Our Ritlee Woodpecker Shaver is our newest product which Ritlee has designed and busy manufacturing. We put our first unit into the SA Market in Novermber 2009. Since then, we have put quite a number into the SA Market. We have some customers with their 2nd and one who is now operating 3 units.
Our Woodpecker Wood Shaver is our answer to having a real Practical, Effective, Efficient, Simple, Strong, Durable shaver for all applications.
PLEASE see below for what we mean!
Above: Note: Continuous bin drive for total travel shaving. (All Normally behind safety covers!)
Below: Shaving thickness is totally adjustable to customer requirement.
Ritlee Termight Shaver can shave wood logs with diammeter from 5 to 40cm and a length of 90 to 120cm.
At full production and fully loaded, she will produce up to 8 cu meter shavings per hour
Specifications:
Built For:
Shavings for chicken, pig and equestrian industry
Principle of operation
Cut logs are dragged across 2x shaving blocks working in opposite directions-- These are totally setable for thickness of shaving.
Main chassis:
1035mm wide x 3600mm long x 1570mm high and powder coated.
Steel used and weight:
Chassis : 7,6mm x 38,0mm x 5mm channel steel. Weight 750kg
Log containing bin:
Hopper size 470mm x 1220mm x 550mm made from 6mm pressed steel and running on 4x double bearing steel pullies on tracks.
Shaving Blocks
Two x High speed and precision balanced 450mm wide x 110mm diameter on 80mm carrier shaft with 4x shaving blades on each. 4 bladed for finer chicken shavings 2 blades for equestrian shavings.
Shaving thickness setting
Both shaving blocks on mounted on sturdy floating frame which is totally adjustable and easily fixable.
Shaving Discharge:
1,200mm conveyer with side and back skirting for a real clean operation
Drive: Block
Each shaving block is fitted with its own 11kw electric motor (Total 2)
Drive: Bin and Belt
1x 11kw Electric motor which is geared for correct speed to drive both.
Cable Feed:
Customer to have 4 core 4mm per core cabling ready for joinup!
Electricity Use:
Each Motor starts individually and uses 25 Amps each at startup then runs at average 12 amps while doing work,
General:
Please note unit delivered without transport wheels!!!
Production:
6 to 8 cu meter shavings per hour (Bin must be fully loaded.)
Electric Wiring:
All is wired at Ritlee factory also with 2x emergency stops fitted. All that is needed at your side is 16mm 4 core shielded 3 phase wiring to where unit will operate and coupled into control box. Which contains the starters as well.
Logs to be loaded:
Wattle, Pine, Eucalyptus etc cut to from 900mm to 1,200mm lengths with a diameter of no less than 50mm and up to 400mm.