Heartland Farms is a producer of potatoes for mostly chip manufacturers. Tweet/Garot was responsible to supply and install equipment for transferring and handling of whole potatoes from harvest warehouses to trucks for shipping to manufacturers. Load capacities range from 120,000-500,000 lbs./min.

Scopes of work include:

• Telescopic truck loading conveyor structure and system:  4-systems between Hancock and Bancroft
• Live bottom bins for mix and blend:  3-multi bin systems between Hancock and Bancroft.
• Transfer and incline conveyors:  100 plus conveyors
• Scale conveyors:  4-conveyors between Hancock and Bancroft
• Distribution and divert conveyors:  3-multi bin systems between Hancock and Bancroft
• Dewatering conveyors
• Flume fabrication and install: Including diverts
• Access platforms, stairs, ladders, crossovers and runways
• Equipment structures and supports
• Engineering, design and CAD support Including thru-put and load clarification
• Material and component selection assistance

Tweet/Garot designed and installed equipment rigging and setting of multiple systems for cleaning and sorting including:

• Flooding rock and debris systems
• Drum washers, brush washers, and dewatering felt roll conveyors

Despite the large scale process Tweet/Garot was faced with on this project, the job was completed in a timely manner and exceeded the customer’s satisfaction standards.