Bulk silos made of plastics
Bulk silos made of plastics – glass fibre-reinforced polyester resin (UP-GF) or polyethylene (PE) – are vertical cylindrical containers with funnel-shaped bottom outlets. They are used, e.g., for storing feed or road salt. They are erected on steel supporting frames or skirt supports. Depending on the design, their filling volume can be up to 500 m³.
Regulatory framework
DIBt grants national technical approvals (abZ) for bulk silos made of plastics, usually in combination with a general construction technique permit (aBG) for the application.
National procedure
To prepare an abZ/aBG for your construction product, we need an application from you. We recommend that you contact us prior to doing so. Feel free to send us your enquiry informally via email to dibt(at)dibt(.)de or to the competent technical contact listed in the top right.
For a first assessment, please send us the following information:
- Description of the construction product and its intended field of use
- e.g. material, configuration, number of sizes, variants, dimensions
- e.g. use in walls, ceilings, interior construction, building services
- Description of the construction technique and its field of application
- e.g. design of walls, ceilings, elements, etc., and interaction of components
- e.g. application in foundation engineering, reinforced concrete construction, building insulation; as load-bearing or non-load-bearing component; under static and quasi-static loading; fire exposure; other environmental exposures
- Information regarding impact on regulatory concerns
- in particular structural integrity, fire protection, health and environment protection, sound insulation as well as thermal performance
- Explanation of need for an abZ/aBG
- Do you significantly deviate from the Technical Building Rules?
- Or do neither Technical Building Rules nor generally recognised technical rules exist?
- Contact details
- preferably email address and/or telephone number, as well as name, organisation/company, and postal address
We will then contact you to clarify the next steps.
If you already hold a DIBt approval and/or construction technique permit and wish to apply for an amendment, supplement, or renewal, please use the form provided below.
- pdf-Datei Application for amendment / supplementation / renewal of a national technical approval and/or construction technique permit (4 pages ) Last updated: 10 April 2024; Application form
| Subject concerned | Applicant | Decision no. |
Validity
from / to |
|---|---|---|---|
| GF-UP Schüttgutsilos | Loda s.r.l Via Manzoni 1/3/5 25010 Visano ITALIEN | Z-40.17-426 |
Z:
05.05.2023 G: 05.05.2028 |
| GF-UP Schüttgutsilos | Kunststoffverarbeitung Reich GmbH Am Kornfeld 2 86932 Pürgen b. Landsberg | Z-40.17-428 |
Z:
09.05.2023 G: 26.05.2028 |
| GF-UP-Schüttgutsilos | Agritech S.R.L. Via Rimenbranze n. 7 25012 Calvisano ITALIEN | Z-40.17-442 |
Z:
27.03.2025 G: 05.08.2026 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus textilglasverstärktem ungesättigten Polyesterharz (GF-UP) | M.I.P. NV Mertens Industrial Products Vaart 20 2310 Rijkevorsel BELGIEN | Z-40.17-447 |
Z:
31.05.2024 G: 31.05.2029 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus textilglasverstärktem ungesättigtem Polyesterharz (GF-UP) - Ausführung Z - | Polem BV Industrieweg 7 8531 PA LEMMER NIEDERLANDE | Z-40.17-449 |
Z:
20.02.2024 G: 05.03.2029 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus textilglasverstärktem, ungesättigten Polyester (GF-UP) auf Standzarge | Spiromatic NV Karreweg 1 9810 Nazareth BELGIEN | Z-40.17-452 |
Z:
12.09.2024 G: 02.10.2029 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus textilglasverstärktem ungesättigten Polyesterharz (GF-UP), Exportsilos | Mertens Industrial Products Vaart 20 2310 Rijkevorsel BELGIEN | Z-40.17-462 |
Z:
26.01.2022 G: 26.01.2027 |
| Silo mit Tragring aus GF-UP | Agritech S.R.L. Via Rimenbranze n. 7 25012 Calvisano ITALIEN | Z-40.17-463 |
Z:
18.02.2025 G: 18.02.2030 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus GF-UP | Eurosilos Sirp Srl Via 1 Maggio 58/60 25010 ISORELLA ITALIEN | Z-40.17-503 |
Z:
10.05.2023 G: 31.05.2028 |
| Schüttgutsilos aus PE 100 | Kunststofftechnik Weber GmbH Mitteldamm 65a 32429 Minden | Z-40.17-508 |
Z:
02.06.2024 G: 18.06.2029 |