SOLID, CLEAR SPAN ROOF SYSTEM

The Big Bin series boasts an immense 13’ 4” diameter deck with easily accessible catwalk attachment points. The fill opening can easily accommodate up to 4’ diameter spouting for maximum flexibility in choosing your fill equipment.

This series offers an enormous, clear span roof system designed for strong winds, snow loads, temperature cables and high volume filling equipment. The 30 roof allows for optimum filling, and the huge deck at the peak easily accepts today’s ever larger catwalks
and high capacity filling equipment.

The deep continuous rafters, up to 11” deep, from eave to peak provide a strong framework for roof loads. The compression beams, tension pipes, and zee-spreaders supplement the rafters to develop maxmum load carrying capacity. This roof system is capable of supporting uniform loads of 50,000 lbs. at the peak and 40 lbs. per sq. ft. ground snow load.

The use of large diameter structural pipe with welded endplates at the eave brings all of the major components of the bin together. These massive pipes
(up to 4-1/2" diameter) connect the rafters to the wall panels and stiffeners for outstanding strength at this critical location. This full circle ring at the eave stabilizes the roof and walls under all loading conditions and provides unmatched strength in both tension and compression situations, and provides support of non-uniform loads created by snow drifts, side draw systems, high winds and earthquake forces.