GEAPS Exchange 2019

Sessions Speakers Exhibitors Show Specials Floor Plan

Facility Design: Maximizing Efficiency and Throughput (Room Convention Center - 201/203)

26 Mar 18
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: Committee Meeting, Concurrent Ed Sessions, Education Schedule, Exchange-at-a-Glance, Facility and Process Operations Management

Grain elevators play a key role in U.S. agriculture and fulfill three main functions: postharvest handling and storing of cereal grains and oilseeds, conditioning and preserving of grain, and facilitating the delivery of grain to domestic feeding and processing, as well as overseas, end-use destinations. These facilities have evolved from mere storage sites to large, high-throughput, highly automated, processing plants. This trend has been driven by the consolidation of local country elevators, which has been due, in part, to both local economic conditions as well as changing railroad regulations. In this session, engineers and designers will become familiar with the distinctive design process for these facilities and develop an appropriate reference base from which to work.