SHW (formerly Schäbische Hütenwerke GmbH) are located in Aarlen, 75 km from Stuttgart in Southern Germany. Specialising in steel fabrication, especially for the automobile industry, they are also one of the world's leading experts in the storage and handling of bulk industrial materials in both dry and sludge form :

Some of the industry applications :

• Wood Based Panels chips, flakes, dust and bark
• Gypsum Board gypsum, reclaim
• Paper paper sludge
• Chemicals dry powders and granules, wet concentrates
• Water treatment sludge
• Heat and Power plants coal powder or coal washing sludge, wood residues
• Cement plants Whole or shredded tyres, wood residues, sludges
• Plastics, leather, rubber Granular and powdered raw material and recyclables
• Waste processing Reception and feeding of dry and sludge materials of most kinds
• Paint & Ink Filter cake residue
• Vegetable oil Filter cake residue

SHW have a proven range of discharge mechanisms from round and rectangular storage silos to give precise metering to process equipment, transport, energy sources or further storage as required including :

For round silos

• Rotor discharge systems with drag arms
• Rotating discharge screws, large and small
• Excentric oscillating frames
• Sliding Frames
• Rotary wheels

For rectangular silos

• Walking floor live bottom systems
• Travelling screws
• Discharge and distribution screws, shafted and shaftless
• Chain conveyors

Otterson and SHW can help you choose the best solution for your next storage and handling project. The silo or bunker will always be constructed locally to SHW drawings and site civil conditions (customer responsibility) and most of the discharge components are now made her under SHW drawings and guidance giving a warranted solution at lowest possible cost as demonstrated in successful projects over recent years.