Schafer BSI Silo Containers

Design Features

Tank Material: Stainless steel 304 304L 316 316L 316Ti 321

Wall Thicknesses: 2.0 mm or 2.5 mm for the top, shell and hopper

Manhole: DN 400 or DN 457 in the top, with screwed cover and eyebolts or tension ring

Hopper: 30° angled slope (other angles possible), with welded calotte

Seals: According to customer requirements and/or application

Transport Frame: Galvanised or stainless steel, sprayed on request (stackable, suitable for handling by crane and all other pallet lifting equipment).

• Safety-valve (pressure relief at 0.65 bar) and aeration vents in the top
• Ball-valve or butterfly-valve, disc-valve
• Stacking frame, stackable at least 5 high
• Four way entry for Fork lift trucks

Applications: Chemicals, petrochemicals, food industry, construction industry, plant construction
Approval: As a metal Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC), code 31A, for land and sea transport of hazardous liquid materials of packaging groups II and III. Maximum density of the filling goods is 1.83 kg/l.

The design fulfils the test requirements for IBCs for the transport of dangerous materials contained in the following international standards:

• European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)
• Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)
• International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)
• United Nations Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods (UN)