Owner`s manual

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015886 5-02
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install the 5th ring and add stiffeners
Raise the tank and add the fifth ring of
sidewall sheets. Install the first set of
intermediate stiffeners beneath the set of
top stiffeners previously installed as
shown (fig. c and d). Use 5/16” x 1”
carriage bolts where the stiffeners splice
together. Continue adding long intermediate
stiffeners as you add more sidewall
rings until the final ring(s) of the bin
are reached. Use the same method of
joining stiffeners and follow the same bolt
pattern throughout.
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add control pipes and eyebolts
If your bin is equipped with Vac-U-Vents
insert the upper control pipe section into
the coupling bolted to the angle on the
lower Vac-U-Vent sheet. Install eye bolts
at the bottom of the first and third full
sidewall rings (fig. b, page
48). These eye
bolts act as guides for the control pipes.
As the bin is being built add control pipes
as shown in the chart on page 48.
TYPICAL STIFFENER CONNECTION
c
bottom of
upper stiffener
top of lower
stiffener
5/16” carriage
bolts and flange
nuts, typical
NOTE: 5/16” x 1” bolts
are used at all holes through
stiffeners except as noted.
ADD THE INTERMEDIATE STIFFENERS
d
vertical
sidewall seam
(bolt on the
stiffener at
the seam)
use 5/16”
flange nuts in
these holes to
join stiffeners
top 10 gage
z-bar stiffener
15 gage
sidewall sheet
5/16” x 1” bin
bolt with
standard nut,
typical
68 15/16” long
intermediate
z-bar stiffener
(swaged end
is always at
the top).
fourth and fifth
full width
sidewall sheets
typical
connection
for all stiffener
splices
5/16” flange
nuts used at
stiffeners