NEW SILO DESIGN AT PRADO SILOS: INCREASED AND FASTER FILLING-EMPTYING CYCLES
Limitations in silo filling and emptying cycles due to structural constraints have always proved to be a major barrier in our industry. The increasing demand for speed and versatility in bulk storage operations has led to the search for solutions for maximising operational efficiency while complying with the highest safety standards. Prado Silos has been working for several years on new silo designs to provide greater structural integrity for each application, providing our clients with a safe and reliable range of solutions, in line with the increasingly demanding needs of an industry always asking for more, both in terms of volume and flexibility.
When running a large-scale operation involving silos, every single second counts: an optimisation of the loading and unloading process becomes essential in order to maximise efficiency and minimise costs. For industries with short production cycles requiring a constant flow of materials, the ability to load lorrys, trains and/or other vehicles straight from the silo, in a fast and safe manner, could mean the difference between success and stalemate for an entire value chain.
Indeed, the need for multiple silos to store large quantities of products is common in some sectors, for example in the food or agricultural industries. However, this is partly due to limitations regarding loading and unloading cycles of the silos, which may impact on the efficiency and productivity of the whole operation.
At this stage, we come up against the issue that has always represented one of the main challenges in traditional silo designing: the filling and emptying cycles, which are often restricted to only a few operations per year due to the structural stress generated in the silo’s materials. In addition, in many cases silo manufacturers do not take these additional forces into account when building their products.
New silo design for demanding industries: searching for speed and efficiency
Instead, new silo designs by Prado Silos are providing an effective solution to this challenge while adhering to the most stringent criteria for an efficient management and distribution of loads, in accordance with the highest safety standards. As a result, the filling and emptying cycles of the silos can be significantly increased. In this regard, safety comes first : Prado Silos has always enforced the most demanding regulations (in this case, the European standard EN-1991-4, which requires additional stress to be taken into account in silos running more than one filling-emptying cycle per day on average).