Custom vessel equipment & stainless steel vessels is SFI specialty

In business since the mid 1980's, SFI has become known as a premier fabricator of stainless steel vessels and custom vessel equipment. In addition to the standard cylindrical tanks used across a range of industries, SFI also builds stainless steel vessels that are outside that "norm". We welcome the challenges that come with working through new designs and procedures and allow us to hone our skills and expand our product offerings.

Below is a sampling of specialty equipment built by SFI over the years. Browse the photo gallery at left to see some of the non-typical vessels built by SFI.

Spray drying chambers
Freezer enclosures
Cyclone top tanks
Mushroom processors
Kettles with hemispherical heads
Freezing tanks that use augers for mixing/conveying
Portable tanks on casters, skids and carts
Complex shapes and custom fabrication
Kiln for heat treating wood at high temperature
Rectangular shaped vessels
Tanks with a variety of internals - pipe coils, dip tubes, baffles, ladders, dividers and other components

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Shop or field fabrication

Pressure vessels and reactors are typically shop-built in our facility, however, if circumstances require that they be built in the field, we can do that too. All SFI welders are ASME certified.

Modifications and Repairs

SFI is ASME certified to not only build new equipment, but also make modifications and repairs. These services include:

Inspection services
Make repairs as required or replace if necessary
Add or replace fittings
Replace manways
Fabricate ladders, platforms and handrails

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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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Weld Finishes

As-Is
Scotch-Brite buffed
Mechanical grind (50 grit)
Mechanical polish (32 to 10 Ra)

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Heating & Cooling

Dimple jacket
Half pipe coil
Internal pipe coil
Open jacket

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Agitation

SFI can create a custom-designed mixing solution to meet your needs.

We offer mixers or combinations of mixers for processing a wide variety of viscosities and applications for our stainless steel tanks. Mixer styles include turbine, sweep, scrape, and dual motion.

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