Laboursaving
After putting the roughage in the pit, you can seal your roughage within half an hour without much physical effort. Unsealing your roughage is also much easier.
How does it work?
The principle of the Silage Safe system is uncomplicated.
The sealing system is solely comprised of woven sheets, perforated PVC tubes, steel tubes and clamping straps. In contrast to other sealing systems, this system does not make use of porches or platforms on your silage which you have to move with a shovel or telescopic handler.
The Silage Safe system makes it possible for you to do these heavy and intensive labor without much effort.
The unique factor of this system is the way of covering: the woven sheets are positioned between the silo walls and the silage itself. This way the silage can be packed 100% airtight.
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An innovative way of covering silage:
Covering your silage always is a physically heavy and time consuming job. Despite of that, it is very important to cover the silage as perfect as possible. After all, the way of covering has a huge impact on the quality of your feed and in the end the milk production.
Sealing your roughage airtight in an efficient way is therefore very important. The Silage Safe system makes it possible to cover your silage precisely and with minimal amounts of physical effort before the rain comes.
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High roughage quality
By optimally sealing your roughage airtight it is optimally preserved. Hereby the quality of the roughage is retained.
Uncomplicated system
The system does not use big porches or platforms on your roughage. Only cloth made out of synthetic material, PVC and steel tubes and clamping straps.
5 simple steps:
In five easy steps you can cover your silage:
How it works:
All separate parts have their own function. Move your mouse over the different points for more info.
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PVC tube
The PVC tubes are placed in the seams (at the bottom) of the sheets. The tubes function as a drain for rainwater that enters the silo.
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Clamping straps
The two sheets are pulled towards each other by tightening the clamping straps. This enables the silage to be covered 100% airtight.
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Pulling eye
The sheets placed on the left side of the silo have a steel tube with a clamping strap attached. The sheets on the right side have a pulling eye. The strap and pulling eye have to be connected and then both sheets can be pulled towards each another.
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Seams
The sheets have several seams (one meter in between) which makes it possible to set up your own preferable length of the sheets. This way it’s very easy to add additional cuts in layers over the full surface area.
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Woven sheets
The agricultural foil has to be approx. 10 or 20 cm on the floor. The woven sheets are positioned between the silo walls and the foil/silage. At the bottom seam of the sheets are pvc tubes. These tubes ensure the sheets stay put and that rainwater that enters the silo is being drained.
The sheets are 2 meter wide. When you are feeding you only have to remove one sheet of 2 meters. This way losses are being reduced significantly.
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Silage
It’s important to pack your silage as round as possible. This way the sheets can be pulled to each other more perfectly and there isn’t any space between the sheets and the silage. Ofcourse this improves the quality of your silage overall.
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Agricultural foil
Before you can install the sheets, you first have to cover the silage with agricultural foil. The foil makes the silage waterproof.
Details.
Below you will find three detail images of the system.
The perforated PVC tube provides drainage for rainwater that enters the silo.
When you pull the sheets to each other with the clamping straps, you provide an optimal tension on the silage.
The woven sheet is positioned between the silo, the agricultural foil and the silage. The pvc tube serves as a drainage for rainwater and keeps the sheets from moving.
Silage in layers.
When you add additional cuts in layers over the full surface area of the silo you can improve the quality of your silage. This way of filling the silo is already very common in a lot of countries. The biggest advantage is that the compaction is better and the quality of the different cuts is more consistent when feeding out.
This way of compacting is very easy with the use of Silage Safe. Opening and closing of the system is very easy, so you can save much time. You’re also able to compact in a precise manner, with minimal amounts of physical effort. The quality of the silage is as it’s best, due to zero waste on the surface and edges.
All of this leads to an optimal silage intake of the cattle, which results in better health and a higher milk production.
Water drainage.
A unique part of the Silage Safe system is the water drainage.
Down at the bottom of the woven sheets several drains are placed in the seams. Rainwater that enters the silo finds its way to the sides and then to the bottom. At the bottom it enters the drains and then it’s being flowed out of the silo. The drains are extended with red plastic tubes to make sure the water is brought out of the silo.
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Advantages of Silage Safe.
Silage Safe offers a great number of advantages over the use of tires and sand (bags):
- An airtight cover of your silage in a quick and uncomplicated way
- Compacting in layers is possible due to easily and quickly covering and opening your roughage
- Improvement of the silage quality. No more waste and heath generation
- No more tires and sand (bags): no more heavy lifting and it’s less time consuming
- Adjustable to your rate of feeding, so your silage remains optimally preserved
- Optimal protection against damage of birds, wildlife and the (extreme) weather
- The system is easy to apply without any drilling or sawing
- Low price of purchase
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Decent quality = long service life
All used materials are high quality which results in a long service life without any maintenance needed. The woven sheets are manufactured according to the newest technologies. This makes sure they are extremely strong and are resistant to tearing. The steel tubes are made out of high grade steel and are hot-dip galvanized. This provides optimal protection against corrosion. The spanners are completely made out of stainless steel.
The Silage Safe system is the perfect solution for every dairy farm, which want to open and close their silage in a quick, efficient and labour saving way.