KMZ Industries replaced the body of a foreign-made meal storage silo without stopping the production line

20.06.2024

KMZ Industries specialists have successfully replaced the body of a foreign-made meal storage silo without stopping the production line as soon as possible.

According to Vyacheslav Stepanchuk, Director of Installation and Construction at KMZ Industries, the task set for the installers, engineers and technical specialists went beyond the standard because it was impossible to simply separate the casing from the cone and remove it with a crane, so they had to assemble everything on the cone bottom.

Another challenge was replacing the roof, which in this situation cannot be done by assembling it on the ground and bringing it under the overpass on a conical floor.

The design office, realizing that the foreign-made hull was different from the one manufactured by KMZ Industries, had to make changes to the design to ensure that everything connected and worked properly.

Viacheslav Stepanchuk

“Our designers developed a special housing with roof platforms for air duct maintenance because it is convenient, and they thought about how to connect it all with the existing foreign-made housing. The installation department developed special equipment to give the installers safe access to all the necessary places for dismantling and installing the roof directly on the conical bottom. We also thought about how to do everything at a lower cost and without a crane to deliver parts, as its efficiency in such work is less than 10%. It was interesting to plan everything, and even more interesting to implement it,” – says Viacheslav Stepanchuk.

According to him, the customer requested that the normal parts be saved during dismantling for future repairs of other meal silos, but this did not happen. After all, meal is an aggressive product, and over many years of operation it has severely damaged the body and roof, while the conical bottom was in satisfactory condition and will continue to work for many years. Therefore, for the future repair of other silos in this area, the path is 99.9% certain – do not play around with replacing individual parts, because you still won’t be able to get a quality product and the savings are very doubtful, if any. It is worth replacing everything with new, modern and stronger equipment and operating it quietly for a long time.

“Of course, there were some difficulties during the work, but we were prepared for them, we had several plans and the support of technical specialists. The professional team of installers, led by the site manager, performed this work masterfully, efficiently and on time. I would like to thank the entire team for their well-coordinated, professional and high-quality work! The customer is satisfied, and of course we are too, because we have gained invaluable experience in implementing this project,” – added KMZ Industries’ Director of Installation and Construction.