Cement Silo Cleaning
Cement plant facility managers understand the importance of limiting downtime and ensuring cement silos maintain optimum storage capacities. However, without a routine inspection, cleaning, and maintenance schedule, moisture intrusion and/or impaction can lead to material buildup, blockages, and material flow issues. Air pads and other fluidizing equipment also needs to be inspected and serviced regularly […]
Production Delays? Call in The Boss.
Fast-Track Your Next Silo Cleaning Hung-up, clogged or slow-running silos are a problem. They impact efficiency and hurt your bottom line – not to mention your silo structure. The Boss™ accelerates the cleaning process, minimizing downtime and time spent on-site to give you immediate cost savings. Our proprietary system moves more material than conventional […]
Silo Disasters: Dos and Don’ts
Modern silos have been used since the late 19th century. Yet since that time, their design, construction, and recommended maintenance services have undergone drastic changes to improve safety. Here are the top ways facility owners and managers can help prevent storage silo disasters. Do address material flow issues as early as possible. […]
The Boss of Silo Cleaning
If you've noticed a change in your production schedules, a clogged silo could be to blame. As material builds up inside your silo, it causes material flow issues that can slow down your daily operations. These blockages can bring your entire operation to a standstill when left unchecked. Blockages and material flow issues can also […]
Silo Construction That Can Hold Up Under Pressure
Storage silos, bins, and silo buildings fail at a higher rate than almost any other form of industrial equipment. That's because silo failure can include minimal events that do not cause safety concerns and catastrophic events where the silo and stored material are lost, neighboring structures are damaged, and serious injuries or death occur. To […]
Fall Back on Proven Silo Cleaning Techniques
All silos eventually need to be cleaned. When the time comes for either routine silo cleaning or material buildup removal, it's best to count on silo cleaning methods that have been proven for safety and efficiency. Manual Silo Cleaning When looking to cut overhead costs, companies often postpone essential silo cleaning or attempt […]
Silo Repair Can Extend the Life of Your Silo
Silos can be costly to maintain if you don’t do the essential repairs to prevent further deterioration of the silo. In any repair, Marietta Silos tries to identify the root cause of the damage to the silo and incorporate those findings into our restoration and design procedure. Silo Roof Beam Repair The silo beam pocket […]
Vacuum Up All That Loose Material
When material buildup is cleaned from silos or storage domes, it has to go somewhere. Our vacuum truck services make it easy to relocate loose material dislodged during the cleaning process without slowing down the total project time. When USA Silo Services conducts a professional silo cleaning job, we evaluate recovered material to see if […]
Silo Flow Pattern Makes All the Difference
Concrete silos have four different flow patterns depending on the construction, cone angles, and stored material. These flow patterns dictate how stored material moves through your silo. Mass Flow Silo First out flow sequence Segregated particles remix as discharged Ideal for coal, other combustible or perishable materials Funnel Flow Silo Middle first flow […]
Maintain Your Silo for Years to Come
Maintaining your silo for years to come starts with just that – maintenance. While you might not be able to control every factor that can impact your production schedule, you do control your silo maintenance. Proactive maintenance is the most effective method to ensure the integrity of concrete and steel silos. If a silo […]