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News Release from: Braby | Subject: Storage silos
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2003
Silos fit in with innovative factory
design
For award winning company, which recently invented a system to displace conventional stretch and shrink pallet wrap systems, an innovative factory design required storage silos to conform too.
For award winning company, Load Hog who recently invented a system to displace conventional stretch and shrink pallet wrap systems, innovation has not stopped at their product The manufacturing facility designed by Bowlan Consulting Company in Sheffield has gone one step further than most factory designs - and is environmentally friendly as it is architecturally different
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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For Braby, who manufacture silos and vessels - making a silo for this project meant adhering to the designs of the facility, as well as supplying a fully functioning piece of equipment.
The silo capacity is 32 tonnes and will hold plastic granules.
As it is outside it was consequently incorporated into Bowlan's overall design.
The aluminium silos are designed to balance the building.
Other criteria included ensuring that no processing was visible from the outside and consequently, the fill pipe was tucked in at the back.
The seams that join the silo together also had to be at the back, as did the doors.
Load Hog also requested that the silo be no larger than 3 metres in diameter - giving the overall effect of a smooth aluminium tube.
Paul Mayer, Sales Director at Braby said "Load Hog was a unique project for us.
Keeping to the designs of Bowlan was interesting, as usually customers are more concerned with their silos working than what they look like! However, we were able to meet Load Hogs criteria and have kept to the project time scale" Other features incorporated into Bowlans design, include solar panels for heating water, rain water storage for use in the moulding process and in the bathrooms! The Environment Agency are currently conducting a study to ensure that Load Hog can use river water, from the river Don in the cooling process.
If this is the case, Load Hog will be a low emissions rate company, and will save approximately GBP 10-20,000 on their annual electricity bill.
Mark Jackson, Factory Manager at Load Hog said "Bringing the Load Hog product to market has been very exciting.
The prospect of saving the UK, 220,000 tonnes of plastic every year with something that can be re-used is a great buzz.
Having a manufacturing facility with an environmental and design flare is the icing on the cake".
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