Do You Have Cracks in Your Cement Slipform Silo Walls?
Prevention is the most effective method to ensure the integrity of concrete structures, surfaces and silos. A proactive maintenance and inspection program is crucial to increase the life of your concrete and ensure the safety of those working around your structures. A proactive safety program should always include annual or semi-annual inspections to check for […]
When to Schedule A Silo Inspection?
Regular silo inspections, on annual, two- or five-year intervals, can help identify problems that increase the risk of structure collapse. Based on inspection results, preventive maintenance can be performed to avoid larger more expensive repairs later. Time, weather and usage are all contributors to the degradation of silo structures. The signs of degradation and the […]
Silo Maintenance Checklist
When a silo has structural issues or starts clogging, so does production. Proactive maintenance is the most effective method to ensure the integrity of concrete and steel silos and is crucial to increase the life of the silo. Bulk storage structure (e.g. silos, bins) failures don’t occur suddenly without any signal or warning. In most […]