Why is cement stored in silos?

How does a cement silo work?

A cement silo enables our customers to buy their cement powder in bulk, store it and dispense when needed. ... The auger directly dispenses cement into a mixer, reducing the number of airborne particles as well as wastage.

A silo is a structure for storing bulk materials. A cement silo is an essential equipment used for ready-mix concrete batching plant and for concrete products making machines. The ready-concrete mixing process cannot be done without a cement storage silo.

The cement silo is an integral piece of equipment for any concrete production operation. The silo allows the product to be purchased and stored in bulk, keeping costs to a minimum. Bidragon Group will help you evaluate your particular requirements to ensure that the cement silo best suited for you is selected. Variables for silo selection include loading site design, height restrictions, available power source, and the need to move the silo to an alternate location.

Silos used for cement storage are often sized by the term “barrel”. This designation refers to the amount of material that the silo can hold when full, and is defined as 4 cubic feet of a given material. To convert this value to WEIGHT or MASS of material that can be held, the weight (mass) per cubic foot must be known. Since cement is usually loaded pneumatically, the amount of air that is integrated in the cement must be accounted for to avoid overfilling of the silo.