REL Group products

 REL’s meal feeding systems are precise, hard wearing and come with user-friendly features. Easily installed into new and existing rotary and herringbone dairy sheds, REL’s aim is to deliver a long lasting turn-key meal feeding solution for your operation.

REL Groups extensive range of hopper silos means smaller lines of specialty crops can be safely stored with aeration and drying options as well. The extra cost per stored tonne is countered by the benefit of using gravity to unload the silo. REL Group manufacture their own galvanized steel feed silos with capacities of 12m³ to 60m³ – 7.5 tonnes to 48 tonnes. The cone bases can be 30°, 40° and 55°. We build them for either pellets or grain storage.

Silos are a cheaper and more versatile option for smaller lines. The same benefits of aeration, drying, stirring and unloading can be included in a silo complex. From a manually operated drying system to a fully automated Shivvers drying and unloading system, REL has an option that suits your farming operation.

REL provides grain storage and handling installations for commercial clients throughout New Zealand, and can manage your development from start to finish. Recent projects include a Waikato maize drying and storage complex, grain storage and handling equipment for feed mills in Auckland and Canterbury, grain handling equipment at the Port of Tauranga and grain storage and equipment for a flour mill in Christchurch. REL has the knowledge and capability to complete these large commercial projects anywhere in the country.

To move your crop to another silo or to a transport truck, the use of augers has long been the standard. A large range of augers is on offer at REL, including the renowned Westfield brand. Westfield and Wheatheart Grain Augers are not only better by design, strength, and overall balance; you can choose the exact size, capacity and drive style. From 8, 10” and 13” diameters, lengths from 36 to 111 feet and the option of PTO, shaft drive, gas motor and or electric motor drive depending on your needs and preference.

A more recent handling option is the REM Grain Vac – a perfect unit for flat bottom silos and sheds. With a full silo, the REM Grain Vac can shift up to 160mt/hr. Cleaning up the bottom of the silo is quick and easy with the ‘clean-up nozzle’ supplied as standard. A lot of contractors and cartage companies benefit from this mobile Grain Vac technology as it allows them to work faster, cleaner and safer, particularly with today’s health and safety requirements in mind.

Our high-pressure Centrifugal Fans are ideal for installations involving temporary wet grain holding, deep storage, and facilities where high static pressures are required. Direct drive, rugged steel housings, and non-overloading, vibration-proof fan wheels enhance performance and durability. Low power consumption combined with generous air delivery result in low-cost, efficient aeration even under the most demanding conditions.

Once your precious grain harvest is in the shed, be it off the dryer or straight out of the field then you will need a grain ventilation system. Crops are a living thing and will continue to respire once in storage. Respiration creates stale air that needs to be moved and replaced with fresh air so that the crop does not heat up and become a breeding ground for insects or harmful storage moulds. Under floor grain ventilation is expensive to install, requires annual maintenance and can provide an additional breeding site for crop storage pests such as mites and weevils.