BIOvator - Vessel Composter System
The BIOvator is the only all-steel, in-vessel composter on the market in successful operation in more than 150 locations throughout Canada and the US. Free of any plastic drum material that can warp and wear, choose the tested and proven steel BIOvatorTM for unmatched durability and function.
Product Details
The #1 Name for In-Vessel Composting
Let the revolutionary BIOvatorTM in-vessel composter put control of organic waste and mortality management back into your hands.
Since its introduction to the market in 2004, the BIOvatorTM in-vessel composter has become a widely recognized product of choice for organic waste and animal mortality management. For good reason: incineration is costly and high-maintenance, rendering carries environmental and regulatory risk, and compost buildings require intensive labour and use of space.
The BIOvatorTM provides a cost-efficient and environmentally sound solution to organic waste management, and virtually eliminates biosecurity risks of mortality management and reduces many of the concerns associated with more traditional methods of disposal.
History
The BIOvatorTM was the brainchild of the R&D staff at The Puratone Corporation based out of Niverville, Manitoba Canada. Puratone is one of Canada’s largest Pork producers, with operations throughout Western Canada and affiliates in North Central USA. Mortality disposal has always been a challenge for livestock producers, and rendering has historically been the option of choice. With bio-security issues on the rise and the cost of transport becoming an economic issue, Puratone set out to find an alternative.
Puratone felt there were three options other than rendering to consider. These three options were: Burial, Incineration and Cell Composters. Burial was not practical due to the size of their operations and the hard ground experienced in winter. Incineration was not considered because of the on going costs and maintenance concerns. Thus Puratone started to use four celled compost bunkers. Although cell composting worked, it was felt there must be a better way.
In January 2001 Puratone started a project to find a cost effective, technically sound and user friendly system for composting. The result was the BIOvatorTM.
The BIOvatorTM was developed after extensive research and development work conducted at Puratone. The main objective of the R&D work was to “development of a cost-effective alternative to the outdoor composting process”. A variety of different drum materials and sizes were tested over a two year period with the product of choice being a 4’ diameter all steel vessel. The 4’ diameter provided the most uniform product mix resulting in a preferred end product, and the all steel construction was chosen for its superior durability and integrity.
The BIOvatorTM is a combination of a device and process, targeting the quickest transformation of animal carcasses into consistent – quality compost at the lowest possible cost and management effort.
With its successful implementation into the Puratone production system, the BIOvatorTM was introduced to the market in 2004. In 2005, the BIOvatorTM was successfully introduced into the poultry industry, and the slaughterhouse industry shortly after. The BIOvatorTM has undergone continual testing in various organic disposal markets, and is currently being employed in the agricultural, municipal and industrial markets to handle organic wastes of all nature.
Nioex Systems Inc. acquired the rights to the BIOvatorTM products in October 2008 to be their flagship product in their pursuit to provide environmentally and socially acceptable solutions to the organic waste industries.
Benefits
Cost-effective
The BIOvator is a continuous process for 100% of your facility’s organic waste or barn mortalities, right on your own site and under your full control. After the initial investment, the annual cost to operate the BIOvatorTM is minimal, making it less costly than other waste management options. In many cases, the BIOvatorTM is an eligible product for subsidy under the Canadian National Farm Stewardship Program, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
“The payback ended up being barely over two years.”
Kent Paustian, Paustian Enterprises
Environmentally friendly
BIOvator eliminates leaching and ground contamination, recycles barn air when used with a cold climate hoarding system, reuses finished compost to replace part of new shavings, and reduces energy consumption.
“We are convinced that we made the right decision in mortality management…I would recommend using a BIOvatorTM to anyone.”
Dennis Stevenson, product manager, Sunnydale Farms
Year-round, highly automated functioning
The BIOvatorTM is easy to operate. Simply load organic waste and/or carcasses and shavings into the vessel, turn it on for a few hours daily, and let nature do the rest for you. This reduces employee-operating time to achieve the desired composting results. It operates year round, eliminating the challenge of winter composting.
“…it’s just become a much more pleasant operation in dealing with the unpleasant side of livestock production.”
Mike Heppell, E and H Farms
Biosecure
Third party pick-ups always carry risk of cross-contamination – the BIOvatorTMallows you to control your mortalities on-site, eliminating the risk of disease in your healthy animals. The mortalities are fully enclosed, so you will virtually eliminate intrusion of wildlife, insects, and rodents.
“I no longer depend on off farm dead stock pick-up, which I feel has definitely improved the biosecurity of my operation. ”
Ted Neufeld, T & D Neufeld Farms
Fast and effective
The BIOvator is a continuous operation where waste is processed into compost in 4 to 14 days, compared to traditional composting methods which can take up to a year. You greatly reduce risk of disease-causing organisms and odour. And it uses half the shavings required for bin composting.
“Anything that dies here, we compost it. We compost everything on the farm from the weanling pigs after birth to the 500 and 600 pound sows to any of the other gilts in the operation.”
Henry Moore, operator, Bobcat Farms
High quality compost
As a bonus, the BIOvator produces high and consistent quality compost that can be used as a soil enhancer, fertilizer, bedding material, and to control soil erosion of lagoon banks.
Features
The BIOvator is a patented all-steel design, ensuring optimal functionality and longevity. An ideal combination of carbon and stainless steel make it a durable and affordable investment.
Our current BIOvator models have the capacity to handle up to 500 lbs. of organic waste or mortality per day, requiring only .05 ft3 of shavings per each pound of waste. This amounts to approximately 3,500 lbs. per week, or 182,000 lbs. of organic waste per year. And with the option of having multiple units on a site, our BIOvator models can handle any amount of organic waste.
- 4 ft diameter x 30-42 ft long insulated vessel with stainless steel shell, other sizes available.
- Two loading doors 7.5’ x 2’, inspection openings and one 18” discharge opening.
- Stainless steel paddles mounted on the inside vessel walls.
- Galvanized steel skid, with heavy-duty nylon rollers supporting the vessel.
- Driving system: 1 hp motor – 110 V, 2 gear boxes, heavy duty bearing, sprocket and chain.
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