Hopper bottom silo,
also named as cone bottom silo, hopper bottom storage bins, refers to
silo with a cone bottom. Generally, a funnel is needed in the silo for
most material storage. For small silo storages, the steel hopper/cone can be fixed with the sidewalls. However for industrial silos with large diameter, to reduce the risk, the hopper/cone is designed to be supported by the silo bottom floor.
According to the customers' requirements and situations, the shape of the hopper or
cone will be designed specifically to achieve the needs of the products
to be stored. For some products such as food and grain, dangerous and
safety concerns need to be eliminated.
Our hopper bottom silo contains complete drainage. The configuration of
hopper silo depends on the type of material to be stored. In generally,
pellet products require a 45° cone bottom silo while powder or other
material which is hard to flow fits 60° cone bottom silo storage. All
our hopper bottoms are designed in accordance D-4097 or ASTM D-3299
standards for elevated cone heads. Hopper bottom steel silo come
standard with a primed carbon steel pipe leg stand with silo floor
plates and a standard 18" under clearance from the silo bottom to the
silo floor plates. That is to say, hopper bottom silo is your only
choice if complete drainage is absolutely necessary. For the material
of the leg stands, there are various options - FRP skirt support, T-304
or T-316 stainless steel pipe legs, Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP),
painted carbon steel. If you have decided on hopper bottom silo
design, what you should do next is to choose the right top. Contact us
for more details and further information.
