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FEATURE: GRAIN STORAGE AND HANDLING PROJECTS

leaders have been posted to Egypt.
Cimbria's project department has 180
employees at its disposal who are responsible for a range of functions, including
sales, project design and engineering, delivery, assembly and after-sales service.
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manufacturing the many plants, the comSOHWHVKLSPHQW¿OOHGDURXQGIRRW
containers packed with equipment and
another 800 containers with round steel
silos, Cimbria said.
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plan for testing each conveying line for
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failure, as well as testing the holding capacity of one full silo at each plant. All
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has delivered an almost uninterrupted
succession of grain facilities to Egypt,
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plants proved to be invaluable in connection with negotiations to secure this
gigantic new order, Cimbria said.
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played a huge role with this order. Cimbria said its silos help minimize losses,
a crucial factor in Egypt since much of
the locally produced grain is stored in

Denis Company provided equipment for Interface Céréales' 10,000-tonne storage project.
Photo courtesy of Denis.

open outdoor sack storage facilities,
with enormous losses as a consequence.
RAGASA EXPANDS IN MEXICO
Ragasa SA de CV recently expanded
its edible oils and vegetable processing
plant in Monterrey, Mexico. The facility,
which handles soybeans, has total grain
storage capacity of 220,000 tonnes. It
can unload one silo every 36 hours.
Chief Industries, based in Kearney,
Nebraska, U.S., supplied 10 commercial grain silos with a capacity of 22,000
tonnes (801,000 bushels) each. The expansion included the addition of two
Essmueller receiving elevator legs with

Chief Industries supplied 10 commercial grain silos to Ragasa SA de CV in Monterrey, Mexico.
Photo courtesy of Chief.

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FRENCH COOPERATIVE PLANS GRAIN
STORAGE EXPANSION
During planning for its recent storage
project, Interface Céréales, a French cooperative located in west of France, took
into consideration future expansion.
This year, the cooperative has decided
to complete the project by doubling the
line with four silos, bringing total storage capacity to 20,000 tonnes.
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Company, based in Brou, France, provided the handling and cleaning equipment as well as sweep augers for the
four silos from Privé Company. MTE
Company managed the assembly and
installation of equipment.
The silo is composed of a passing pit
with unloading chain conveyors, a very
high handling tower with belt and buckets elevators to favor the work by gravity.
The silo also contains a rotary drum
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integral sweep augers to achieve gravLW\ FDSDFLWLHV WR WSK IRU D WSK
residual capacity. These sweep augers
(type BM) are equipped with sweeping
brushes, mounted on the sweep auger to
avoid the need for manual sweeping in
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