How do you clean a silo?
Silos can be cleaned by a number of different methods, but the most common process consists of brushing down the sides of the interior and scraping any debris away. To avoid scratching the surface and to prevent sparking, plastic scrapers can be used.
How do you clean concrete silos?
Manual cleaning is the simplest way to clean silos. This entails lowering a worker on a rope to free material inside the silo. Manual cleaning is dangerous due to the release of material and the possible presence of gases.
Do silos get cleaned?
Silo cleaning is a necessary cost-saving benefit that removes buildup and recovers lost material while maximizing production, profit and safety. Unfortunately, despite the problems that may arise from a poorly maintained silo, cleaning is often postponed or deemed unnecessary maintenance.
How do you empty a silo?
Vertical elevators are used to fill silos and in most cases, gravity is used to empty them. A machine called an auger transports the grain to its next destination.
How do you get asphalt out of a silo?
If there’s any asphalt mix stuck in a higher position on the silo walls, blasting contractors can either raise the arm of the water blaster, use a longer nozzle, or increase the water pressure, depending on the technology a company uses.
How do silos get filled?
The silo is filled with a silo blower, which is literally a very large fan that blows a large volume of pressurized air up a 10-inch tube on the side of the silo. A small amount of water is introduced into the air stream during filling to help lubricate the filling tube.
How do you clean a sugar silo?
Silos can be cleaned by a number of methods, but in most cases, the process involves brushing down the sides of the interior and/or scraping them as needed. To avoid scratching the surface and to prevent sparking, plastic scrapers may be needed.
What are silos used for?
silo, in agriculture, airtight structure that encloses and protects silage (q.v.; partially fermented fodder, called haylage if made from grass), keeping it in the succulent and slightly sour condition edible for farm animals.
Do farmers still use silos?
Silos are rarely erected today. Farmers are looking for faster feeding and environmentally beneficial storage methods. They are moving towards bunker silos or flat storage rather than tower storage. The long, white bags you see snaking along near cow barns are filled with nutritious mix of feed.
Why do silos explode?
Within the silos, there is always air and, the stored grain, forms deposited layers of dust. The dispersed combustible dust clouds in the air form an explosive atmosphere. The clouds, if triggered, are able to oxidize so fast as to generate an explosion.
Why choose Mole•Master for your grain silo cleaning needs?
When you call on Mole•Master for your grain silo cleaning or unclogging needs, your operation will be restored to maximum productivity quickly with no unwanted surprises. Mole•Master understands that in the Bio-Fuels, Bio-Diesel and Ethanol industries, production is job one, and time is everything.
What is big•mole™ silo and bin cleaning?
Mole•Master’s Big•Mole™ Silo and Bin Cleaning Service eliminates hazardous human entry and associated confined space entry problems.
Why choose Mole•Master™?
For over three decades, Mole•Master™ has been the industry leader in providing safe, reliable, cost-effective service for the silo/bin cleaning industry.
How hard is a silo cleanout project?
With literally scores of materials from cement to coal to chemicals to grain being stored in bulk storage facilities around the world, no two silo cleanout projects are the same. Mole•Master™ breaks these types of projects down into three categories: low degree of difficulty, medium degree of difficulty, and high degree of difficulty.