Grain Silo

Importance of silo for grain storage Silos are structures designed for the storage of grain and other bulk materials; The most common have cylindrical shapes, thus resembling a tower built with materials such as wood, reinforced concrete or metals. The design, invented by Franklin Hiram King, generally employs a mechanical rig for loading and unloading from the top, making it very useful for the agro-industrial sector. Without a doubt, silos are a very efficient structure for the agri-food sector; However, at present they have been adapting to other industrial uses, so that we can find them in other spaces, being used for deposits of various materials such as cement, but they have also been adapted for use in the military sector for missile depot or for handling these. It is, then, one of the most important inventions for industry and storage. In the case of their use for the storage of grains they are very useful because they allow to extend the time of useful ...