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The easiest way to clean a cement silo quickly, efficiently, and safely is to call in a professional silo cleaning company. Professionals get the job done correctly and can save you money in the long run. A professionally cleaned silo maintains workplace safety and decreases the potential liability for work-related accidents.

 

Silo cleaning methods generally involve specialized equipment for remote, dry cleaning. Types of silo cleaning equipment is typically categorized as either, whip, pneumatic, or enhanced pneumatic. While all methods can be used to clean a cement silo, they do not provide the same level of speed and efficiency.

 

The fastest and most effective way to clean a silo is through the use of an enhanced pneumatic system. This form of remote, dry cleaning is the most powerful silo cleaning method available. USA Silo Service uses a unique, proprietary silo cleaning method, The Boss™, which combines an enhanced pneumatic silo cleaning system with a unique clean-out head.

 

Silo cleaning equipment is typically one of three different types of remote, dry silo cleaning machines: whip, pneumatic, or enhanced pneumatic. is up to two-thirds more powerful than conventional silo cleaning methods. The Boss silo cleaning system accelerates the cleaning process by removing more material faster and more efficiently than any other clean-out method, including the whip system.

 

This means less time spent on-site and less downtime, which equals immediate cost savings. USA Silo Service further maximizes your cost savings by evaluating material removed during cleaning to see if it can be salvaged for use. Anything that cannot be used can be removed via our vacuum truck service.

 

To prevent unplanned downtime, you should have your cement silo cleaned regularly by a professional. However, if you've noticed a change in your production schedules, it could be due to material buildup or blockages. As material builds up inside your silo, it causes material flow issues that can slow down your daily operations.

 

Once a silo begins to lose flow, this accelerates the buildup over time and can lead to additional blockages. These blockages can bring your entire operation to a standstill when left unchecked. Blockages and material flow issues can also stress your silo beyond what it was designed to withstand, resulting in delamination, cracking, and even structural wall failure. It's therefore essential to schedule a professional silo cleaning at the first sign of production delays.

 

Regular silo cleaning ensures efficient operation. It can also increase your silo's usable lifespan, minimize big-ticket repairs, and help you avoid more costly cleaning expenses that can result from emergencies.

 

USA Silo Service can clean, inspect, and maintain your cement silo or dome. After nearly thirty years in the silo cleaning business, we've seen how important it is to use the most powerful silo cleaning method available to save time and money on silo cleanings.

 

No matter the silo type or stored material, USA Silo Service can meet your silo cleaning needs. Schedule your next silo cleaning today.

 

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Silo structural failures regularly make the news. While they sometimes result in seemingly minor inconveniences or temporary facility or road closures, they can also be fatal. Such tragedies serve as a stark reminder of the importance of routine, professional silo inspections in avoiding silo disasters.

 

Keeping up with a regular silo inspection schedule is the best way to ensure unexpected issues don't arise. Best practices recommend professional inspections at two- to five-year intervals to help identify any issues that could lead to silo failure.

 

When scheduling a silo inspection, it is essential to use a trusted silo inspection company that has the required experience and industry knowledge to complete a thorough inspection that is appropriate for your silo and stored material. Professional silo inspections cover more areas of the silo than an in-house inspection. Trained silo inspectors also know a great deal more about what to look for and which areas are the most common sites of potential failure. During a professional inspection, silo experts and/or a trained silo engineer will thoroughly analyze your silo(s) to identify any major and minor issues.

 

An inspection is only helpful in preventing disasters if you follow through with the recommended preventive maintenance. It's important to schedule any necessary repairs as soon as possible. Selecting a silo company like Marietta Group that can handle your repair, maintenance, and inspection needs under one roof helps make it easier to follow through. Identifying potential problems and correcting them early on can also help save you money. Silo issues that need to be remediated only become more costly to repair and more dangerous the longer you wait. The cost of keeping up with preventive maintenance is significantly lower than the price of major repairs or construction after a structural failure.

 

In addition to keeping silos safe and extending their usable life, maintaining and repairing your silo quickly also helps prevent emergency silo issues, including structural failure. Failing to complete preventive maintenance is a leading cause of costly, dangerous silo failure. Addressing minor issues as soon as they arise helps keep the costs of silo ownership low as major repairs, emergencies, and structural failures are more expensive up front, take longer to correct, and inevitably result in unplanned downtime.

 

If you do experience an emergency silo issue, the Marietta Group team acts quickly to offer emergency services that meet all of your silo needs. Our experts have the experience and expertise to fix your silo problems for good.

 

Without routine silo inspections, silo repair emergencies and structural failures can seem like they came out of nowhere. Failing to complete preventive maintenance is a leading cause of costly, dangerous silo failure. Addressing minor issues as soon as they arise helps keep the costs of silo ownership low as major repairs, emergencies, and structural failures are more expensive up front, take longer to correct, and inevitably result in unplanned downtime or potential disasters.

 

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