Capacity : 300kg – 10Tons per hour
Certification: SGS, CE, SONCAP
Supply Ability: 50 sets per month
Delivery period: 10-15 working days
Stainless steel hopper equipped with a manual slide gate valve and a green steel support structure; widely used in processing lines for coarse grains, seeds, and legumes.
Stainless Steel Square Buffer Hopper with Conical Bottom (Intermediate Storage Hopper)
Equipped with a manual slide gate valve and a green powder-coated steel support frame; widely used in processing lines for coarse grains, seeds, and legumes.
I. Structural Components
Hopper Body: 304 stainless steel square-to-conical structure; smooth interior walls prevent material adhesion and facilitate cleaning, ensuring no contamination of grains or seeds.
Support Frame: Load-bearing frame made of powder-coated carbon steel; height is adjustable to match the feed inlet of downstream cleaning equipment.
Bottom Section: Manual slide gate valve; allows for manual adjustment of the opening size to precisely control discharge flow or completely shut off material flow.

II. Core Functions (in Grain Cleaning Production Lines)
Flow Buffering and Balanced Feeding
Receives material from the elevator and absorbs sudden impacts; ensures stable, uniform feeding to downstream air-screen cleaners, gravity destoners, and color sorters, preventing fluctuations that could reduce screening accuracy or cause blockages.
Process Buffering and Temporary Storage
Acts as a buffer station between two main processing machines; temporarily stores material when processing speeds differ between upstream and downstream equipment, eliminating the need for frequent line start-stops. Allows for isolation via the gate valve during brief maintenance of downstream equipment.
Controllable Discharge Rate
The bottom manual gate valve allows for free adjustment of the discharge rate to match the processing capacity of downstream equipment, ensuring stable feeding and optimizing cleaning/impurity removal results.
Dust Containment and Loss Reduction
The enclosed hopper design suppresses dust dispersion, reduces airborne dust in the workshop, and minimizes material loss from spillage, meeting environmental standards for coarse grain processing.
Material Homogenization and Flow Stabilization
Material naturally homogenizes as it accumulates in the hopper, preventing the localized concentration of impurities and ensuring uniform material flow into the next cleaning stage.
III. Common Installation Locations
Elevator discharge outlet → Buffer hopper → Air-screen cleaner / Gravity separator / Color sorter;
Can also serve as a small-scale finished product storage hopper connected to packaging equipment.
IV. Suitable Materials
Processing lines for granular materials such as soybeans, mung beans, kidney beans, sesame seeds, chickpeas, various coarse grains, and vegetable seeds.

Taobo storage silos are available in a range of standard specifications, spanning from small, lightweight 300kg and 500kg units to medium-sized, high-capacity 5-ton and 10-ton models. Featuring a sealed stainless steel construction, these silos are designed for the temporary storage, buffering, and transfer of various granular materials—such as pigeon peas, pigeon peas (toor dal), assorted coarse grains, cereals, and oilseeds. Highly versatile, they can be integrated into complete processing lines that include cleaning, color sorting, and grading systems.
1. Meets food hygiene standards; suitable for processing grains, oils, and coffee
Constructed entirely from 304 stainless steel, the unit features a smooth, non-porous surface that resists mold and pest infestation. It is chemically inert regarding grains, coffee beans, and other crops, ensuring no contamination from rust or impurities. Fully compliant with food processing hygiene standards, it allows for the direct storage of food-grade granular materials; the surface is easy to clean, leaving no residue or material buildup.
2. Corrosion-resistant and durable for an extended service life
Compared to carbon steel hoppers, stainless steel offers superior rust, acid, and alkali resistance. The hopper body remains unaffected by moisture, dust, or mildly corrosive materials. It does not rust or leak, even in humid workshop environments, eliminating the need for frequent anti-rust painting and significantly reducing long-term maintenance and replacement costs.
3. Flexible assembly and disassembly; adaptable to production line layouts
Featuring a modular, sectional assembly design, the hopper's capacity and height can be customized to meet specific production requirements. Equipped with a conical discharge hopper at the bottom, it integrates seamlessly with equipment such as Z-type bucket elevators, color sorters, and hulling machines to enable automated material discharge.
1. Grain and Cereal Processing Lines
Processing facilities for wheat, corn, rice, sorghum, sesame, and various coarse grains, designed for raw material staging, intermediate storage of cleaned semi-finished products, and finished grain storage. Systems integrate air-screen cleaners, gravity destoners, and Z-type bucket elevators to ensure continuous feeding while sealing out dust and moisture to prevent mold and pest infestation.
2. Coffee Bean and Nut/Oilseed Processing Industries
Storage solutions for raw materials such as fresh coffee cherries, green coffee beans, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and walnuts. Stainless steel construction prevents oxidation and contamination of oilseeds or coffee bean aromas, while sealed silos ensure moisture protection and freshness; systems interface with shellers, color sorters, and dryers to enable automated, continuous feeding.
3. Seed Sorting and Breeding Industries
Staging and buffer storage for vegetable, grain, and cash crop seeds. Smooth silo walls eliminate residue and the risk of cross-contamination, while the sealed structure protects seeds from pests and dust, ensuring seed purity.
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