The farm hopper, cone to leg frame.
HopperForge MD designs farm-scale hopper bins, silos, and feed tanks on a light support frame. The cone, the cylinder above it, and the legs are sized as one load path, from the stored product down to the foundation.
A hopper empties differently than a flat-bottom bin. The grain descends in mass flow, sliding along the cone wall, and the pressures peak at the transition between cylinder and cone. HopperForge MD models that mass-flow regime, then checks the cone, the transition, and the leg frame against it.
Mass-flow pressures along the cone and at the transition.
Cone wall and the cylinder-to-cone transition ring.
Light leg frame: member sizing, bracing, and base connection.
Wind and seismic on the elevated, full tank.
Anchorage of the legs to the foundation.
Set up the tank, run the analysis, and walk away with a full calculation package and drawings ready for review.
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