TY - JOUR
AU - Zettler, J.
AB - Session 6 Chairpersons Ron Noyes Jim Criswell Phytoparasitica 29: Suppl., 2001 43S FUTURE BULK GRAIN BIN DESIGN NEEDS RELATED TO SEALING FOR OPTIMUM PEST MANAGEMENT: A RESEARCHER'S VIEW M.E. Casada I and R.T. Noyes 2'* 1Engineering Research Unit, U.S. Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA; 2 BioSystems & Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State UniveJ=~ity, Stillwater, OK 74078 [*e-mail: nron @ okstate, edu] For decades, U.S. grain elevators have experienced fumigation failures in steel bins due to inadequate sealing of the bins. At the present time, U.S. grain bin manufacturers do not sell bins with seal kits 'as standard equipment and not all manufacturers have adequate kits to seal the bin wall panel joints. Aeration and drying fans, conveyors, and sidewall access doors are not designed for insect exclusion and are difficult to seal adequately. Research has shown that the headspace in steel bins should not be completely sealed, except during fumigation or CA/MA treatment, as this can create storage damage if the grain manager does not monitor the grain adequately. However, U.S. grain elevators and farmers should be able to purchase bins with base and sidewalls that are sealed or 'sealable'. Steel bin roofs should be 
TI - Sealing techniques and methods of determining gastightness
JF - Phytoparasitica
DO - 10.1007/BF02981880
DA - 2008-10-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/sealing-techniques-and-methods-of-determining-gastightness-7RHIs5xKuq
SP - S43
EP - S49
VL - 29
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -