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FEATURE: GRAIN STORAGE AND HANDLING PROJECTS

of 1,600 tph as incoming train loads are being emptied.
Each row of bins has an 800-tph belt conveyor that takes grain
out to multiple portable ship loading machines that transfer grain
at a rate of 600-tph each from the conveyors to the ships.

TAS206A-6 with a capacity of 200 tph and a Schmidt-Seeger
TAS206A-6 with a capacity of 150 tph. For maize drying, a
Schmidt-Seeger dryer system with a total capacity of 66 tph
was also installed.

BBCA ADDS WHEAT STORAGE TO FLOUR MILL
In its second project with Evren Flour Mills, BBCA Storex,
Tekirdag, Turkey, added an additional 48,000 tonnes of wheat
storage capacity. In the ﬁrst project, BBCA also provided
48,000 tonnes of storage to the Turkish mill.

SWEET CONTINUES 10-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH
LA BARCA, MEXICO FACILITY
In the last decade, Sweet Manufacturing Company,
Springﬁeld, Ohio, U.S., has partnered with Agroindustrias La
Barca, S.A. de CV, a commercial rail car and truck receiving
grain facility in La Barca, Mexico. The facility processes different varieties of grain, primarily wheat at up to 420 tph.
Sweet has partnered with the facility on multiple expansions, including multiple load-out grain points and an additional rail car reception location. The most recent expansion
included three Silver-Sweet bucket elevators and more than
190 meters of Flite-Veyor 26 series horizontal drag conveyors.

BBCA Storex added 48,000 tonnes of wheat storage capacity to the Evren
Flour Mills in Turkey. Photo courtesy of BBCA.

Each of the eight silos has a capacity of 6,000 tonnes with a
diameter of 20.08 meters, an eave height of 21.05 meters and
a total height of 26.33 meters. Handling capacity is 250 tph.
BBCA said the project was completed in three months.
BÜHLER ADDS EIGHT SILOS TO UKRAINIAN GRAIN FACILITY
While Bühler Grain Logistics, Beilngries, Germany (formerly Schmidt-Seeger), had already done some business with
Mrija, it completed its ﬁrst major silo project with the company in October 2012. Bühler constructed eight steel silo bins
for maize and other grains, for a total capacity of 130,000 cubic meters.
The Kozowa, Ukraine facility also has a rail intake line
with a capacity of 150 tph, two truck intake lines with a capacity of 100 tph each, one rail loading line with a capacity
of 200 tph and two truck loading lines with a capacity of
200 tph each.
Cleaning machines were added including a Schmidt-Seeger

Bühler added eight steel silos to the Mrija grain facility in Kozowa, Ukraine.
Photo courtesy of Bühler.
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Sweet Manufacturing Company recently supplied three Silver-Sweet bucket
elevators and more than 190 meters of Flite-Veyor 26 series horizontal drag
conveyors to a grain facility in La Barca, Mexico. Photo courtesy of Sweet.

The elevators are supported by three 8-foot by 8-foot
Goliath Support Towers, while the conveyors are supported
by 90 meters of Silver Span catwalk.
LIBYAN FLOUR MILL ADDS WHEAT STORAGE CAPACITY
Altunas-Obial recently completed the installation of wheat
storage silos for the Al Jawdah El Faiga ﬂour mill in Bingazi,
Libya. The project was completed in two and a half months.
Installation included six silos for a total capacity of 32,952
tonnes. Each of the model DT2417 ﬂat-based silos have a diameter of 21.67 meters, an eave height of 15.49 meters, a total
height of 21.59 meters. Wheat capacity for each silo is 5,492
tonnes at 6% compaction.
Other equipment installed includes a 205-tonne capacity cleaner, a 205-tonne capacity loading elevator, a 110-tonne capacity
unloading elevator, ﬁve 205-tonne capacity chain conveyors and
three 110-tonne capacity chain conveyors.
Total cost for the silos and related equipment was
€850,000 ($1.1 million).
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