Hi,

I am in the middle of an exercise of justifying capital expenditure to replace some old silos (50 tonne capacity). They are of corrugated sheet round vertical silo design, and showing signs of extensive corrosion eg. at boltholes where sheets overlap. These silos are the wrong choice for the application - as they are grain silos being used for storing urea instead.

I would be grateful if anyone has any photos or weblinks with case histories of failures of silos of this type of construction. Also any comments on how these silos normally fail. Anything that will help show graphically the risks to a business of not replacing worn out silos when necessary.

Thanks

John ■