Bruco’s 7, 60-foot, interconnected domes make a 14,000-square-feet factory with computers, cutting tables and machines for the design and manufacture of Airforms and various types of liners and covers.
In Summer 2001, Bruco got a makeover and now has a multi-colored coat to complement his flirty eyes, smiley mouth and glow-in-the-dark cowboy boots.
Bruco’s openness provides room for the manufacture and assembly of an Airform for a 200’ diameter Monolithic Dome, a 300’ diameter Crenosphere, or a grain tarp to cover a 2-acre grain pile.
It’s totally assembled and ready to start receiving grain. Center tower supports the grain conveyor that fills it. Grain drops through the center tower and under the cover.
They are usually fenced around the perimeter, with aeration ducts laid in a spoked wheel pattern. Those ducts maintain an even temperature and help keep moisture down inside the grain pile. The grain cover sections, shown above, are ready to be rolled out and fastened together.
Each of the gores (sections) is fastened to a lifting ring around the center tower. As the lifting ring rises, the gores attach to each other.
Grain is spread to the edges forming a weather tight storage.
It supports the grain conveyor that fills it. Grain drops through this tower and under the cover.
Don Garrison, Airform Division Manager, and workers use a crane to load the 265-foot half-sphere Airform created for Hovensa, a coke storage facility in St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands.
Monolithic has special fabrics shipped to Bruco from all over the world. Bruco safely stores massive rolls.
The shipment process includes properly folding an Airform and covering it with scrap fabric and shrink wrap.
Manufactured in Bruco, these compost covers create an odor free option for the composting industry and home composters alike. See www.odorfreecompost.com.
