Tank Talk Blog

It’s interesting to see how things are made and how people do their jobs. For example, the way a flat, eyebrow-shaped piece of stainless steel can become a circular shape...

Many of the vessels we produce are built on-site at customer facilities. In fact, SFI has five crews dedicated to building tanks on location. These crews are accustomed to working together...

They are metallic megaliths, towering 100 feet or more. Fully loaded, they can weigh 3-4 million pounds. Their stainless steel plate walls can be up to 1/2” thick and withstand...

Tank supports must be engineered to hold the weight of the tank, its components (such as mixers and gear motors), and its contents when full. SFI Engineers perform the analysis...

Grate designs vary to suit customer requirements. They can be anything from vertical bars as shown in the photo to a pattern of small squares. Grates can be adapted...

The program provides the apprentice with full-time work, on-the-job training and benefits. The apprentice works alongside experienced craftsmen...

The most common reason tanks are field erected is that they are simply too large to ship but large size isn’t the only reason tanks are built on-site...

We are proud to say, Stainless Fabrication Inc. is very real. After 35 years in business, we still have the same philosophy… our customers and vendors are important to us and we...

Since 1985, SFI has been building custom stainless steel vessels from a few gallons up to 750,000 gallons for customers in industries including...