Biomass Silo Supports & Access

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A silo on legs

Pellets are stored high so they feed by gravity. The silo stands on a steel structure, with access to its hatch and roof.

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Legs and bracing

H legs cut and drilled on the beam line, braced in every bay.

How is it possible at Allmarc?

Robotic H-beam cutting and bevelling cellBeams up to 1,000 x 500 mm

Used here for: Legs and bracing

• Beams up to 1,000 x 500 mm
• 12 m long, 50 mm thick
• Hypertherm XPR 300

All our machinery

Kotec newRun10DX CNC beam drilling lineH-beams up to 1,000 x 500 mm

Used here for: Legs and bracing

Heavy profiles that need precise holes, where plasma cannot do the job: the lower structure and panel borders of a ground flare, and every bolted PEB and multi-storey frame.

• H-beams up to 1,000 x 500 mm
• Drills 3 faces in one pass
• Channels, angles and box sections

All our machinery

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Ring beam

Rolled to the silo’s radius, it takes the whole load onto the legs.

How is it possible at Allmarc?

Three-roll pinch cum pyramid plate rollsRolls plate up to 40 mm

Used here for: Ring beam

• Rolls plate up to 40 mm

All our machinery

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Access to the top

Caged ladder, ring platform and a roof walkway on posts, all with handrails.

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Every part, apart

Legs, bracing, ring beam and access.