High bay racking Silo
Parts, accessories, components
Securely anchored
The anchoring of the high bay silo in the floor slab is a critical interface between concrete and steel construction: Not only the vertical compression load must be able to be safely applied, but also tensile and shear forces resulting, for example, from a wind load. GALLER provides you with various practical anchoring systems, the use of which complies with the loads to be absorbed and the condition of the floor slab or foundation.
- Composite anchor: easy to realise anchoring, very efficient installation
- Corrugated tube sleeve with anchor rods: for very high tensile loads, number and installation depth according to static requirements
If structurally possible, we work with composite anchors (dowels) in the floor slab.
For very high tensile loads: Corrugated tube sleeve with anchor rods and small installation tolerances
Fire protection, sprinklers, smoke barriers
- Providing the warehouse with fire protection systems has a significant impact on the level of insurance premiums, i.e. operational costs can usually be reduced by these installations.
- The use of sprinkler systems is based on local building regulations. Installation is usually easy because of the many fixing points. Intermediate spaces and sprinkler head protection (e.g. using suitably high beam profiles) must be coordinated on a case-by-case basis.
- To prevent convection heat and fire smoke from flowing into other storage areas in the event of a fire, smoke barriers may be required at seams. They are made of non-combustible materials such as trapezoidal sheet metal.
Sprinkler systems are planned and designed on a project-specific basis
The rack installation provides sufficient fixing points for the sprinkler system
Roof and wall
- GALLER cooperates with well-known manufacturers of roof and wall cladding for the realisation of the building envelope of the high bay silo installation.
- In high bay silo construction, the trapezoidal sheet metal roof with mineral wool insulation and foil sealing has become the standard design for the roof and the cassette wall with mineral wool insulation and rear-ventilated trapezoidal sheet metal façade for the wall cladding.
- The roof and wall cladding form a unit together with the load-bearing rack substructure – thanks to GALLER’s many years of cooperation with suppliers of appropriate construction elements, you receive a technically coordinated overall solution.
Roof structure
The roof covering is built up in several layers: A trapezoidal metal sheet made of plastic-coated, strip-galvanised sheet metal, which is screwed onto roof trusses, forms the durable and secure protection against weather conditions. This is followed by a foil as a vapour barrier. The insulation is formed by a layer of non-combustible mineral wool, which is sealed to the interior by a foil.
Dome lights
Dome lights have multiple purposes: they allow natural light to enter the structure, but they also allow smoke to escape in the event of a fire. For this purpose, they are implemented as smoke heat exhaust ventilation systems (SHEVS ) that can be triggered by thermo-automatic, thermo-pneumatic or thermo-electrical actuators. In addition to its function as a fire safety device, the dome light can also be used for the ventilation of the warehouse via a separate controller.
Standard wall structure
The wall cassettes are also built from plastic-coated continuously galvanised sheet steel. The elements are bolted directly to the rack beams. Insulation panels made from mineral wool insulate the storage space; trapezoidal sheet steel with vertical beading is bolted on the outside to form the façade. Cold bridges are insulated with neoprene adhesive tapes.
Cold storage wall design
Sandwich elements with particularly low thermal permeability are used especially for temperature-controlled or low-temperature warehouses. These elements for roof and wall consist of two profiled outer shells made of plastic-coated, continuously galvanised sheet metal, which are foamed with polyurethane foam.
Structure of an insulated building envelope
Natural light and smoke extraction via dome lights
Standard wall structure
Cold storage wall design
Elements of a standard wall structure
- Roof gully
- Parapet mounting bracket
- Parapet cap
- Trapezoidal sheet metal
- Cassette
- Thermal separation
- Façade column
- Thermal insulation
- Drip profile
The wall structure provides a particularly high level of insulation
- Parapet cap
- Sealing tape
- Sandwich wall element
- Drip profile
Stairs
The high bay silos can be equipped with stairs and ladders to safely enter or – as an escape route – leave the roof. The type of spiral, the covering of the steps, the choice of railing and the type of substructure can be individually configured.
Gates and doors
Appropriate gates and doors allow access to the high bay silos. Vertically opening gates, for example, have proven themselves. They are designed and built according to DIN standards and comply with them with regard to quality, functionality and dimensions. Specially adapted gate solutions are also possible, the functional features of which are individually matched to the respective requirements.
Stairs are individually configured
High bay silos are innovative industrial architecture
Racking and logistics machinery determines the form and restricts architecture accordingly. This means that the design can basically only refer to the shell. But it is very worthwhile to accept this design challenge. Because with their dimensions, high bay warehouses shape the surroundings – in industrial estates as well as in the open countryside.
A building envelope with a sophisticated design can become a kind of canvas with which the industrial building reacts to its surroundings and communicates with them architecturally. Ultimately, it is a figurehead for your company and an essential contribution to the acceptance of your company in the locality. Building volume is an obligation and so you should not neglect the design when planning a high bay warehouse.
Design with materials
As the building envelope of a high bay silo does not have a load-bearing function, there are many design options: this means that wall elements can be mounted in different orientations or a wide variety of materials can be used.
Glass, wood or solar panels
Steel and aluminium provide numerous design options for façade cladding and have advantages regarding short production and installation times. Yet the use of alternative materials literally opens up new perspectives for architectural design: simple industrial glass, designed as a double-skin façade, makes the otherwise hidden processes inside the warehouse apparent from the outside. Wooden façade elements combine design requirements, energy efficiency and ecological construction methods to create successful architecture. And the integration of solar elements fulfils a dual function as energy generator and aesthetic eye-catcher.