Camera system over hay press

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Hey everyone. I have been tasked with installing a camera system over a hay press in a building. The most important areas are over the work stations of the press but they would also like a general view of the entire area. A huge problem I see is going to be the hay dust this machine creates and it covering up the lenses of the cameras. Are there any good anti-dust lenses out now?

I have talked to the manager and they have a crew that cleans out the press and the building once a week and he said he would add to their duties to clean the cameras, but I think it may still be a problem. If you look at the walls and ceiling beams you can see the hay dust that I speak of. This is the amount with about 4 days running after a cleaning.

They want a camera to view the loading doors and possibly one at each other door.

I am going to need to figure out how to mount the cameras as I am not sure that the ceiling beams can be drilled into for mounting.
Also, can you guys help with placement of the cameras?

The building is approx 100ft x 300ft in size. (I will confirm this soon)

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Kevin_Essiambre

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As far as mounting to the ceiling beams... unistrut is the answer. They make all the products you would ever need.

As far as the cameras go, that's all I can help with.

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I forgot to mention that the Blue Iris server will be across the property at the main office and these will stream via a fiber connection to there, which will also have approx 3-6 cameras at that location.
 

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I would use turrets. They shouldn't hold dust on the lenses. I would also use a uni-strut to clamp onto the roof beams. Use a piece of strut underneath the beam and two clamps at each end to sit on top of the lip on the beam. Then mount a pendant mount to the uni-strut. This will allow you to drop the cameras down as far as you want. If you aren't worried about ascetics, you can use a 2x4 on the bottom and two small pieces of 2x4 on top to clamp on the beam. Then screw your junction box or pendant mount to the bottom 2x4. Option 3 may be to find the 8x8x4 grey pvc boxes with the mounting ears on them. you could use a similar system to clamp the box to the roof beam.
 
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