The many types of small tanks on the market fall somewhere between expensive, non-functional, unhygienic and not user-friendly. Space and portability are big problems with many more challenges in the day-to-day maintenance of fluid storage.
Hygiene
The market has a shortage of 450 – 900 litre tanks that have a fall to the drain and filler ports, making them a pain to clean properly. Many tanks have fittings that don’t have a 100% seal, compromising hygiene control if product is continuously dripping from leaking caps and valves.
Solution: Cerolevin tanks have a generous fall to the drain and filler ports.Drain and filler screw caps are watertight.
Space
Tanks that cannot be stacked stand around on pallets or on the floor taking up valuable floor space. The few stacking arrangements that are available on the market, make for restricted access to the filler/drain caps and valves.
Solution: Cerolevin’s galvanised stands are stackable both vertically or staggered. This staggered stacking arrangement allows unrestricted access to drain and filler ports.
Portability
Moving a small tank with a pallet jack or forklift often poses problems. Some tanks have to be treated gingerly to avoid damaging the tank. Often portable tanks don’t stand on bases that have the correct load points to be lifted and set down by a pallet jack or forklift, creating risks of damage to the tank or its fittings.
Being able to shift a tank without having to empty it first is somewhere between a convenience and an absolute necessity as a tank is often needed where the work is being done. Portability of a full tank allows an operator to focus on one task at a time rather than trying to be in two places at once.
Solution: Cerolevin tanks are 4-way pallet jack and forklift friendly and are portable and stackable when full.
Cooling / Heating
Polyethylene, amphora, cement, foudre, fibreglass and epoxy lined mild steel tanks make use of stainless steel heat exchanger plates mounted inside the tank, immersed in the liquid to be heated or cooled. Incorrect liquid volume to plate surface area ratio and the mounting of internal heat exchanger plates often pose problems.
Solution: Heat exchanger plates in Cerolevin’s multifunctional tanks have the correct surface area and are practically mounted.
Price
The per litre price of tanks in the small tank market (below 3000 litres) goes up as the volume comes down, due to the decreasing litre per square metre ratio. Adding all the bells and whistles in the way of fittings further hikes the price, as just a single valve costs in the order of R1 500.
The use of expensive pump-over equipment to transfer a product from tank to tank under reductive conditions also adds to the bill.
Solution: The long handled manual drain-stopper-tool is an inexpensive yet effective alternative to having a dedicated valve on each tank. When the drain hole is stoppered the drain screw cap can be removed and the outflow of fluid can then be regulated by the hand operated stopper tool.
An affordable, filler cap mounted and gas pressurised racking wand ensures the soft reductive transfer of liquids. Another option is to make use of a siphon pipe and let gravity softly transfer liquids. Tanks can be lifted by forklift or an overhead crane with an electric chain hoist.
Captions: Staggered stacking enables unrestricted access to drain and filler ports
Stands 4-way pallet jack friendly
Drain-stopper tool set up
Cerolevin Draagbare Tenke: klein, bekostigbaar en gebruikersvriendelik
Weens die behoefte aan toepaslike klein tenke (450 – 900 liter) op die mark bied Cerolevin draagbare tenke wat funksioneel, gebruikersvriendelik, higiënies en bekostigbaar is. In ‘n ekonomiese klimaat waar aankope deur prys en gehalte gedryf word, vereenvoudig Cerolevin die hantering van vloeistowwe en boonop teen ‘n laer koste.
Daar is talle soorte klein tenke op die mark, hulle is egter meestal duur en nie besonder funksioneel, higiënies of gebruikersvriendelik nie. Spasie en draagbaarheid is problematies, benewens die ander dag-tot-dag uitdagings ten opsigte van vloeistofberging.
Higiëne
Die mark het ‘n tekort aan geskikte 450 – 900 liter tenke met ‘n val na die dreinerings- en vullerpoorte wat dit moeilik maak om die tenke behoorlik skoon te maak. Baie tenke het toebehore wat nie 100% dig seël nie. Dit belemmer ook higiëne indien die produk gedurig drup as gevolg van lekkende proppe en kleppe.
Oplossing: Cerolevin tenke het ‘n voldoende val na die dreinerings- en vullerpoorte en al die proppe is waterdig.
Spasie
Oor die algemeen kan tenke nie opmekaar gestapel word om ruimte doeltreffend te benut nie. Die beperkte opsies wat wel voorsiening maak vir opstapeling, beperk toegang tot die vuller- en dreineringsproppe en kleppe.
Oplossing: Cerolevin se trapsgewyse opstapeling bied onbelemmerde toegang tot dreinerings- en vullerpoorte.
Mobiliteit
Om ‘n klein tenk met paletkraan of vurkhyser te skuif, is soms problematies en kan vinnig skade aan die tenk veroorsaak. Draagbare tenke staan nie altyd op ‘n basis wat die korrekte laaipunte het nie, en daar is ‘n groot risiko dat die tenk of sy toebehore beskadig word.
Om ‘n tenk te kan skuif sonder om dit eers leeg te maak, is gerieflik en noodsaaklik aangesien die tenk dikwels benodig word waar die werk besig is om verrig te word. Die mobiliteit van ‘n vol tenk laat die werker toe om met onverdeelde aandag op een taak te fokus.
Oplossing: Cerolevin tenke is 4-rigting palet- en vurkhyser vriendelik en is draagbaar en stapelbaar, selfs wanneer die tenk vol is.
Verkoeling en verhitting
Poliëtileen, sement, amphora, foudre, veselglas en sagte staal tenke maak gebruik van vlekvrye staal hitteruiler plate wat binne die tenk aangebring is; die plate is in die vloeistof gedompel wat verhit of verkoel moet word. Die verkeerde verhouding van die volume vloeistof tot die plaat en die montering van die interne hitteruiler plate is dikwels problematies.
Oplossing: Die hitteruiler plate in Cerolevin se multi-funksionele tenke het die korrekte oppervlakarea en is prakties gemonteer.
Prys
Die literprys van tenke in die klein tenk mark (m.a.w. minder as 3 000 liter) neem toe namate die volume afneem, weens die afname in die verhouding van liter per vierkante meter. Wanneer al die nodige toebehore bygevoeg word, styg die prys nog heelwat verder, aangesien ‘n enkele klep soveel as R1 500 kan kos.
Die gebruik van duur toerusting om die produk onder reduktiewe toestande van tenk tot tenk te verplaas, is ‘n verdere uitgawe.
Oplossing: In plaas daarvan om ‘n toegewyde klep by elke tenk te gebruik, is ‘n goedkoop dog doeltreffende alternatief om ‘n dreineringstopper met ‘n lang steel te gebruik. Wanneer die stopper in die dreineringsopening geplaas word, kan die dreineringsprop verwyder word en die uitvloei van vloeistof kan dan met die hand met die langsteel stopper gereguleer word.
‘n Bekostigbare oortapwand wat op die vullerprop aangebring is en met gasdruk werk, verseker dat vloeistof sagkens reduktief oorgetap kan word. ‘n Alternatief is om ‘n sifonpyp te gebruik om vloeistof sagkens met behulp van swaartekrag oor te tap. Tenke kan met ‘n vurkhyser of ‘n oorhoofse hyskraan met ‘n elektriese katrol opgelig word.
Captions: Gas transfer setup | Heat exchanger in-out hoses | Stands 4-way forklift friendly
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