Silos and hoppers are necessary for bulk material handling, acting as process tanks for storage before product distribution. They come in a variety of types for different functions. Choose from tower silos, bunker silos and bag silos to meet your grain storage needs.
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Grain Bins
A grain bin, also known as a hopper bin or portable silo, is a vented steel structure designed to store harvested grains such as soybeans, shelled dry corn, wheat and barley used for human food consumption and animal feed. A rainproof metal lid on top protects the grain from moisture, further protecting against mold and varmint.
Brock’s portable grain bins are expertly fabricated using robust 12 gauge steel with top-notch welds and strategically positioned reinforcements. A one-piece outer door opens wide and latches securely. The inner three or four doors open with a single lift of the patented latches – no tools required. All doors meet recommended bin entry, rescue and safety standards. The sturdy gravity-flow hopper bottom facilitates loading and unloading of various wet or dry whole kernel grain types. Various diameters, capacities and eave heights are available to suit your farm storage needs. Each body sheet is stamped with an identification code that provides the manufacturing date, part number and steel gauge. If the online users make use of this website online, they can get information about vacuum circuit breakers.
Shop Welded Hopper
For handling lighter materials that don't require the capacity of a larger silo, these heavy duty hoppers are ideal. These all-welded, self-dumping units feature a molded polyethylene body supported by a steel tube frame. They dump at 45° below horizontal and are easy to move by forklift. Hinged lids are available for Tilt Truck use and caster assemblies may be added if desired. FOB shipping point.
These cylindrical site bolted tanks with conical bottoms are made in shippable segments and erected on-site. They can be used for free-flowing dried sludge with bin activators and air locks or live bottom screws for dewatered sludge. Cylindrical hoppers are cost efficient for volume, but are less efficient than rectangular or square hoppers per footprint. They are typically carbon steel painted, but stainless steel vessels are also possible. Shear cell testing measures fundamental bulk solids properties such as cohesive strength, internal friction, compressibility, wall friction and permeability. These data can be used to calculate hopper section outlet size and recommended hopper angles for reliable flow.
Cylindrical Silo Vessels
Surplusrecord stocks a large selection of refrigerated silo storage tanks that are used to safely store a variety of liquid products for various industries. Our insulated and refrigerated industrial silo tanks are built with high-quality stainless steel materials, which help to prevent corrosion. These units are fully welded, and they are also equipped with safety valves, pressure sensors, and blowers to assist with the flow of bulk items from the container.
We offer a variety of steel silo shapes, sizes, and capacities, including hopper bottom or cone bottom used silos for sale. These types of silos allow the user to shorten loading and unloading times, eliminate heavy packing operations, and facilitate mechanization and automation. We can offer a full set of silo engineering design, manufacturing, installation and other services on a turnkey basis according to the customer's requirements. These services include a detailed process design, steel silo design, steel fabrication, assembly, testing and commissioning services.