Silo Hopper, a Silo Base and a Method for Setting Up a Silo

Abstract

Provided is a silo hopper with a hopper opening for connection to a silo cell with a rectangular cross-section. The silo hopper includes a hopper wall which encloses the hopper opening. The hopper wall extends from an upper plane to a lower plane lying parallel thereto and tapers from a rectangular upper cross-section in the upper plane to a smaller lower cross-section in the lower plane. The silo hopper is self-supporting and is provided at at least one corner, preferably at all corners, with a leg segment. The leg segment extends at right angles to the upper plane and includes a first plate part which is parallel to a first side of the upper cross-section and includes a second plate part which is parallel to a second side of the upper cross-section lying at right angles to the first side. The first and second plate parts are mutually connected close to the hopper opening by a third plate part. The third plate part forms an angle of 135° with the first and second plate part, as seen perpendicularly of the upper plane. Also provided are a silo base and a method for erecting a silo.

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