Types of Chemical Processing Tanks
SFI has served the chemical industry for over 30 years and during that time we have produced over 2,000 tanks for the industry. Typically built as robust, mill finish tanks, all chemical tanks are custom designed and fabricated to the specifications needed to handle any job.
Chemical and industrial tanks serve many purposes, including, but not limited to:
- Acid tanks
- Blend and mix tanks
- Buffer tanks
- Circulation tanks
- Feed tanks
- Filtrate tanks
- Holding tanks
- Jacketed tanks
- Pressure vessels
- Pump tanks
- Reactors
- Receiver tanks
- Solution tanks
- Solvent tanks
- Storage tanks
- Stripper/Scrubber Columns
- Surge tanks
- Weighing vessels
Tank Options Available
- Vessels built in the shop or on-site at your facility
- Stainless steel and other nickel based materials
- Various interior and exterior material and weld finishes
- Heating and cooling options; single or double wall construction
- Agitation systems
- Tank supports (legs, lugs, skirts, saddles, flat pitched)
- Components
- Manways, fittings and gasket materials
- Sight glasses and lights
- CIP systems
- No foam inlets
- Downtubes
- Thermowells
- Outlet valves
and more…
Shop or field fabrication
Tanks for the chemical industry can be built in either our shop or field fabricated at your facility. All SFI welders are ASME certified and we hold both the ASME “U” Certification for new vessels and the National Board “R” Certification for repairs. We also design tanks to meet API and other standards.
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Modifications and Repairs
In addition to building new equipment, we also make modifications and repairs to existing tanks, both in our shop and on-site at your facility. These services include:
and more…
Materials of Construction
- 300 Series Stainless Steel
- Other nickel based alloys including:
- Hastelloy
- Monel
- Inconel
- Duplex 2205
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Material Finishes
- 2B (cold rolled sheet)
- Mill (HRAP)
- Mechanical polish (from 50 to 10 Ra)
- Mechanical polish plus Electropolish (from 30 to 10 Ra)
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Agitation
SFI will custom design a mixing solution to meet your needs. We offer mixers or combinations of mixers for processing a wide variety of viscosities and applications. Mixer styles include turbine, sweep, scrape and dual motion.
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Certifications
SFI utilizes various standards to ensure your product is built to the highest quality possible.
We hold the following certificates:
- ASME “U” certification
- National Board “R” certification
Other standards are utilized as required.
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