07-11-2013, 11:57 PM
Ed, thank you for answering my question. That was also my understanding until I found some photos with long rows of grain bins looking like wet/dry bins with a text that let me assume they are used for pure storage.
This site http://www.agri-systems.com/welded-hopper-tanks.php shows hopper bottom silos used for storage expansion but not for wet/dry grain handling. However, it looks like the flat bottom silos are the more common ones if a storage only solution is required. The easy unloading has less priority in that case and does not justify the addition l cost in most cases.
I am confused by the terms "elevator" vs. "leg". The old concrete elevators are the building plus the technical equipment that elevates/lifts the grain. That is understood.
At modern installations are the "lifts" in tall towers. I understand this "towers" with the lift are the elevators. But what is the "leg" Is the "leg" the pipe that run from top of the lift to the bin? Sometimes the term "wet leg and dry leg" is used. Is that a combination of the pipe from the top of the lift and the dry/wet storage bin?
How is the term "conveyor" used in this context? I understand a conveyor is used for horizontal transportation. e.g. a belt conveyor. That is the unit at the bottom of the lift that feeds the lift from storage bins etc..
The Cornerstone kit 933-2936 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2936) is named ELEVATOR/CONVEYOR "LEG" . It contains a tall tower with the lift and the pipes. What are the elevator, the conveyor and the legs in this kit?
This site http://www.agri-systems.com/welded-hopper-tanks.php shows hopper bottom silos used for storage expansion but not for wet/dry grain handling. However, it looks like the flat bottom silos are the more common ones if a storage only solution is required. The easy unloading has less priority in that case and does not justify the addition l cost in most cases.
I am confused by the terms "elevator" vs. "leg". The old concrete elevators are the building plus the technical equipment that elevates/lifts the grain. That is understood.
At modern installations are the "lifts" in tall towers. I understand this "towers" with the lift are the elevators. But what is the "leg" Is the "leg" the pipe that run from top of the lift to the bin? Sometimes the term "wet leg and dry leg" is used. Is that a combination of the pipe from the top of the lift and the dry/wet storage bin?
How is the term "conveyor" used in this context? I understand a conveyor is used for horizontal transportation. e.g. a belt conveyor. That is the unit at the bottom of the lift that feeds the lift from storage bins etc..
The Cornerstone kit 933-2936 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2936) is named ELEVATOR/CONVEYOR "LEG" . It contains a tall tower with the lift and the pipes. What are the elevator, the conveyor and the legs in this kit?
Reinhard