Solutions · Engineering Plastics Storage
Engineering plastics are used for demanding parts – and they are demanding in storage, too. Many grades must be dried before processing, and each one must stay separate. PW Silo Systems designs aluminum and stainless steel silos for PC, POM, PMMA, TPU, PBT blends, and polyamide.
Engineering Plastics Storage at a Glance
A silo for engineering plastics stores pellets such as polycarbonate, POM, PMMA, or TPU between delivery, compounding, and injection molding or extrusion. It protects the material from contamination and moisture and feeds it reliably to the machine.
Engineering plastics are processed in many grades and colors, often in smaller volumes than commodity plastics. PW Silo Systems plans storage, drying, and product separation around your product range.
Why Engineering Plastics Are Demanding
Moisture, purity, and product separation decide how a silo system for engineering plastics is built.
Many engineering plastics such as PC, PBT, and polyamide are dried before processing.
Polymer production and compounding need large storage capacities – often more than a road-transportable silo can hold.
Transparent grades such as PC and PMMA show every foreign particle in the finished part.
Engineering plastics come in many grades and colors that must not be mixed by accident.
Production lots differ, and a silo filled in batches forms layers of different quality.
Smaller quantities of many products are often stored close to the machines.
Silo Materials
We build silos exclusively in aluminum and stainless steel. Both materials offer high corrosion resistance and a long service life – without a coating as the only protection against corrosion.
Which of our two materials fits your engineering plastic silo depends on your product, your process, and your site. We review it with you.
Your Engineering Plastics Silo System
Storage silos, panel silos, blending silos, process silos, filtration, and safety equipment are engineered as one system. That means fewer interfaces for your team.
Storage
Concentric mass-flow discharge without asymmetric flow zones – as standard, site-assembled, indoor, or multi-compartment silos.
Learn moreLarge Volumes
Seal-welded panel silos up to 53,000 ft³ for petrochemicals, plastics, and recycling.
Learn moreBlending
Blending and homogenizing of polymer pellets with PW PipeBlend and PW CentralPipeBlend.
Learn moreProcess
Process silos for deodorizing, degassing, and drying.
Learn moreFiltration
Dust separation during filling and conveying.
Learn moreSafety & Monitoring
Rupture discs or explosion vents for combustible dust, level measurement for reliable monitoring of the silo content.
Learn moreEngineering Plastics
Products marked “Tested in our lab” are on our list of bulk materials. The others we review with you based on your material data before designing the silo.
Tested in our lab
Polycarbonate pellets (PC)
Polycarbonate pellets are on our list of bulk materials tested in our lab.
Tested in our lab
POM pellets (acetal, polyoxymethylene)
POM pellets are on our tested list.
Tested in our lab
PMMA pellets (acrylic)
PMMA pellets are on our tested list.
Tested in our lab
TPU pellets, thermoplastic polyurethane
TPU pellets are on our tested list.
Tested in our lab
ASA/PBT pellets
ASA/PBT pellets are on our tested list.
Tested in our lab
Polyamide pellets (PA, nylon)
Polyamide pellets are on our tested list. More on our polyamide silo page.
Review with us
PBT pellets
PBT on its own we review with you based on your material data.
Review with us
TPE pellets, thermoplastic elastomers
TPE grades we review with you based on your material data.
Also tested in our lab:
Send us your material data and we will review the right solution with you:
Material Check
Type in your polymer or any other bulk material to see whether it has already been tested in our lab. The list covers 287 bulk materials.
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Service in the U.S.
With more than 40 years of experience in silo engineering, we support your engineering plastic silo project from the first design discussion to commissioning. We deliver to every U.S. state and install with our own qualified personnel.
FAQ
Answers to the questions plant managers, engineers, and buyers ask most often about storing engineering plastics in silos.
These products are on our list of bulk materials tested in our lab:
PBT, TPE, and high-performance plastics we review with you based on your material data.
PW ProcessLine process silos are designed for deodorizing, degassing, and drying. Which solution fits depends on your product and your process. We review your requirements with you.
PW StoreLine multi-compartment silos keep several products separate in one silo, and indoor silos bring storage close to your machines. We plan the configuration with you based on your product range and consumption.
PW BlendLine silos blend and homogenize polymer pellets – with PW PipeBlend or PW CentralPipeBlend, depending on your product and throughput.
Both are possible. Which material fits your engineering plastic silo depends on your product, your process, and your site. We review the options with you.
Yes. We deliver to every U.S. state and support your project with silo transport, field assembly, silo installation and supervision, and site relocation of existing systems.
Very likely. Our silo systems are designed for nearly all free-flowing, granular, and powdered bulk solids. Send us your material details – kernel size, moisture, and how the product is filled and discharged – and we will review the right storage solution with you.
Tell us about your engineering plastic grades, required storage capacity, how the silo is filled and discharged, and your site conditions. Based on this, we work out the material, silo type, and configuration with you and send you a detailed quote.
Your Project
Whether you need a single engineering plastic silo, a large panel silo, or a complete system with blending and process silos, tell us about your requirements. We'll develop a solution that fits your product, your process, and your site.
Send a Request NowWhat Happens Next
Tell us about your bulk material, your process, and your site conditions.
We work with you on material, silo type, and configuration – based on a bulk material analysis if needed.
You receive a custom-engineered solution with a detailed quote.
