IVC® factory

During composting an important part of the cellulose and hemicellulose is broken down and the lignin increases relatively. Because the lignin changes and nitrogen is built in, the selectivity of the compost is boosted. During the composting process the temperature rises to over 75 °Centigrade. Indoor fresh compost indoor verse compost (IVC®) is prepared from the raw materials in 58 composting tunnels. In the work hall of the IVC®-factory there are two filling cassettes which fill a tunnel in turns. The mixture of raw materials is supplied from the attic and they fill a tunnel with approximately two hundred tonnes by means of an extending, telescopic conveyor belt. Computers control the entire composting process. After 3 to 6 days the process has finished and an extraction winch empties the tunnel. The compost drops under the machine on a conveyor belt in the cellar. In the work hall there are four extracting winches, two of which are in constant use to deliver compost and two of which are prepared for other tunnels in the meantime. The IVC® of two tunnels is mixed in this way. The IVC® continues its way to the tunnel company for full-grown compost via a conveyor belt or it goes to one of the loading halls to be loaded for the tunnel factories in Milsbeek or for third parties. During the process the IVC® is inoculated with the required micro flora.