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Commercial Bins

Commercial Bins

Commercial Bins

Product catalog summary
Overview: The document outlines the specifications and features of Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s commercial grain bins, emphasizing their large capacity, structural integrity, and safety features. These bins are designed to optimize storage efficiency and ensure safety and durability.
Specifications: Sukup's commercial bins can hold up to 2 million bushels and have diameters up to 156 feet. They are made from high tensile strength steel (70,000 to 75,000 PSI) with 4-inch wide corrugations to reduce friction and facilitate grain flow. A flat deck around the peak enhances safety during servicing and equipment attachment.
Corrosion Protection: The bins are coated with Polyseal and Zinc Dichromate, offering up to 1000 hours of protection against red rust.
Safety Features: Safety is a priority with features like restraint anchors, peak anchors, and online safety resources. Double-ended stud bolts prevent water infiltration, and SAE Grade 8 bolts enhance stress resistance.
Structural Design: Laminated splice plates and externally-mounted stiffeners increase strength and reduce grain spoilage. Wind rings add rigidity when bins are empty. The roof design includes I-beam rafters and C-shaped purlins, supporting loads up to 100,000 lbs.
Ventilation and Access: Ventilation is ensured with fixed screen and power roof exhausters. Access is facilitated through various door options and equipped with ladders, cages, and platforms for safe entry and exit.
Additional Features: The bins are easy to assemble with pre-punched roof sheets and a roll-forming process for precise fitting. Roof panels are rigidized for added strength, and roof rings provide additional support.
Conclusion: Sukup Manufacturing Co. provides robust and efficient grain storage solutions focusing on safety, durability, and ease of use, engineered to meet high standards and accommodate large storage needs.
Additional Specifications: The document details specifications for grain bins, drag conveyors, bucket elevators, tower dryers, commercial fans, and heavy-duty hopper bins, including capacities, peak heights, and construction materials like galvanized steel and UHMW flights.
Procedures and Safety Recommendations: Safety procedures for entering bins emphasize following regulations, using safety harnesses, and having a person stationed outside the bin to prevent serious injury or death.
Product Features and Benefits: Sukup's products are designed for durability and efficiency, with features like removable shafts in drag conveyors, customizable bucket elevators, high-capacity tower dryers, and reliable fans.
Construction and Design: Sukup buildings offer clear spans up to 200 feet and multi-span construction to reduce costs, using Galvalume®+ AZ-55 substrate for corrosion resistance. Heavy-duty hopper bins are available in various diameters and can be mounted on overhead structures.
Distribution Centers: The document lists several distribution centers across the United States with contact information.
Notable Installations: It mentions the world's largest hopper bin in North Dakota, with a capacity of over 128,000 bushels, installed in October 2017.
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Commercial BinsL* Wm World’s Largest Free Span Bins ■ Up to 2 Million Bushel ■ Up to 156’ Diameter

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More grain means more bushels, and that means bigger bins. We've answered the call for more storage with our 135' and 156' Commercial Bins. The 135' was the first ever fully-erected free-span bin to hold over one million bushels and the 156' is the largest free span bin in the world. With 1.4 & 2 million bushel capacities respectively, you can maximize your storage space, while minimizing the number of bins. 1.4 Million Bushel 135’ Diameter Sukup million bushel bins also feature a 16' or 20' flat deck around the peak of the bin. This provides more area to attach catwalks and conveyors as well...

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ercial Bins Better By Design Laminated Splice Plate Easy Access On larger commercial bins, our patented laminated splice plates reduce the risk of bolt shear. Instead of overlapping the edges of laminated sidewall sheets, we use a butt joint and specially designed splice plates. The design makes the bin easier to erect because the holes are properly aligned and eliminates gaps that can lead to leaking. Sidewall Sheets with Splice Plates Lower Ring Splice Plate Lower Ring Splice Plate Sidewall Sheets Sidewall Sheets Brand X Sidewall Sheets with Overlapping Splice Single Ring Door A 44”, single-ring...

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Eugene Sukup started Sukup Manufacturing Co. in 1963. With the help of his two sons, Charles and Steve, he has grown this family-owned business into a leader in the grain storage and handling industry. Sukup invested in the newest, most advanced bin production line in the world. Using the most accurate roll-forming machinery available results in great fitting, quality bins, that are efficiently and economically produced. That is why they offer a 5-year limited warranty. Superior Peak Load Rating -!a -t- r.r sr Built to Sukup offers commercial roofs with 15,000, 30,000, 50,000 or 100,000 lb....

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be the Best from Base to Peak Lid Proper Ventilation - Sukup Roof Vents Rigidized Roof Panels Sukup’s specially-designed roof panels are formed on a fully-automated, highlyadvanced, single-pass roll forming system. This system maintains tight tolerances, ensuring an accurate fit for easier assembly and a tight seal between panels. The roll-forming process includes a step to rigidize the full length of the roof panels every 4” to increase the stiffness of the panels, making them easier to handle. Sukup roof panels have 3" roof ribs and incorporate multiple bends, giving added strength to the roof...

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Sukup Manufacturing Co. provides this information to assist you in choosing the optimal equipment for your situation. Many factors, such as grain variety, maturity levels, cleanliness of the grain, various weather conditions, etc., can affect the performance of agricultural equipment and your results may vary. Thus, this information is not a guarantee of product specifications or performance. Based on these factors, Sukup specifications should only be used as estimates, and not as a warranty, expressed or * implied, of how a particular Sukup unit will perform under your operationg conditions. Because...

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# of Rings Eave Ht. (ft.) Eave Ht (Mtr) 9 33’1” 10.08 1036’9” 1140’5” 12 Meters Wheat Corn

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Sukup Tower Dryers • 12’, 18’, 24’, 30’ Diameters • Dry up to 10,000 bu/hr. • Positive unloading system removes grain from the dryer at a rate based on the grain temperature as it enters the cooling portion. Bucket Elevators Sukup Bucket Elevators give you the capacity for expansion. Our bucket elevators have UHMW seals on all shafts, durable SOFR rubber belting, heavy-gauge trunking and heavy-duty angle iron framework at the head and boot sections to add strength. The low-impact elevator head shape minimizes the cracking and damaging of grain. Additionally, Sukup offers what our competitors...

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