Welded Silos • Bolted Silos • Turnkey Silo Systems
From single silos to fully integrated storage and conveying systems, CMT engineers welded and bolted solutions for dry bulk materials with the right coatings, flow-aid design, and downstream integration.
Welded Silos
One-piece shop-welded silos for fast install
- Shop-welded, one-piece silos eliminate field seams and reduce on-site labor; shipped complete and set quickly.
- Size limits: up to ~15' diameter max (DOT transport limit). At 14–15', special permits are required and freight costs increase sharply.
- Materials & finishes: carbon steel, stainless, or aluminum; industrial coatings tailored to stored media and environment.
- Hoppers & flow: standard hopper slopes (45–70°) with custom designs available for difficult powders.
- Access & safety: OSHA ladders, cages, platforms, handrails; skirted or leg-supported designs; drive-through/loadout options.
- Integration: bin vent filters, level instruments, load cells, slide/knife gates, rotary valves, feeders, and pneumatic/mechanical discharge systems.
Typical uses: plastics/pellets, minerals (lime, fly ash, cement), grains/foods, chemicals, and power-utility reagents (PAC, lime, etc.).
Bolted Silos (AST Storage)
Flat-panel, epoxy-coated dry-bulk silos
- Smooth-wall flat-panel construction for fast, safe erection and minimal laydown area; ideal for expansions and relocations.
- Factory powder-epoxy systems (e.g., DuraCoat/SherCoat) applied and cured in controlled conditions for long service life and low maintenance.
- Dry-bulk focus: sand, cement, fly ash, plastics, woodchips, carbon black, soda ash, urea, activated carbon, lime, silica, alumina, and more.
- Project support: site layout, foundations, conveyors/elevators, drive-through loadout, scales, and controls—packaged with the silo supply.
- Accessories: mass-flow/funnel-flow design, aeration pads, pressure/vacuum relief, guards and platforms, level instrumentation.
Silo Systems
Turnkey storage & conveying—designed around your material
- Filling methods: truck/blower fill, railcar unload, plant transfer (pneumatic dilute/dense phase or mechanical).
- Silo filtration: bin vent filters or centralized baghouse with ducting and explosion relief as required.
- Level control: point (capacitance, rotary) and continuous (yo-yo/plumb-bob, radar) with HMI trending and alarms.
- Weighing: silo load cells or integrated loss-in-weight/gain-in-weight feed systems.
- Flow aids: bin activators, air pads/aeration, vibratory dischargers, internal cones for mass-flow.
- Discharge & metering: outlet knife gates, rotary airlocks, screw/vibratory feeders, scale interfacing.
- Conveying to process: pneumatic (blowers, filter receivers, diverters) or mechanical (screw, belt, bucket elevator) with interlocks.
- Controls: PLC panels, permissives/interlocks, batch/recipe modes, data and emission compliance reporting.
Recent Case Highlights
Hydrated Lime — Flue Gas Mitigation
MACT-compliant turnkey system with welded storage, bin vent, loss-in-weight feed to a pressure conveying line, insulated dust collector, dense-phase transfer of spent lime, and a second truck-loadout silo. Two PLC panels provided full control and reporting.
Railcar Unload — Plastics Pellets & Powder
Phase I/II installation with rail spur, blower package, filter receivers, offset rotary valves, diverter valves, and three 1,000-CF silos. Continuous level monitoring (SiloPatrol) with wireless trending and PLC control minimized streamers via air cooler and maintained product quality.
Let’s Specify Your Silo or System
Tell us your product, bulk density, target throughput, number of sources (trucks/rail), and where the material needs to go. We’ll recommend welded or bolted construction and package the right filtration, instruments, flow aids, discharge, and conveying.
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