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GENERAL PRODUCT CATALOGUE
GENERAL PRODUCT CATALOGUE
Kepler Weber is a prominent company in grain storage and bulk material handling, known for its innovative solutions that prioritize safety, social development, and environmental preservation. The company has a robust manufacturing capacity and operates in 40 countries, with a strong presence in Latin America.
Kepler Weber offers extensive technical support, including original spare parts, equipment modernization, preventive and corrective maintenance, and technical consultancy to ensure optimal system performance.
- Flat Bottom Silos: These are cost-effective for long-term storage, maintaining grain quality with a variety of capacities and enhanced structural safety.
- Hopper Bottom Silos: Designed for small to medium capacities, these silos facilitate easy unloading and temporary storage during reception or drying.
- Dispatch Hoppers: Modular structures designed for efficient loading of trucks and wagons.
Kepler Weber's silos meet global standards, ensuring operational safety and grain quality. They are characterized by high mechanical resistance, improved service life, and efficient aeration systems.
- Roof and Sidewall Sheets: Constructed from high-strength galvanized steel, offering superior rust protection and thermal efficiency.
- Wind Rings and Stiffeners: Engineered to withstand strong winds and provide structural strength.
- Access and Safety Features: Include ladders, access doors, and safety platforms for secure operation and maintenance.
Kepler Weber provides optional accessories such as thermometry systems, helicoidal stairs, aeration systems, metallic catwalks, and grain spreaders to enhance storage efficiency and safety.
The document includes detailed technical specifications for flat bottom silos, covering capacities, dimensions, and structural features to meet specific storage needs.
The document details technical specifications and features of cleaning and drying machines developed by Kepler Weber, emphasizing efficiency, safety, and environmental concerns.
Various models of cleaning machines are described, including those with open and enclosed sieving boxes. Key features include high cleaning efficiency, low vibration and noise levels, and an air recirculation system to minimize environmental impact.
The machines are equipped with rotary sieves for impurity removal, aspiration chambers for initial cleaning, and advanced control panels for operational safety. The sieving boxes are designed for easy maintenance and efficient product classification.
Detailed tables show the capacities of different models based on product type, humidity rate, and impurity levels, specifying capacities for pre-cleaning and cleaning processes for products like soybeans, maize, and rice.
Specifications include power requirements for various machine components and detailed dimensions for machines with and without air recirculation chambers.
The document covers drying technology, highlighting the Khronos and ADS dryers, which are designed for energy efficiency, grain quality preservation, and environmental control.
Kepler Weber's cleaning and drying solutions are characterized by advanced technology, operational safety, and environmental sustainability, catering to various agricultural products.
- Khronos Dryers: Offer high versatility, safe and easy assembly, efficient drying quality, environmental control, simple automation, and operational safety.
- Main Advantages: Include uniform grain quality, energy efficiency, self-regulation control, precise drying temperature control, environmental control with reduced noise and particle emissions, modular structure for versatility, and adherence to safety norms.
- R Airflow (Cooling): Operates in a single mode with ambient air cooling, reducing thermal energy consumption.
- CIR Airflow (Full Column): Offers open and closed tunnel options for optimized thermal energy use and efficient drying.
Features modular panels for easy assembly and expansion, uniform grain mass temperature, and better air distribution.
- Aspiration Machine: Optional for removing grain impurities before drying.
- Particle Filter System: Collects impurities to prevent environmental release.
- Small Dryers: 10-30 tons/h, suitable for small producers.
- Medium Dryers: 40-100 tons/h, suitable for medium producers and cooperatives.
- Large Dryers: 100-200 tons/h, designed for large producers.
- R Airflow: Cooling recirculation for energy saving.
- CIR Airflow: Full column recirculating for balanced temperature and energy reuse.
- DR Airflow: Double air recirculation for optimized energy efficiency.
Designed for abrasion resistance with high-resistant sheets and exclusive dimensions.
- Temperature Sensors: K type thermocouples for precise temperature monitoring.
- Fans: High-efficiency axial fans with adjustable blades for performance control.
- Diffusers: Direct air through drying and cooling chambers, preventing impurities.
- Control Panel: Monitors drying air temperature and unloading flow.
- Unloading Systems: Options for precise adjustment and high impurity operation.
- Batch Drying Kit: Allows drying with partial tower volume.
- Particles Collection System: Cyclone system for particle collection.
- Control Board – Komander Net: Offers monitoring and control features with safety alarms.
- Top Net Kit: Enables remote monitoring and data storage.
- Temperature Control Kit: For wood furnaces, regulates drying temperature.
- Kepler Weber Furnaces: Manual masonry or automatic metallic, using wood or rice shells as fuel, designed for energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact.
- Automatic Furnaces: Feature metallic coating, firebrick internal walls, and automatic ash collection.
The manual furnace is constructed from masonry and is available only in a flat version. Key materials include firebrick for internal walls, common brick for external walls and swirls, cast-iron for doors, supports, and grates, and metallic covers coated with ceramic fiber. It features gates for air mixing, feeding doors for wood, and ash trays for manual ash removal.
- Automatic Firewood Feeder: Details not specified.
- Masonry Manual Furnace: Details not specified.
- Automatic Furnace for Wood: Details not specified.
- R Flow Model: Drying capacities range from 85 to 225 tons/h with varying static capacities and airflow. Total power consumed ranges from 113 to 320 Hp.
- CIR Flow Model: Similar specifications to R Flow with slight variations in drying capacity and power consumption.
- CI Flow Model: Focused on rice drying with capacities from 25 to 52 tons/h and specific energy and fuel consumption metrics.
Detailed tables provide necessary energy and fuel consumption for firewood, natural gas, and LPG across different models and capacities.
Standard and optional components for drying systems are listed, including drying towers, unloading trays, air diffusers, and control panels.
- Belt Conveyors: Designed for efficient transport over various distances, preserving product integrity with features like dynamically balanced drums and guide rollers.
- Agricultural Bucket Elevators: Focus on saving and efficiency in grain transport.
- Chain and Screw Conveyors: Suitable for short to medium distance conveyance with emphasis on practicality and energy saving.
Conveyors are designed for durability, low energy consumption, and operational safety, with accessories for maintenance and inspection.
The document is a technical catalogue from Kepler Weber, detailing their conveying technology solutions for grain storage and handling. It covers various types of equipment including bucket elevators, chain conveyors, screw conveyors, and spouting systems.
The EA and TELB series are designed for vertical conveyance of bulk grains and bran. Key features include modular construction, galvanized steel structure, and ease of maintenance. The elevators are capable of handling large capacities and are designed for continuous operation.
The elevator heads come with platforms for maintenance access, while the legs and feet are made from galvanized steel for durability. The feet are designed for easy maintenance with features like cage-type pulleys and greaser points.
Suitable for short and medium distances, these conveyors feature modular construction with bolted unions and sealing lids. They can be installed with a slope of up to 14 degrees and have optional designs for bidirectional conveyance.
These are practical and economical for continuous horizontal conveyance. They consist of various modules and are equipped with features like inspection lids and temperature sensors for safe operation.
These systems include all necessary components for connecting machines and equipment, such as pipes and gates. They are designed for excellent sealing and easy maintenance.
Detailed specifications are provided for agricultural and industrial belt conveyors, bucket elevators, chain conveyors, and screw conveyors. This includes capacity, speed, rotation, and maximum length for each model.
Catalog excerpts
GENERAL PRODUCT CATALOGUE Grain Storage and Handling Equipment
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Over the past 89 YEARS ENSURING THE BEST RESULTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
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Experience allied to innovation. This makes Kepler Weber offer outstanding solutions to grain storage and bulk material handling. Our commitment is the development of complete projects to every customer, always looking for safe equipment operation, social development and environmental preservation. With an agile structure and manufacturing capacity to process up to 100,000 tons of steel/year, the company attends from small producers to large industries. The constant and expressive investment in innovation, a qualified team and the strength of the brand ensure the company an important role in...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology KEPLER WEBER SILOS GUARANTEE A SAFE GRAIN STORAGE WITH MORE QUALITY AND PROFIT. The best solutions in flat and hopper bottom steel silos and dispatch hoppers. A guarantee of the best preservation and of the grain’s end quality. Your harvest achieving maximum return of your investment.
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safety regulations, meeting main global standards. Steel Silos Operational Safety: in compliance with existing legislations, guaranteeing a safe operation. Complete line: models that fit into each requirement, including high capacity silos. Grain quality: system that allows low product breakage, through ideal conditions of conservation and storage. New structural concept: improvement in equipment's service life and mechanical resistance. Global series: adjustment to the dimensioning, design and FLAT BOTTOM SILOS Flat Bottom Silos have as one of its main features the low cost per stored ton, proving...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology Flat Bottom Silos Besides the differences in the structural concept, which provide gains in grain quality, and the constructive standards that comply with existing legislation and guarantee operational safety, Kepler Weber´s flat bottom silos further allow: • Wide range of storage capacities, models varying in size from 24 to 156 feet. • Vertical increase in the number of rings, optimizing the physical space of the facility. • Agility on reception and dispatching processes (three stiffeners per sidewall sheet and the new structure of the roof allowing higher...
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Starting at a 42' diameter, silos have three stiffeners per sidewall sheet, allowing a better configuration for vertical loadings. This new distribution provides the silo a higher structural safety, for having heavy-duty capacity to support outside demands. Designed for guaranteeing buckling resistance to strong winds up to 144 km/h (90 miles/h) with a 3-second duration, considering 10-meter height from the ground. SIDEWALL SHEETS High strength galvanized steel in a corrugated design. A 450 g/ m2-zinc coating (higher than G140) with 99% purity assures a long-term service life. A structure with...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology Technical Details New assembly DOUBLE SEALING BOLTS bolt with inside out assembly three caulking mass threads FIXING BOLTS AND NUTS Bolts and nuts are ISO 8.8 strength classified and treated through a dichromate coated process, granting anti-corrosive protection. These fixing elements bring double sealing and are assembled from the inside out, thereby preventing the accumulation of product inside the silo. Exclusive sealing system on the silo’s body, guaranteeing a stronger barrier against water penetration, better aeration efficiency (lower energy consumption)...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology Hopper Bottom Silos Hopper bottom silos can be used for temporary storage during reception or drying as a buffer regulating the product flow and optimizing the equipment’s efficiency. They can also be used as dispatch silos to load trucks and wagons. The cylindrical shape and the outside stiffeners’ assembly project a clean design to all this line of product. This feature also provides reinforcement to winds up to 120 km/h (75 miles/h). All silo models were calculated and designed based on main national and international regulations. The storage capacities range...
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Storage and Dispatching TechnologyTECHNICAL DETAILS SIDEWALL SHEETS (Silo's Body) As in the flat bottom silos, the sidewall sheets are made with high strength galvanized steel, with the same corrugation design and a 450 g/m2-zinc coating with 99% purity. STIFFENERS Manufactured in high strength galvanized steel, the stiffeners provide expressive structural strength. Some silo models feature overlapping stiffeners, providing increased strength. Hoppers' funnels are made of high resistant zinc-coated steel in a 45-degree slope, and 60- degree slope to attend no-easy flow products. All sheets are...
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Storage and Dispatching TechnologyTECHNICAL DETAILS LADDERS (External and Internal) The ladders were designed in accordance with safety regulations and requirements. The external ladders have resting platforms, safebody and standard dimensions. Internal ladders are equipped with safety cables. ACCESS DOORS 12' up to 30' diameter models are equipped with standard access doors, located on the silo's body, providing easy access when entering inside. The door's body is made of a narrower sidewall sheet assembled with two complimentary ones, so to ease entering, exiting and inspecting the silos and...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES FLAT BOTTOM SILO’S AERATION SYSTEM HOPPER BOTTOM SILO’S AERATION SYSTEM AERATION SYSTEM THERMOMETRY SYSTEM Ambient air is blown across the grain mass, responsible for keeping the product quality during the storage period. Aeration benefits are: Cables with temperature sensors measure the grain mass temperature at different levels. The thermometry and aeration systems may be connected to provide automation in the in the controlling of grain storage conditions. • Temperature uniformization in grain mass; • Reduction or maintenance of the moisture...
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Storage and Dispatching Technology OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ROOF EDGE PROTECTION SWEEP AUGER GRAIN SPREADER Upon request silos can be equipped with a roof edge protection, providing even more safety when accessing the roof during the maintenance procedures. This device removes the remaining grain after the gravitational unloading process. This device makes possible homogenous product loading, reducing the concentration of impurities and broken grain in the center of the silo, improving the air flow during aeration. Two models are available: motorized or kinetic. OPTIONAL ACCESS DOORS Upon request,...
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