Silo Design for Coarse SAP: Why 45 Degrees Holds and 60 Degrees Flows
Two plants, same granule, same 25 kg bags emptied into the same make of silo. Plant A discharges without help at 2.5 tonnes an hour. Plant B, built by a contractor who used the same drawings but a 45 degree cone, bridges every second day and needs a man with a mallet on the cone. The difference is n…