MANILA, Philippines - Grain drying technologies are important for many agriculture sub-sectors. The renewed emphasis to sustainability, eco-friendliness and integration in grain farming has led towards considerable progress in the development of these technologies to help farmers and stakeholders enhance product quality and reduce costs. Regional manager Jeffrey Tu of Taiwan-based Suncue International Marketing said: “By recognizing the significance of integrating this technology to the production chain, grain farmers can generate more income while improving their competitiveness in the market.”
Suncue’s product line includes ventilating and circulating-type grain dryers, far-infrared type dryers, peripheral equipments such as pre-cleaner, corn sheller, chain conveyor, bucket elevator and moisture meter. In order to help farmers and rice millers lessen fuel costs, Suncue also manufactures patented SB-series husk furnaces that can use rise husk to produce thermal energy for the dryers. SB-series husk furnace uses an indirect hot air system, which means clean hot air is being used to dry the grains to avoid contamination. It has a fully automatic design which allows the furnace to automatically feed husk, discharge ash and control the hot air temperature and volume in every dryer. Suncue’s rice husk furnaces have been proven to reduce fuel costs by up to 75 percent and have passed strict air pollution standards in both Taiwan and Japan. Moreover, Suncue’s SB-series is also manufactured to use resources such as husk, wood chips, coconut shells and corn cobs to produce thermal energy for the dryers.
Certified with SGS ISO 9001:2000, Suncue uses high-tech CAD/CAM to develop its agricultural products, along with a special Research and Development technical department, which won them the “National Inventor” award in Taiwan, while its HB-120 Husk Furnace Grain Dryer won the “Innovation Research Award.”
From Oct. 6 to 8, Suncue will be one of the international suppliers and exhibitors at AgriLink 2011, the country’s largest trade fair on agribusiness, food and aquaculture. The event’s theme, “Integration: Key to Sustainable Agriculture,” reflects Suncue’s core values as an agricultural company. “We are supporting AgriLink as it provides a good opportunity for Suncue to showcase its products to the Philippine market. By providing products with superior design and high durability, easy operation and management, and least drying and maintenance costs, Suncue hopes to help improve the businesses of Filipino farmers and rice millers.”
AgriLink 2011 will also feature a variety of agricultural products, as well as facilities on post harvest, feed ingredients, feed milling, fertilizers and pest management, transport and logistics, waste management, food ingredient and additives, food packaging, food processing, equipment and machinery, dairy products, horticulture inputs, meat products, animal health and nutrition, aquaculture equipments and inputs, breeding and spawning technologies, aquatic feeds and other industrial marine products. Email frld.agrilink@gmail.com. Visitors can also pre-register their attendance through facebook.com/agrilinkPH.