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by Silo Construction & Engineering, Belgium
uring these uncertain times, consumer shopping behavior has shifted to meet the needs of more time spent at home with the whole family. This will result in a fast expansion of packaged foods, among other food categories. Milling companies for the feed and food industry will be a crucial link
to keep up with this demand. So early in the value chain, in milling facilities for both food and feed, we have to take responsibility to ensure a sustainable approach. Challenges will be producing food and feed much more efficiently, significantly lowering the energy consumption usage in production, minimising downtimes, utilising valuable raw materials even better, increasing the nutritional value of food, improving tracking of products and responding faster to changing markets. In any milling facility, up to 80 percent of costs are caused by raw materials. Our modular buildings are, therefore, designed to produce high-quality products and maximum yields. If you increase yields by even a fraction, it goes straight to your bottom line. The impact of the food industry on our planet is getting bigger because of the ever-increasing global consumption. We, therefore, want to support our customers to build, store and produce in a greener, faster and smarter way, eliminating any form of waste. Our goal is to be the leading modular construction partner for the global animal and human food industry. Together we are engineering a better world. SCE wants all its customer stakeholders to succeed in answering the challenges ahead: The end customer will be loyal but will demand proof of healthy ‘sustainable’ food manufacturing. So, the need is there to
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increase the company reputation and invest in a facility built to avoid any form of ‘waste’ Engineering teams will ask for a waste free process that demands less space, time and energy. So they will look for an experienced and innovative building partner that understands their process needs. Investigating new designs and technologies will increase PM time pressure so they will want to work with reliable partners who can minimise budget and time overruns Construction schedules will demand for new installation methods without compromise on quality and safety, and that’s why more and more companies are choosing the modular ‘kit’ installation of SCE Facility users will ask for ‘cleaner’ plants to show to end customers. Output also needs to be reliable and thanks to the newly patented butterfly hoppers of SCE, they deliver mass flow storage facilities which have a low maintenance process. Why square silos? SCE designs, produces and delivers modular square building components with the needs of clients in mind. With these dynamic square parts, you can easily integrate our square silos in any production unit. Tailor-made in function of your building, you choose the components you want and we will create customised pieces of your silo building. And you can always easily expand your building depending on your evolving needs.
What if mass flow in silos can make your life easier?
Hoppers are a crucial part of a mass flow silo and thus designed with the greatest care for your product. We will ensure a perfect transfer from the silo to the machine process. Every product requires its own type of hopper, which are always completely tailor-made. The newly patented innovation in SCE has a name: butterfly hopper.