SILO WEIGHING SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

  A Silo is a structure built to store materials in bulk. Usually used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products etc. They are commonly used for businesses that deal with manufacturing like Fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer , cement manufacturers , Wineries . Most of all Tower Silos, Bunker Silos and Bag silos have the most widespread usage. A silo weighing system is used to monitor the material weight that goes in or out of a Silo System. Although designed for Silos, They can also be used on any vessel that has legs and a supporting structure. The utilization of the Silo weighing system ranges from small process vessels/ Hoppers with capabilities less than 200 kg like the ones used in microbreweries to high capacity storage Silos of 100 tonnes or more like the ones use d in chemical manufacturing . One of the major uses of the silo weighing system is inventory management as it assists in finding the exact weight stored in a Silo at ...