Amabati ya sima silo ni ubwoko bushya bwumubiri wa silo, byitwa na sima ya sima (ikigega cya sima).Ibice byose byubu bwoko bwa silo byujujwe no gutunganya, bikuraho inenge zuburakari hamwe nuburyo buke buterwa no gusudira intoki no guca gaze biterwa numusaruro gakondo ku mbuga.Ifite isura nziza, igihe gito cyo gukora, kuyishyiraho byoroshye, hamwe no gutwara abantu.Nyuma yo gukoreshwa, irashobora kwimurwa no gukoreshwa, kandi ntabwo ihindurwa nuburyo ikibanza cyubatswe.
Gupakira sima muri silo bikorwa hakoreshejwe umuyoboro wa sima pneumatike.Kurinda ibikoresho kumanikwa no kwemeza gupakurura bidasubirwaho, sisitemu ya aeration yashyizwe mugice cyo hepfo (conical) cya silo.
Gutanga sima muri silo bikorwa cyane cyane na convoyeur.
Kugenzura urwego rwibintu muri silos, ibipimo byo hejuru kandi byo hasi byashyizwe kumubiri wa silo.Na none, silos ifite ibikoresho byo kuyungurura hamwe na sisitemu yo guhumeka ibintu byungurura ibintu hamwe numwuka uhumeka, ufite kure na hafi kugenzura.Akayunguruzo ka karitsiye gashyizwe kumurongo wo hejuru wa silo, kandi ikora kugirango isukure umwuka wumukungugu uva muri silo bitewe numuvuduko ukabije mugihe urimo gupakira sima.