Work Efficiency Tip Sheet: Pot-Filling Machine Saves Time

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chapman L ; Miquelon M ; Newenhouse A
• Description:
  If you pot up more than 20,000 plants a year, consider purchasing a pot filling machine to speed the work and save wear and tear on your workers. How does it work? A pot-filling machine drops soil from a hopper down into the pot as workers manually set the plant. There are different types and sizes of pot filling machines. The simpler ones consist of a soil hopper which you fill with soil. An electric motor powers a conveyor with paddles that continuously raises soil and drops it into a chute. A worker places a pot under the chute and lets a little soil fall in to cover the bottom of the pot. Then he or she places the transplant in the pot and returns the pot to the platform to be filled with soil. The worker puts the pot on a tray and gets the next pot to fill. Most models are designed to recycle the overflow soil. Some pot filling machines accommodate a range of sizes such as 4.5" to 3 gallons; others take a specific size pot. These machines work best on a hard, level surface, and require an electric power source. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Machinery Agricultural Workers Equipment Operation Injury Prevention Tools
• Publisher:
  University of Wisconsin
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061198
• Citation:
  Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, 2005 Nov; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Biological Systems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030930
• Source Full Name:
  Work efficiency tip sheet: pot-filling machine saves time
• End Date:
  20080929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bf99ae8a55080357472b78e4293b5108f6ba1a89a902b2adb0bcce546fa63b742d570258550075a83bbcbb6e7f53dd1f4b8f2581b1798d17d26b1ce578fbb79
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224813/cdc_224813_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 554.94 KB ]