This articles will help you identify where cables need to be placed during installation. As well cable specifications
Please note that these are generic recommendations, however different bin manufacturers may have different specifications on how cables should be placed.
For bins with diameters less than 24’ (7.3 m), OPI-integris recommends a single center cable. For bins more than 24’ in diameter, OPI-integris recommends 3 or more cables/bin. Please refer to the chart below, and to specific site installation instructions, for recommendations on number and placement of multiple cables.
Note – for the cable layout show right, charts the distance “out” from the bin center, horizontally
straight out from center and parallel to the ground, rather than along the slope of the roof line.
Cable Specifications
** NOTE: Theoretical Load is the typical load per foot/meter of cable, based on dry, clean, “flowable” cereal grain. Loads will increase significantly due to tough, damp, dirty, frozen, bridged or high-density grain, as well as cable location, anchoring mechanism, bin or unloading type and discharge rate. Be certain to read Instructions for Proper Cable Installation and consult Bin Manufacturing Company for cable support recommendations. OPI-integris is in no way liable for damage caused by excessive loading and/or cable failure.
*** SE3 represents the inner retractable sensor element utilized with the StorMax temperature
cables and is not by itself a cable type.