Bale Burner Turns Straw Into Asset

Bale Burner Turns Straw Into Asset HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Miscellaneous 25-2-7 Imperial Metal Industries built its first bale-burning furnace in 1993. FARM SHOW wrote about it in 1995 (Vol. 19, No. 2). Since then, the company has built a number of units on a custom basis. "They require a fairly large application since you have to draw off a lot of heat for them to burn efficiently," company spokesman Kelly Friesen told FARM SHOW recently. He says the units they've built have mostly gone to heat greenhouses, barns, and large shops. "They're not cheap at $15,000 to $20,000 (Canadian) but we're in the boiler business so they're built well and they're built to last," says Friesen. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Imperial Metal Industries, Inc., 111 Commerce Dr., Steinbach, Manitoba Canada R0A 2A0 (ph 204 326-6683).

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