Item Description

Silos are used for the large-scale storage of a wide variety of bulk solids. The stored bulk solids are then seamlessly supplied to production processes. To achieve this goal, the silo has to be designed as a mass flow silo. The trainer includes two identically shaped silos with transparent front walls and different wall materials. The silos have a wedge-shaped discharge hopper whose inclination and width are adjustable. The outflow behavior is characterized by the measured time, the weight of the bulk solids, the silo geometry and the observed discharge type. The acquired data can also be used to review silo design in practice, for example together with the experimental unit Sci-tech Flow properties of bulk solids apparatus. Flour is recommended as additional bulk solid for the experiments with arching.

Features
 adjustable silo geometry
 different types of discharge: mass flow, funnel flow and arching