Deesing Livestock Handling Systems
How to Draw the Layout of the Basic Curved System - Brochure
Step 1. Draw a horizontal line on the paper.The radius points for the curved single-file chute,round crowd pen, and wide curved lane will be onthis line.Step 4. Draw a third half-circle along the layoutline. This forms the inner radius of the widecurved lane. The radius can vary anywhere from12-feet (3.6m) to 3S-feet (1O.6m). A 20-foot (6m)radius is shown here.HOW TO DRAW THE LAYOUT OF THE BASIC CURVED SYSTEMDraw the layout of the basic curved system thatconsists of the curved single-file chute, roundcrowd pen, and wide curved lane. The basic layoutis three half circles with their radius points on thelayout line. Take the following steps to begin draw-ing the layout lines for the the basic curved system:I ~_YO~t_U~~_~ __m_m mnmmm __ m iStep 2. Draw the half circle with a 12-foot (3.6m)radius along the layout line. This forms the outerradius of the round crowd pen.The length of theradius may need to be adjusted a few inchesor centimeters to allow space for the crowd gatehinges and ratchet latch.Step 5. Draw the outer radius of both the single-file chute and the round crowd pen.lout line\\ .a~______ _ \\ V _Step 3. Draw a second half circle with a 16-foot(Sm) radius along the same layout line. Thesecond half circle forms the inner radius of thesingle-file chute.Step 6. Add the handler gates, crowd gate, andblock gates.
