Catching/Bagging Straight from Chipper

[alexm]

Does anyone have any experience/ideas about the best way to catch chips coming out the chipper spout and redirect it straight into dumpy bags?

 

I'm thinking about something like the funnel type top section of a rubble chute held in front of the spout (about 6' high) to catch the chips and direct straight downwards? The trick would be to catch the chips but not all the excess air coming out which would just blow it straight out the bag.

 

Any ideas?

 

Alex

[doobin]

You could use a vented dumpy bag. We do this all the time with our little shredder, works just like a glorified lawn mower collection bag.

 

A deflection plate may well work for a chipper- I would be inclined to use a vertical large bore pipe constructed of strong mesh with the end at the top capped with mesh also. You need plenty of mesh surface area for the air to dissipate and also plenty of bore to give the chips space to drop down, so the bigger the better.

Edited June 30, 2014 by doobin

[PeteB]

We have supplied a few cyclones in the past, a drum with an open top and conical bottom allows the chips to whizz around inside the drum with the air (and few bits of stuff) coming out of the top and the chips dropping through the bottom. We even did one in a frame which was free standing so that an ordinary chipper could be used if positioned correctly. That frame was big enough for a dumpy bag to stand in between the legs.

[NickinMids]

Have done this. Builders bags have 4 handles...just a case of tying the two towards the chipper leaving a suitable distance and the outer two tied to two pig tail metal stakes to hold the bag fully open. Position spout to aim into bag. Just sweep up the little bit that misses/spills. As it fills it holds it's self open. Don't overfill if you've got to drag it far.

[penfold]

We have supplied a few cyclones in the past, a drum with an open top and conical bottom allows the chips to whizz around inside the drum with the air (and few bits of stuff) coming out of the top and the chips dropping through the bottom. We even did one in a frame which was free standing so that an ordinary chipper could be used if positioned correctly. That frame was big enough for a dumpy bag to stand in between the legs.

 

I remember the truck mounted one you did for a council back in the 90s.

[dexta]

I think I have seen one on a small entec chipper purpose made by them to fill bags. Might be worth seeing if you can find some pictures to get a pattern

[PeteB]

90's! You cheeky get!!! Twas getting on for 8 years ago we did sonething for Warwickshire on a Merc chassis, but we did one for a plant hire firm in Cornwall and that may have ended at the CBL yard in Saltash or maybe at the Eden Project...

[Kev Stephenson]

90's! You cheeky get!!! Twas getting on for 8 years ago we did sonething for Warwickshire on a Merc chassis, but we did one for a plant hire firm in Cornwall and that may have ended at the CBL yard in Saltash or maybe at the Eden Project...

 

It's been on ebay for the last 2 years at least!!

[Acg128]

It's been on ebay for the last 2 years at least!!

 

The greenmech merc? What was that made for, a job??

[Gray git]

What you need is some clamp together grain duckting 1 bit to slide onto the chipper spout then clamp on a 90ø bend so the chip just falls into the bag, this is how we fill trailers with the hinzo chipper with very little spillage.

 

sent while pretending to do something important on my mobile.