If you’re installing a sidewall fitting on a chemical storage tank, you’re actually creating new opportunities for leaks and chemical attack. Every hole drilled into a tank’s wall can become a weak point in your tank. You can prevent a breach in your tank’s system by carefully selecting your fittings.
Topics: Fittings and Accessories
Some chemical storage tank applications require a fixed ladder to get above the tank for inspections, check gauges, and maintain level sensors or mixers. These fixed ladders connect to a walkthrough, or landing platform, allowing you to do your work. Poly Processing does not allow walking on the dome of the tank at any time due to it being plastic as well as a slippery and unstable surface.
Can you name one of the most common things companies forget to consider when purchasing a tank? Surprisingly, many operations do not consider how they will fully discharge their tanks in advance of purchasing it. It’s not until afterward that they realize the need to find a solution. However, this decision should be made in advance because it is a critical part of tank maintenance and chemical purity process.
Topics: Chemicals
Regardless of the chemical that you are storing, nearly every chemical releases fumes. Yet, some chemicals, like hydrochloric acid, acetic acid and hydrofluoric acid, produce fumes that can’t be released into the atmosphere. These fumes are very aggressive. They can harm your chemical storage tank, your equipment, and your employees.
Topics: Chemicals
Secondary containment is an important safeguard that helps plant operators mitigate the risks associated with chemical spills and avoid damage to equipment and property. In this system, a secondary container or wall encompasses the primary container. Should the primary container fail and cause a chemical leak, the secondary container prevents the chemical from spilling outside the system.
Did you know that every chemical storage tank has a stock number and a serial number? One will help you order your tank, and one will help you identify the tank you’ve purchased. It can be easy to get confused about which number you need to know, what it tells you, and when you need it. But at Poly Processing, we want you to be well-educated and fully informed about our products, and your individual tanks. So here’s a quick breakdown on storage tank serial numbers and stock numbers.
At Poly Processing, we do everything we can to make sure your chemical storage tank installation is as simple as possible. By working together, we aim to help you minimize the threat of potential problems.
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Cone-bottom tanks have an active drain feature at the bottom of the tank, making it possible to completely empty a tank—especially one that contains sludge or other difficult-to-drain contents. But cone-bottom tanks come with a price tag, and there’s another option that can meet the same need for less cost. Poly Processing’s Integrally Molded Flanged Outlet® (IMFO®) tank is a vertical storage tank that can give you a full discharge at a lower cost than a cone-bottom tank system. IMFO tanks provide other advantages, as well.
Topics: Fittings and Accessories
When it comes to providing you with the newest innovations in polyethylene chemical storage tanks, Poly Processing stays ahead of the curve. From linear polyethylene parts and cross-linked polyethylene to full drainage systems and tank fittings - we’ve uncovered everything you need to know to safely store chemicals in our article featured in Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine’s June publication. Our marketing team is sharing these insights and more in today’s blog, but you can also access the article on pages 40 to 42 by browsing here.
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