering section)
GPS guidance and field mapping systems for 99% spreading accuracy (see flow metering section)
