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FEATURE: GRAIN STORAGE AND HANDLING PROJECTS

the same time. In the fully integrated facility, 55,000 tonnes of
biodiesel can be produced per year.
FRAME SUPPLIES WHEAT STORAGE
SILOS TO COMPANY IN BANGLADESH
Bashnundhara Food & Beverage Industries, Ltd., Dhaka,
Bangladesh, in April 2012 completed the addition of six wheat
storage silos to its facility.
The No. 6 ﬂat-bottom silos were supplied by FRAME,
Bologna, Italy. The six silos, model FP27/26, each have a capacity of 10,000 tonnes for a total capacity of 60,000 tonnes based
on wheat at 780 kg/cubic meter. Diameter of the silos is 24.56

FRAME supplied six wheat storage silos to BASHNUNDHARA FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES LTD. in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo courtesy of FRAME.

meters with an eave height of 22.95 meters and an overall height
of 30.15 meters. Loading and unloading capacity is 300 tph.
PANAMA PORT FACILITY ADDS CHIEF STORAGE
Desarollo Posicional S.A. (DEPSA) recently added 15,000
tonnes of storage capacity to its port facility in Colon, Panama.
The facility imports grains such as maize, wheat and soybeans
to supply the local demand for these commodities.
Chief Industries, Inc., Kearney, Nebraska, U.S., provided

Chief added 15,000 tonnes of storage capacity to the Desarollo Posicional
S.A. (DEPSA) port facility in Colon, Panama. Photo courtesy of Chief.
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four Chief bins model CB18-18 with a capacity of 3,750
tonnes each. The bins are 17 meters in diameter, 19.4 meters
tall to the eaves with a peak height of 24 meters.
Since it is a port facility, the bins had to be G140 galvanization for greater resistance to rusting and corrosion, and were
upgraded for seismic zone No. 2. In addition, pilings had to be
used on the foundation to reinforce the ground in order to ﬁll
the bins to capacity without them sinking.
Chief also supplied the loading and handling equipment
including catwalks and towers consisting of one bucket elevator model CBEG42 with a capacity of 400 tph. The chain
conveyors for grain bin loading are model CHIC, 21 inches
x 21 inches, combined with HiRoller 26-inch belt conveyors
for unloading.
Cost for the equipment was about $1 million.
MULMIX PROVIDES STORAGE FACILITY IN KURDISTAN, IRAQ
Mulmix Facco, Padua, Italy, built a greenﬁeld wheat storage facility in Kurdistan, Iraq from December 2011 to October
2012. Total capacity is 60,000 tonnes with a central cleaning
tower and two wings with 12 storage silos each. An 8-meter
high concrete slab contains three waste collection silos and
two quick-loading silos for vehicles.
The FP1480/22 cereal storage silos are composed of corrugated S350 GD (UNI EN 10346) structural steel sheets with
Z350 galvanized covering (equivalent to 450g/m2 of zinc).
The structure is externally reinforced with S350 GD (UNI
EN10346) structural steel upright columns anchored on the
basement with plugs or log bolts.
Each of the 24 steel storage silos, model FP1480/22,
are 14.821 meters in diameter, with a cylinder height of
18.27 meters and a total height of 22.55 meters. Each has
a capacity of 3.369 cubic meters for a total capacity of
80.856 cubic meters.
The reception includes two 5.5-meter-by-4-meter pits, adequate for the back unloading of vehicles. One is equipped
with an 18-meter-by-3-meter folding platform.
The tower is approximately 30 meters high. Inside the
tower are two cleaning lines including a drum pre-cleaner
for the removal of thick wastes followed by a sieve cleaner
for the removal of ﬁne wastes.
The vertical transport in the tower is performed with bucket
elevators built in conformity with the directive 2006/42/CE on
machinery, and they were supplied according to the directive
94/9/CE on equipment and systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. Mulmix supplied the motoreductor for Atex 3D atmospheres and also the anti-ﬂood sensor
positioned on the unloading hopper, the revolution control on
foot, anti-skid sensors positioned on the chain and anti-burst
chimney with membrane.
The chain conveyors are built in conformity with the directive 2006/42/CE on machinery and they were supplied according to the directive 94/9/CE on equipment and systems
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