General information
Silos for wood pellets
An increasing number of home owners switch over to environmentally friendly and energy-efficient heating with modern pellet furnaces. While before people were converting mostly basement rooms into storages – often on their own initiative – today more and more people use prefabricated storages to be set up anywhere or storages that are buried underground. The DEPI (German Pellet Institute) advises private customers to use prefabricated storages. The advantages of self-built storage rooms are a good use of available space and the possibility to reduce costs due to own contributions. But the risk of misplanning and poor execution of construction work is considerably higher with self-built storage rooms than with premanufactured storages. Ready-made storages offer a well-planned, wholistic storage solution that includes professional filling and discharge systems. They are especially suitable in damp basement rooms.
But what makes fabric silos of all silos an optimal storage facility for wood pellets? The manufacturing facilities of A.B.S. Silos – located in Germany – makes the silo sack for pellets out of high-strength, high-tech fabric. This fabric is adapted to the sensitive bulk goods, it is dust-proof and permanently electrostatically conductive. The flexible walls and a built-in impact protection ensure that your fuel is filled into the silo gently. Because the fabric is breathable, the feed air doesn’t have to be exhausted during the filling and there is no condensation due to temperature fluctuations. In addition to this we supply you with a robust wooden frame or a frame made of galvanized steel. If desired, it is possible to install the silos outdoors with the additional use of a (fabric) shelter against the weather.
Fabric silos from A.B.S. are easy to mount and dismount. The filling level is easily discernible – even without measuring technology. Cleaning can often be done simply by tapping the silo walls from the outside. Unlike with bunker silos, with fabric silos it is not necessary to enter the silo for cleaning, which can be very precarious due to the formation of nitrogen. A.B.S. has a huge repertoire of discharge devices, which affords a maximum of flexibility. We deliver the whole storage system compactly to you on a pallet. This way, every pellet silo can be carried through any narrow door or attic hatch to its destination.
Below, you can read more about our types of silos and our conveying systems. You will also find a planning aid.
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What makes our silos special:
For special requirements we use an exclusive special fabric, which was developed by the company founder Adolf Lesk together with the fabric manufacturer. This fabric is air-permeable, many times more high-strength than the standard fabric and permanently electrostatically dissipative.
High strength values and resistance: seams and fabrics are designed with at least seven times safety. Depending on the design and bulk material, we can even count on a hundred times safety factor. With our quality assurance system as well as modern work techniques, IT-supported processes and regularly trained staff we are one of the top manufacturers of flexible silos.