ROUND CONTAINER FOR GERMINATING AND DRYING MALT

• US 20100018965A1
• Filed: 07/24/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bühler GmbH (Beilngries) (Buhler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Bühler GmbH (Beilngries) (Buhler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Nieberler, Michael, Gõtz, Franz
• Granted Patent: US 8,397,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/4.10
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/08 with a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/741 aerating by ambient air through openings in the wall
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/023 Modular panels
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/08 Interconnections of wall parts; Sealing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 25/14 Chambers, containers, receptacles of simple construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49867 of skin on frame member
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49947 by applying separate fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49948 Multipart cooperating fastener [e.g., bolt and nut]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49956 Riveting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49968 Metal fusion joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53322 Means to assemble container

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a round container and to a round container configured for said method, which provide faster construction of the round container, mostly independent from the precision of the preliminary work in spite of high final precision, and which provide simple transportation of the components to the construction site. This is accomplished by the invention through setting up wall profiles (2), which are continuous over the wall height of the round container (1) and which have in particular a flat inner surface, continuously along the circumference and by connecting them with one another and with the subsurface in particular through bolting.

Claims

1. A method for producing a round container on a subsurface, in particular a germination container or a kiln drying container in a malting operation through assembling a plurality of wall elements, wherein wall profiles, which are continuous over the wall height of the round container and which comprise in particular a flat inner surface, are continuously set up along the circumference and connected, in particular bolted, to one another and to the subsurface.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein before setting up the wall profiles:

a circumference line is created on the subsurface;

starting at a starting point on the circumference line, segment markers are drawn along the circumference line, which constitute a target position for the end of a wall profile after a defined number of wall profiles, and after setting up and bolting together the defined number of wall profiles starting at the starting point,

an undersize is measured, which shows the deviation of the end of the last wall profile from the defined number of wall profiles, relative to the segment marker; and

when the undersize comprises at least the value of an undersize threshold value, a filler plate is attached to the end of the last wall profile.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the circumference line is created by marking the center point, physically implementing it and creating the circumference line about the center point.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the wall profiles are specifically manufactured according to the radius of the subsequent round container, in particular bent from sheet metal plates.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein plural wall profiles are joined to form a wall segment before being set up and wherein the wall segment is bolted in setup condition to the preceding wall segment, in particular with a feed plate placed there between.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the wall profiles, while lying flat, are assembled into wall segments in a segment jig, whose curvature corresponds to the wall curvature of the round container, in particular with the outside of the wall profiles bearing on the segment jig.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein an inner fairing, in particular inner plates, are mounted to the inner surface of a wall segment through welding, in particular along their circumference, while the wall segment is still disposed in the segment jig.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the inner plates are applied so that they overlap like fish scales in circumferential direction of the wall segment.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the inner fairings reach beyond the wall segment on one side in circumferential direction.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein

the inner fairing is drilled through coaxial with the mounting bore holes in the wall profiles, which were already fabricated during the fabrication of the wall profiles;

and

internally installed components are mounted by bolting through the wall profile and the inner fairing.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the supports of the internally installed components are sealed by a weld at the inner fairing.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein

cutouts in the inner fairing are fabricated in the portion of the mounting bore holes of the wall profiles for placing supports of the internally installed components against the inner surfaces of the wall profiles;

the supports are bolted to the wall profiles for preliminary positioning; and

the supports are welded to the wall profiles.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein unevenness of the subsurface is compensated by coarse leveling of the wall segments before setting up the wall segments.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein an eaves ring for mounting a cupola roof is placed onto the upper annular end of all wall profiles, set up to form a round container.

15. A method according to claim 1, wherein the round container is a germination box.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein the round container is a component of a kiln drying system.

17. A method according to claim 1, wherein support beams with undersize are mounted from the outside between the wall profiles in order to mount the outer fairing.

18. A method according to claim 1, wherein cover plates, in particular trapeze plates for covering non-covered portions of the wall profiles are mounted to the support beams.

19. A method according to claim 1, wherein insulation material is placed into an insulation chamber, which is comprised of the intermediary spaces between the wall profiles, the support beams and the cover plates.

20. A method according to claim 1, wherein the wall profiles are produced independently from the radius of the subsequent round container.

21. A round container, in particular a germination box or a drying kiln in a malting operation, which is set up on a subsurface and whose circumferential wall comprises a wall height and which is assembled from a plurality of wall elements disposed along the circumference line, wherein

the wall elements are vertically standing wall profiles;

the height of the wall profiles is the wall height of the round container; and

the wall profiles are bolted to the subsurface and to one another.

22. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall of the round container comprises special profiles different from the wall profiles, which special profiles comprise reduced height for generating air inlet and air outlet openings.

23. A round container according to claim 21, wherein at least one filler plate, which comprises a thickness which substantially corresponds to an undersize target value threshold, is mounted between two wall profiles in order to compensate for an undersize of the wall profiles in circumferential direction.

24. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall profiles are configured C-shaped in cross section with bent over free ends, wherein the open sides of the wall profiles face radially outward in assembled state of the round container, or are configured at free ends which are bent over twice.

25. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall profiles comprise flat inner surfaces, which face radially inward in the assembled state of the round container.

26. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall profiles comprise radially inward oriented inner surfaces in assembled state of the round container, which comprise a constant curvature over the length of the wall profile, which curvature substantially corresponds to the curvature of the circumference line.

27. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall profiles comprise radially inward oriented inner surfaces in assembled state of the round container, wherein the inner surfaces are at least bent over once over the length of the wall profile and wherein the inner surface describes a polygon section visible in top view, which is approximated to the circumference line.

28. A round container according to claim 21, wherein the wall profiles are closed in outward direction through cover plates, wherein the cover plates are mounted to support beams which are permanently connected to the free ending arms of the wall profiles.

29. A round container according to claim 21, wherein an insulation chamber is defined by the C-shaped wall profiles, the support beams and the cover plates, into which insulation chamber insulation material can be filled.

30. A wall segment for producing a round container according to claim 21, wherein

the wall segment is assembled from plural wall profiles bolted to one another, wherein

the wall profiles are assembled at defined assembly angles, so that the wall segment comprises the curvature of the subsequent circumference line, and

an inner fairing is mounted to the inner surfaces of the wall segment.

31. A wall segment according to claim 30, wherein the inner surface comprises at least one inner plate and the inner fairing reaches beyond the wall segment on one side in circumferential direction.

32. A wall segment according to claim 30, wherein plural inner plates are disposed at the inner surface of the wall segment, so they overlap with one another in circumferential direction like fish scales.

33. A wall segment according to claim 30, wherein the inner plates are made from stainless steel.

34. A wall segment according to claim 30, wherein the wall profiles are made of stainless steel.