The Feeding Operation Steps of Steel Grain Bins

The Feeding Operation Steps of Steel Grain Bins

Steel Grain Bins (also called steel grain silos) are the efficient and economical facilities to handle your grains, which offer protection from outside insects and other affects as well as provide handling management conveniently.  When feeding grains into the steel bins or steel silos. The following step should be followed.

1. Choose the number of steel grain bins which need feeding. And open the silo roof valve after closed the silo bottom valve and entrance of steel bin wall. Then open the filling equipment .

2. We should feed the material at the centre filling hole to ensure that the material could load to the steel bin in vertical condition. Otherwise it would cause unbalance loading and worn-out of silo plate. Please take the right actions if necessary.

3. The maximum height of feeding is by the alarm of upper level indicator. We must take manual record if there was no level indicator. Never over load. Under normal circumstances, the height of contact part between material and silo plate should be inferior to upper limb of steel silo body(200mm is suitable).

4. The naked flame and spark are strictly prohibit while feeding the steel grain bins. The lighting and motor-driven equipment must meet explosion-proof application requirements .

5. While feeding, the ventilation vents in the steel bin roof must open (in rainy day, the manhole can be closed) to reduce the dust concentration in storage silos (with grain inside) . The deduster must be open when feeding cement to the steel grain bins.

6. While feeding, never allow personnel to enter the steel silo. If it is necessary to enter into the steel silo, the material feeding should be stopped. And low down the dust concentration to the allow band .

7. After filling up the steel grain bins, please close the steel bin roof inlet.

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Steel Grain Silo Operation Guidelines

Steel Grain Silo Operation Guidelines

Steel grain silo  (also called steel grain bins) is the efficient and economical facilities to handle your grains, which offer protection from outside insects and other affects as well as provide handling management conveniently. Shelley Engineering is the professional steel silo designer and manufacturer dedicated in supplying turn key grain storage and handling solutions to worldwide customers.

 

Steel Grain Silo Operation Guidelines 

1. Strictly prohibit loading and discharging materials in a leaning sideways. Correct Operating steps:  A: Discharging the materials from the center discharge hole first until no grain can flow out of the hole. B: Open the two side ward discharging holes concurrently with a charging speed ≤100 T/H capacity.

2. Requirement for new grain silo loading: Initially loading 60% volume and then the remaining 40% after two months.
3. Opening the grain silo door when the grain is above door’s height is strictly prohibited. This would result in the material exploding out and the silo collapsing which can cause injury or death.
4. Strictly prohibit workers from staying in the steel grain silo when loading, discharging or breaking the grain block.
5. Close the gate, manhole and vents after maintenance, to protect its contents from the weather and avoid spillage.
6. Ensure that trained professional worker to have the steel grain silo and silo accessories maintained periodically according to the instruction.
7. If the zinc or painted parts are rusted, please take measures timely.
8. Ventilate and invert running (putting the grain in silo out and passing the inverting running conveyors and back to the steel grain silo again) timely when the grain temperature or if the moisture is high.
9. Strictly prohibit starting the machine when someone was maintaining it.
10. Keep off the steel grain silo during bad weather to prevent lightning injury.
11. Connect the column with the lightning net on the embedded part to prevent the steel grain silo body from lighting danger.