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FEATURE: GRAIN STORAGE AND HANDLING PROJECTS

that customers are requesting handling
equipment that can load and unload
grain at higher capacities and reduce
dust emissions and noise pollution.
The following is a sample of projects
completed in recent months involving
some of the world's biggest manufacturers of storage and handling equipment.
GSI INSTALLS STORAGE, HANDLING
EQUIPMENT AT MALTING FACILITY
IN CUMRA, TURKEY
The largest malting facility in Turkey
was constructed in 2007 for Anadolu
Efes, the holding company of Efes Beverage Group, which is a group of companies that produce and market beer,
malt and soft drinks throughout Turkey,
Russia, the CIS, the Middle East and
Southeast Europe.
The new plant, located in Cumra,
Turkey, can process up to 142,800
tonnes of barley per year, yielding
about 86,500 tonnes of malt.
The $2 million project, which was
completed in two phases, features
eight GSI flat-bottom bins with a
storage capacity of 223,532 bushels (5,084 tonnes) per bin for a total
storage capacity of nearly 1.8 million
bushels (39,164 tonnes). The bins are
72 feet (21.95 meters) in diameter, 58

Anadolu Efes added more than 39,000 tonnes of grain storage capacity with the installation of eight
GSI steel flat-bottom bins at its facility in Cumra, Turkey. Photo courtesy of GSI..

feet (17.68 meters) tall at the eaves
and nearly 79 feet (24 meters) at peak
height. The bins are equipped with aeration systems, temperature and moisture control systems, bin level control
systems and bin sweeps. Unloading is
done via discharge conveyors that are
located underneath the bins.
The material handling system includes chain conveyors totaling 600
meters in length, six bucket elevators, a
34-meter-high elevator tower, catwalks
totaling 400 meters in length, a dis-

tributor, grain spouting package, metal
separator, dust control system, electric
control panel and PLC system. Loading
capacity is 75 tph for each of the two
intake points, while unloading capacity
is 100 tph.
A third construction phase is scheduled to begin in August 2008, with four
more bins being added that will increase
overall storage capacity to 2.6 million
bushels. The third phase is expected to
be completed by October 2008, in time
for the barley harvest.

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