Food & Drink Business November 2020

In 1962 Lindsay Nelson developed one of the first transportable grain silos. Almost 60 years later Nelson Silos is still designing building and installing silos.

COMPANY director Eric Nelson says technology is now a vital component of the monitoring and manufacturing parts of the business. “Our equipment is now PLC controlled and laser cut to provide the precise reliable equipment we need” he said. Nelson says: “We use consulting engineers that have a broad knowledge of all the different industries and the various techniques and designs for silos to safely store and unload the material from the silos.”

The company has experience installing silos in built-up urban environments to mine sites.

Nelson says the company looks at all aspects of the installation. “The site’s soil test might tell us the foundations can be built with piling or may need a floating foundation over a deep concrete slab”.

“At Industrial facilities, there is often established infrastructure that has to be straddled or incorporated”.

“We also have extensive experience handling notoriously difficult to store materials, such as water mill runs, the waste product from the flour milling process.”

Once the silo design is finalised, the engineers and manufacturing team at one of the company’s three production facilities work together for the final product.

The company also transports and installs the silos around Australia, choosing not to use contractors to ensure it has total control over a quality customer experience.