KMZ Industries (Karliv Machine-Building Plant, Poltava Oblast) will manufacture and install a complete set of elevator equipment for an oil extraction plant in Lviv Oblast, the plant announced on its website.
“KMZ Industries won a tender to manufacture and install a complete complex of elevator equipment for an oil extraction plant in the Lviv region. As part of the project, KMZ Industries’ own installation teams will install the equipment, and the process control systems division will install software to automate the elevator’s operation,” the statement said.
The scope of supply includes two conical silos with a diameter of 11 m (each with a storage capacity of 1,856 cubic meters), four conical silos with a diameter of 7.3 m (with a capacity of 584 cubic meters), and one conical silo with a diameter of 5.5 m and a capacity of 261 cubic meters.
A Brice-Baker grain dryer with a capacity of 11 tons/hour for corn at 10% moisture removal is provided for grain drying. It will be gas-fired, equipped with an aspiration system, and fully automated.
The project also includes conveying equipment with a capacity of 50 tons/hour—bucket elevators, chain scraper conveyors, and screw conveyors. A PreClean separator with a capacity of 125 tons/hour will be installed for preliminary grain cleaning.
The plant emphasizes that it uses galvanized steel from European manufacturers SSAB (Sweden), Voestalpine (Austria), and Wuppermann (Germany) to manufacture key equipment components.
“Conveying equipment is manufactured from galvanized steel with a zinc coating of 275 g/sq. m, while other equipment has a coating of 450 g/sq. m. The silo roof and grain dryer troughs have a protective coating based on magnesium and zinc, whose corrosion resistance is seven times higher than that of conventional zinc,” KMZ Industries reports.
The plant also notes that under a state program, agricultural producers and processors are eligible for a 25% reimbursement of the cost of its elevator equipment.
The plant does not disclose the cost of the equipment.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of grain storage equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, conveying equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.
According to the company, it has built over 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total capacity of over 12.5 million cubic meters are currently in operation.
