IoT solution for silo stock control. Automated stock control system developed by b-konnet. Strain Gauge sensor + control dashboard

1. Industry 4.0 IoT solutions

2. How it is made today today
Problem:
Stock in silos is controlled indirectly by the material level. It is meassured using manual tools or
inapropiate sensors
Material:
• Settles
• Stucks
• Irregular surface
Meassurement:
• infrequent
• Imprecise
• dangerous

3. Our solution: b-silo
• Directly measures the weight of the contents of a silo (net)
• It is not affected by settlement, filling / emptying cones or material stuck
on sides
• Reliable - no moving parts. Almost 0 maintenence
• Installation without stopping the operation. Remote calibration
• Online measurement, without danger for personnel.

4. How it works: Strain Gauge Sensors
• Strain gauge sensors measure the tension of the structure when the silo is loading.
• They operate on the principle that as the load sheet stretches or compresses, the
electrical resistance varies in a defined and measurable manner.
• An arrangement of sensors in the legs or structure allows a uniform measurement of
the tension of the structure.

5. It can be installed in many types of silos (and tanks)
• It only requires that the weight of the load be supported on a metal
structure.
• It can be used in any type of silo, with legs of any shape: H, O, omega,
etc.
• It can also be used in silos without legs if the skirt is structural

6. On skirted silos, the sensors
are installed on the surface of
the skirt.
In this case it is the skirt of the
silo that support the weight.
Installation in skirted silos

7. Installation on curved surfaces
On curved surfaces,
such as the interior of
skirted silos, spherical
ridges are used to allow
parallel installation of
the sensors.

8. Our b-controll gateway
collects te sensors
data
and+

9. our b-kontrol platform shows the information
Industry-4.0 platform

11. accurately, consistent, online

12. It has applications in almost all industries where they are stored solid in
silos
• Cement silos
• Agricultural Silos
• Sugar, grain - corn, wheat, rice, etc.
• Breweries
• Animal feed
• Measurement of feeding of animal farms
• Flour mills or factories
• Plastics, chemical products,
• liquid tanks
• Mining, refining
• Storage of explosives (ammonium nitrate) b-silo
is approved for use in this application
• Asphalt storage silos

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