Tank Talk Blog: Field Fab, Inspections, Tank mods

This photo shows the narrow end of one of our freezer enclosures during construction. They are also called as freezer tunnels due to their long, rectangular shape. These enclosures...

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...

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...

It's not art, it's a stainless steel tank. This particular tank is 35 feet in diameter and 80 feet tall from top to bottom. It has a polished interior and will be used for...

Working with customers from various industries with a wide range of requirements has trained us to pull from one to recommend improvements for another.

When building tanks on-site at customer facilities, the first thing we do is fabricate the top head and install its components.

The tank pictured was built on-site and is about to be set in place. This stainless steel vessel is 17-feet in diameter, 40-feet tall, weighs nearly 20 tons and has a capacity of 58,000 gallons...

Each of us can only do what can be done today... This concept really hits home when you watch the progress of a field fabricated tank. The two 500,000 gallon storage tanks...

Cows “store” milk and so do stainless steel tanks… SFI personnel regularly engage in on-site tank fabrication, inspections, modifications and repairs. Replacing a damaged silo top is a...

Stainless Fabrication is no stranger to building tanks in cramped spaces or in areas with restricted access. These two 40,000 gallon storage tanks were field fabricated on concrete pads

This tank is being built on top of a concrete structure 10 feet above the ground with no place to stand and work. The completed tank would be 26-feet in diameter, 37-feet high...

The new 30,000 gallon tank was fabricated on the ground at the customer’s facility and then set in place by a crane. The new tank is 17’ in diameter, 31’ tall, weighing nearly...

SFI got its start in 1985 building fully welded stainless steel tanks on-site and we are still doing it today. At about 30,000 gallons, the tank may be too large to build in our shop...