ProtaPod - Commercial-size Bio Pod

1200 mm (4') diameter. Big brother to the well known BioPod, for the production of Black Soldier Fly Larvae on a commercial scale.

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Features.

• Pair of angled 30˚ migration ramps allow for natural migration and auto-separation of mature grubs
• Exit chute at the top of the ramps enables grubs to auto-collect into any receptacle for simple and fast harvesting
• Durable, heavy-duty construction ensures long life and multi-year use
• Open-style system maximizes air flow maintaining aerobic conditions throughout
• Enormous capacity allows volume processing of waste
• Ridged, channelized bottom prevents pooling of liquids, and permits passive drainage of effluent into sealed liquid collection system
• Large capacity. The Protapod is 1200 mm (4') in diameter

Significant reduction of fresh manure and carcasses in both volume and weight at commercial livestock operations

• Recapture valuable proteins & lipids as renderable, self-separating biomass
• Low-cost production of sustainable aquaculture / aquaponic feed without depletion of pelagic ocean fisheries
• Nutritional food for most varieties of domestic poultry
• Enhances backyard habitat for insect-loving migratory song birds, using specialty feeder
• Live, high-quality supplemental food rich in calcium that is ideal for herps and ornamental fish
• Live grubs may be supplied to regional bait shops for resale to anglers
• Friable compost high in cellulose easily transformed by vermiculture into lucrative worm castings or utilized raw as a value-added soil amendment

Specifications

• 1120 mm (44") top and 860 mm (34") bottom diameters
• Overall body height of 670 mm (26.4")
• Empty unit weighs 11.4 kg (25.1 lbs)
• Digestion Rate = 9.5 kg (21 lbs) / day (based on 1/2 full unit)
• functional capacity of 4 times the standard BioPod™
• 15-20% bioconversion rate of food scraps into grubs
• 8 years of product testing
• Made responsibly in Vietnam
• Durable, roto-molded medium density polyethylene; rigid structural integrity
• Outside diameter (OD) of external chute is 41 mm or (1 9/16”)
• Unit must be sheltered from direct sunlight and precipitation

End-Product Uses

Pupae / Prepupae / Mature Grubs

• Fish and Poultry - Direct Food
• Conversion into Constituents via Rendering
• Bio-Diesel from lipids
• Pet Industry - Live or Dried Foods
• Live Bait for angler community
• Bird Feeders / Wildlife Food
• Chitin and Chitosan source

Juveniles / Mixed Instars

• Fish food
• Pet food
• Starter Colonies

Liquid Effluent / Tea

• Bio-attractant for BSF adult females
• Repellent for Filth Flies
• Combination with Zeolite
• Dilution into a Liquid Fertilizer

Compost / Black Friable Residue

• Component of Soil Amendment
• Vermiculture - Transformation into Worm Castings