Rah­ko­nen’s farm

Ulti­ma sys­tem in use at Rah­ko­nen farm

Pet­ri Rah­ko­nen’s third-gene­ra­tion crop farm in Tik­ka­kos­ki took a big digi­tal leap forward. The old grain dryer was con­sig­ned to his­to­ry in spring 2018, and at the same time, the grain proces­sing process was trans­fer­red to remo­te cont­rol using Ant­ti-Teol­li­suus’s ULTIMA sys­tem.

“Reno­va­tion was nee­ded. The old drying faci­li­ty, built in the 1960s, had beco­me too small for a farm whe­re the cul­ti­va­ted area had mul­tiplied over the years,” says Pet­ri Rah­ko­nen.

The dryer proces­ses bar­ley, oats, rye, rape­seed, tur­nip rape and caraway grown on the farm’s land.

“In the past, the­re were switc­hes that had to be tur­ned by hand.”

In 2018, grain drying was car­ried out in a new dryer using new tech­no­lo­gy. The results were imme­dia­te­ly appa­rent: the new ULTIMA reduced the need to visit the elect­rical cent­re, as ope­ra­tions could be cont­rol­led remo­te­ly. Batch and silo data are avai­lable any­ti­me, anyw­he­re via the onli­ne ser­vice.

“Pre­vious­ly, the­re were switc­hes that had to be tur­ned manual­ly. Now I can mana­ge eve­ryt­hing from my com­pu­ter, mobi­le pho­ne or even my iPad,” Rah­ko­nen desc­ri­bes the chan­ge.

ULTIMA also enables mois­tu­re mea­su­re­ment direct­ly from the grain, which reduces overdrying and saves sig­ni­ficant ener­gy – and man­power.

“My fat­her no lon­ger needs to run to the dryer. Pet­ri will sure­ly be able to hand­le the drying work on his own in the futu­re,” laughs his fat­her, Juk­ka Rah­ko­nen.

RAHKOSEN FARM TECHNICAL DATA

• 4×5 Pac­ka­ge dryer comple­ted in 2018 for Puin­neil­le
• Dryer 55MF2
• Volu­me 392hl
• 500kW Vacuum fur­nace
• Ulti­ma cont­rol cent­re with auto­ma­tic humi­di­ty mea­su­re­ment and remo­te cont­rol
• Sto­ra­ge capaci­ty: 926.6 m³